August 12, 2012 CSL--York Region Shooters vs Serbian White Eagles (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday August 12, 2012 CSL game between York Region Shooters and Serbian White Eagles played at St Joan of Arc CHS in Vaughan at 6:30pm.

York Region Shooters (navy socks, short and numbers, sky blue shirts)

.......................00 Emanuelle Ameltonis
19 Andre Manders...4 Marcelo Capazzolo...5 Alex Trujillo...6 Fitzroy Christey
99 Ryan Dummett...7 Matthew O'Connor...21 Darryl Gomez...10 Nicolas Martinez...13 Aundrae Rollins
.....................11 Kadian Lecky

Subs:...1 Camilo Benzi (gk)...2 Sargon Mate (fwd)...3 Ricky Herron (def)...8 Jalen Brome (fwd)...14 Tristan Jackman (mid) ...16 Carlos Rivas (mid)...Desmond Humphrey (mid)
team officials:...head coach John Pacione...assistant coach Americo Tantalo...medical staff Jason Izrailski...director Tony DiThomasis

Serbian White Eagles (all white, red numbers)

......................1 Stefan Avramovic
13 Andre Orlando...5 Goran Vlaski (cpt)...3 Vitomar Jelic...36 Nikola Miodrag
45 Sasa Vukoje...15 Veljko Lukovic...34 Ivan Stankovic...7 Kirie Dimitrov
..............8 Richard West...28 Zoran Rajovic

Subs:...12 Nikola Marojevic (gk)...14 Aleksandar Milkovic (mid)...17 Luka Maric (fwd)...22 Milan Beader (fwd)...37 Ivan Stojakovic (mid)
...39 Milan Mitrovic (mid)...[11 Misel Klisara (mid) I may have missed his name on the roster as I noticed #11 enter as a sub and Klisara wore that number in previous and later games.]
team officials:...head coach Uros Stamatovic...assistant coach Sasa Vukovic...manager Predrag Milkovic...physio Karolina Bujak...director Dragan Bakoc

Game officials:...referee David Barrie...referee's assistants Jessica Patton and Armand Perreira...fourth official Vito Curalli
(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 6:37pm...YRS defends north end on this mild, cloudy evening.
2 min...SWE West low 25 yarder from right deflects off defender at 15 yards and rolls for goalie to smother.
7 min...SWE Dimitrov low pass from 55 yards on left finds SWE West who steps forward and blasts 22 yarder from left well over net.
9 min...SWE goalie beats YRS Lecky to through ball on right edge of box.
9 min...SWE Dimitrov cross from 15 yards along left end line is over goalie and defender heads away on right side of box.
10 min...YRS goalie catches cross along right end line.
16 min...YRS Christey taps ball to YRS Gomez and 20 yard blast off face of SWE Jelic.
17 min...YRS Christey cornerkick from right has goalie double-fist ball away from 5 yards on right.
20 min...SWE Miodrag 40 yard freekick from left has defender head ball away on edge of box.
20 min...SWE Rajovic has two crosses on right end line cleared by defenders.
22 min...SWE Rajovic takes a cornerkick from the right that has SWE Jelic heads from 8 yards and bounces wide left of the net.
24 min...SWE Dimitrov cuts 35 yard shot from left that deflects off defender and goalie stops wide left of net.
28 min...YRS O'Connor 35 yard freekick from left is high wide right of net.
31 min...YRS Lecky can't save ball on left end line when he crosses into box.
33 min...YRS Gomez takes a 35 yard freekick from the right that the goalie misses punching away and in a charging mass of players, a YRS player heads over the net from 8 yards.
34 min...YRS goalie saves SWE Rajovic from getting to ball back pass to clear at 22 yards.
35 min...SWE Vukoje 30 yard shot from right is wide left of net.
35 min...SWE Rajovic long run on left after SWE Dimitrov through ball forward but rolls 15 yard cross is easily cleared by defender.
38 min...SWE Rajovic and SWE West work a give and go down the middle and West takes a low blast from 25 yards that is saved by the sprawling goalie and Rajovic follows up on the rebound with a 20 yard shot that deflects off a defender.
40 min...SWE Rajovic blasts 35 yard freekick dwon middle into player wall. His rebound is also blocked.
41 min...SWE Rajovic mid air 30 yard shot down middle wide left of net.
42 min...YRS Rollins outruns a defender on the left and rescues the ball on the end line and tries to chip the goalie from 12 yards to an open man waiting for a tap-in but the goalie leaps and makes an overhead catch.
43 min...SWE YELLOW card...Miodrag earns it for faking being knocked down at SWE 40 yards.
.........YRS YELLOW card...O'Connor earns it for chopping down SWE player away from ball.
Both of these calls were determined after the referee consulted with each referee's assistant.
44 min...YRS Gomez 40 yard freekick from right has goalie punch ball away in crowd of players.
44 min...SWE YELLOW card...Dimitrov earns it for pushing over YRS Manders at SWE 40 yards.
46 min...YRS Gomez 45 yard freekick from right is flagged down offside on edge of box.
46 min...half ends 7:22pm.

