August 3, 2012 CSL--Serbian White Eagles vs Niagara United (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Friday August 3, 2012 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and Niagara United played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 9:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, red numbers)

.....................12 Nikola Marojevic
13 Andre Orlando...5 Goran Vlaski (cpt)...3 Vitomar Jelic...36 Nikola Miodrag
11 Nisel Klisara...7 Kirie Dimitrov...15 Veljko Lukovic...34 Ivan Stankovic
...............28 Zoran Rajovic...8 Richard West

Subs:...50 Patryk Zapotoczny (gk)...18 LaTwayne Anderson (mid)...19 Viktor Anastasov (fwd)...20 Milan Janosevic (mid) ...27 Nino Velimirovic (def)
...45 Sas Vukoje (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Uros Stamatovic...manager Predrag Milkovic...physio Karolina Bujak...director Dragan Bakoc

Niagara United (all navy, light blue numbers)

.....................40 John DeLuca
12 Michael Palomba...38 Matthew Mings...4 Anthony Fruci...9 Lucas Folino
19 Christopher Harrington...15 Anthony Mermigas...5 Arthur Casupanan...17 Derek Paterson
.............14 Matthew Cain...29 Matthew Contino

Subs:...30 Chris Kurdziel (gk)...2 Matthew Waddington (def)...22 Mohammed Mohammed (fwd)...26 Nicholas Goddard (--)...27 Colin Dougan (--)
...34 Ben N'Goran (fwd)...77 Matt Lopoyda (mid)
team officials:...head coach James McGillvray...assistant coaches Michael Lopoyda and Michael Folino...manager Tony Visca ...club official Steve Flanagan

Game officials:...referee Jeff Fearnall...referee's assistants David Figliano and Zac Taylor...fourth official Allison Enright...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 8:56pm...SWE defends north end.
1 min...NU player's freekick from 30 yards on right is cleared by defenders. A follow up chip is ruled offside.
2 min...NU Contino is just beaten to ball by goalie for clearance.
3 min...SWE Rajovic has goalie get to ball to smother at 15 yards in middle when pushed too far forward.
5 min...SWE Dimitrov cross from 25 yards on change to end line has NU Fruci concede cornerkick.
5 min...SWE Rajovic cornerkick from right has goalie catch in crowd of players at 8 yards.
8 min...SWE Richard West GOAL...SWE Vitomar Jelic cross from 25 yards on left has ball land on right side of box for SWE Zoran Rajovic to get 12 yard shot that goalie John DeLuca flies over to left to save. West gets rebound at 8 yards on left and kicks ball over him into center of open net.
10 min...SWE Dimitrov blasts 25 yard shot from right is well high and wide right of net.
12 min...SWE Zoran Rajovic GOAL...SWE Richard West taps pass from center of box at 15 yards in crowd of players over to Rajovic on right and he shoots 10 yarder over goalie into top left corner of net.
14 min...NU Mermigas 30 yard shot of partial clearance is high and wide right of top corner.
16 min...SWE West pushes 22 yard roller up middle around defender but goalie smothers.
18 min...SWE Dimitrov rushes down the right and sends in a 25 yard cross near the end line through the 6 yard box and SWE Radovic flick-kicks a 6 yarder over the net.
21 min...SWE Richard West GOAL...West blasts 20 yard shot down middle into top right corner after stealing ball from a defender.
23 min...NU Contino cross from 28 yards near left sideline has goalie charge forward to catch.
24 min...SWE Stankovic is tapped back pass and his 30 yard shot down the middle is well over net.
26 min...SWE Kirie Dimitrov GOAL...Dimitrov rushes in from 35 yards on left near sideline and at 10 yard line cuts towards goal and shoots low 15 yard roller into right corner of net.
27 min...SWE goalie flies forward to catch shot from left.
28 min...SWE Klisara crosses ball from 30 yards on right that bounces through box just wide left and ahead of charging SWE West.
30 min...NU Paterson 35 yard freekick from right has goalie catch and drop on left but pick up again.
35 min...NU Mermigas offside goal is flagged back. NU Contino had pushed ball through to NU player.
37 min...SWE Richard West GOAL...West intercepts header between defenders at 30 yards to set himself away on breakaway on left and he rolls low 15 yarder past sprawling goalie at 12 yards.
39 min...NU sub...Chris Kurdziel replaces John DeLuca as goalie.
I also notice that NU Goddard has come into the game as a defender to replaces Palomba but I'm not sure how long ago.
40 min...NU YELLOW card...Casupanan earns it for pushing SWE player.
40 min...SWE Dimitrov rolls 25 yard freekick from left tha goalie smothers on left post.
41 min...SWE Dimitrov on rush on left rolls pass into center and defender clears at 15 yards.
41 min...NU YELLOW card...Fruci earns it for knock down of SWE West at NU 30 yards on right.
42 min...SWE Klisara blasts 35 yard freekick from right is well high and wide left of net.
44 min...SWE Dimitrov chips pass down middle from 30 yards and goalie bats charging SWE player to ball at 15 yards.
47 min...SWE Zoran Rajovic GOAL...SWE Veljko Lukovic chips pass from 40 yards on right over to left at 20 yards where SWE Richard West beats goalie to ball to pass to Rajovic who rolls in 10 yarder from right into empty net.
47 min...half ends 9:43pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:58pm.
47 min...SWE Rajovic cornerkick from right is knocked away starting fast break. An NU defender gets back to poke ball away from NU Cain in middle for goalie to clear.
49 min...SWE Orlando intercepts pass and blasts quick 45 yarder from right is wide left of net.
51 min...NU YELLOW card...Goddard earns it for trip at NU 45 yards.
53 min...SWE Miodrag chips a pass from 30 yards on the left through defenders to find SWE Radovic in open and he chips the goalie on pop up at 10 yards but the ball comes down for a defender to clear at 6 yards.
54 min...SWE Dimitrov on left has defender poke ball away when he holds it too long.
56 min...SWE Radovic gets a pass at 25 yards on the left and passes into open on right for SWE Stankovic to chip a 10 yarder over the net.
57 min...SWE sub...Anastasov replaces West.
.........SWE sub...Vukoje replaces Dimitrov.
59 min...SWE Klisara 30 yard freekick from extreme right has two SWE players have their shots blocked on edge of NU box.
62 min...NU sub...N'Goran replaces Mermigas.
63 min...NU Goddard bends 35 yard cross from right that lands just over net.
65 min...NU Contino cross from 25 yards on left is caught by goalie in front of crowd of players.
66 min...NU Derek Paterson GOAL...NU Arthur Casupanan blasts 25 yard freekick that goalie Nikola Marojevic leaps to bat down just under bar. Paterson on left heads rebound from 6 yards that goalie catches inside net.
68 min...NU Contino 35 yard freekick from left is high and wide right of net.
69 min...NU Contino rush on the left and cross from 28 yards on an extreme angle and leaping NU Cain heads the ball over the bar from 8 yards.
71 min...NU N'Goran deflects short cornerkick from left is over end line for goalkick.
72 min...NU goalie blasts clearance off SWE 19 for throw-in on left.
73 min...SWE sub...Velimirovic replaces Miodrag.
.........SWE sub...Janosevic replaces Lukovic.
74 min...SWE YELLOW card...Janosevic earns it for knockdown of NU Folino at NU 35 yards.
76 min...NU Contino takes a 25 yard freekick from the extreme right that has NU Goddard flick a 6 yard header across the box and off a defender for the flying goalie catch.
77 min...NU Harrington cornerkick from right has defender heads away from box.
78 min...NU Paterson 28 yard freekick from right is through crowd of players in 6 yard box.
79 min...NU sub...Dougan replaces Harrington.
..........SWE sub...Anderson replaces someone.
80 min...SWE Klisara cornerkick from left has SWE Vukoje on left have cross blocked by defender.
80 min...SWE YELLOW card...Velimirovic earns it for tackle at 55 yards.
81 min...SWE Rajovic on rush on right has 22 yard cross deflect off defender for goalie to pick up.
83 min...NU sub...someone replaces Paterson.
85 min...NU Folino 40 yard cross from left has goalie bobble then grab on right side of goal.
87 min...SWE Jelic clears NU short cross from left side of box.
89 min...NU Contino shoots a 30 yard freekick from the left that the flying goalie stopps on the left.
90 min...NU Contino cornerkick from left has goalie leap to palm ball over net.
90 min...NU Contino cornerkick from right has defender had ball away out left side of box.
92 min...NU RED card (2nd Yellow)...Arthur Casupanan earns it for pushing over Viktor Anastasov who was crossing the ball from the right end line although he was already behind the line. Anastasov was injured.

Final Score:.....Serbian White Eagles......6......Niagara United.........1........

Attendance was about 125 on this hot night. By the time the game got started it was almost dark. All the goals were scored in the 'dark' end as a bank of lights in the south east corner was not working.

Jeff Fearnall was the referee for this game and gave out a few Yellow cards. The game was not in doubt after the first half hour was played so it was not rough at all.

White Eagles didn't play keep away in the second half--they were threatened for most of that time and couldn't get out of their own end with many counterattacks of their own.

An SWE club official was pleased that the team secured the release from Brampton City United of Richard West after along wait. He was tied for second leading scorer of the CSL last year with 17 goals. This was also the debut of Ivan Stankovic who's from Serbian and played in that league and last year in Malta. Also strong in defence was Serbian Vitomar Jelic.

Best non-scoring chances were at 18 minutes when SWE Kirie Dimitrov rushed down the right and sent in a 25 yard cross near the end line through the 6 yard box and SWE Zoran Radovic flick kicked a 6 yarder over the net. 53 minutes had SWE Nikola Miodrag chip a pass from 30 yards on the left through defenders to find Radovic in open and he chipped the goalie on pop up at 10 yards but the ball came down for a defender to clear at 6 yards. Three minutes later Radovic got a pass at 25 yards on the left and passed into open on right for SWE Ivan Stankovic to chip a 10 yarder over the net. 69 minutes had NU Matthew Contino rush on the left and cross from 28 yards on an extreme angle and a leaping NU Matthew Cain head the ball over the bar from 8 yards. 76 minutes had Contino take a 25 yard freekick from the extreme right that had NU Nicolas Goddard flick a 6 yard header across the box and off a defender for the flying goalie catch. 89 minutes had Contino shoot a 30 yard freekick from the left that the flying goalie stopped on the left.

This was the first win for SWE in the last three weeks. They lost all three games in their road swing including the first win North York Astros picked up in two years. Tonight's win moves SWE into a three way tie for 6th in this lightly scheduled holiday weekend. Keeping pace is Mississauga Eagles who beat Astros tonight in the Rogers television game (taped for broadcast on Sunday night). The other team tied with them is Windsor Stars who were one of the teams to beat SWE in that streak. Niagara is alone in 13th place.

Rocket Robin
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