2nd Half:...starts 7:39pm with the weather now overcast and the temperature cooling.
Halftime subs:...YRS Jackman replaces Martinez.
...............YRS Rivas replaces Rollins.
46 min...YRS Lecky injured on edge of SWE box taking an opponent's hand in his mouth.
48 min...SWE Sasa Vukoje GOAL...SWE Richard West receives forward pass up left and sends low cross from 15 yards near end line that goalie Emanuelle Ameltonios chases but Vukoje on right blasts 6 yarder into open net.
52 min...YRS Gomez cornerkick from left is over to right and headed back across box where YRS O'Connor heads 15 yarder down middle that goalie catches.
52 min...SWE Rajovic cross from near left cornerflag is well behind net.
53 min...YRS Capazzolo 35 yard shot from right is well wide left of net.
56 min...SWE Dimitrov on 3 on 3 break takes shot from 15 yards on left that's wide right of goal.
58 min...YRS Christey rush down left wing and low cross is through box and cleared on right.
60 min...SWE YELLOW card...Vukoje trips YRS Gomez at center line.
61 min...YRS Trujillo 60 yard freekick from left has YRS player head ball wide right in crowd of players at 10 yards.
62 min...YRS Trujillo pass back to goalie but goalie can't control for cornerkick.
63 min...SWE Rajovic cornerkick from right has goalie punch ball out up middle.
64 min...SWE West cross from 18 yards on left near endline has goalie dive forward to catch.
65 min...YRS Rivas cornerkick from left has defender pop up header through box out right side of box.
65 min...YRS sub...Herron replaces Trujillo.
67 min...YRS Rivas 30 yard freekick from right is cleared by defender on edge of box.
68 min...SWE Lukovic is injured at SWE 30 yard line.
70 min...YRS Jackman is squeezed between two defenders on rush into left side of box.
71 min...YRS sub...Humphrey replaces Gomez.
73 min...SWE sub...Stojakovic replaces Vukoje.
75 min...YRS sub...Mate replaces Lecky.
76 min...SWE Dimitrov is injured near left corner flag as he tries to cross ball against YRS Jelic.
77 min...SWE Rajovic cross from near left of has goalie catch.
78 min...SWE West 30 yard freekick up middle is blasted high over net.
80 min...YRS YELLOW card...Capazzolo earns it for tripping SWE West at YRS 35 yards.
81 min...SWE Stankovic 25 yard freekick from left is chipped forward over end line before SWE Dimitrov can get to it.
83 min...YRS Rajovic beats offside trap on left and 18 yard shot is wide right as defender gets back in play to rush shot.
83 min...SWE sub...#11 replaces Rajovic.
84 min...YRS Jackman slides for overhead shot down middle from 20 yards that's high and wide left when he receives throw-in that's headed to him from the right.
89 min...SWE Maric gets a flick twisting a header into the middle for an open SWE West to take a quick blast from 22 yards that the flying goalie palms over the net.
89 min...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from lert is behind net.
90 min...YRS Christey receives cornerkick from left at 25 yards on left but shoots well wide right.
91 min...SWE YELLOW card...Stankovic earns it for shirt grab on YRS Humphrey at YRS 45 yards.
92 min...YRS Ricky Herron GOAL...YRS Matthew O'Connor takes throw-in from right that's knocked down in box by defender (with claims for hand ball) but ball just left unattended and Herron on right steps up and kicks shot low to right side of net.
93 min...YRS Christey 28 yard shot up middle through crowd of players wide right of net.
93 min...SWE YELLOW card...Stojakovic earns it for knock down of YRS Christey at SWE 25 yards.
94 min...SWE goalie punches ball away off head of YRS Capazzolo at 7 yards.
95 min...game ends.
Post game...YRS RED card...Ricky Herron is shown a Red card by referee David Barrie for pushing his hand into the face of a SWE player after both had gone to ground in a pushing incident.

Final Score:....York Region Shooters......1......Serbian White Eagles........1.......

Attendance was about 150 on this warm and cloudy day although the temperature was cooling as the evening set in.

Referee David Barrie gave out seven Yellow cards (and one Red) that I counted starting at 43 minutes with one card each for two separate instances that were spotted by each referee's assistant. A faked knockdown and a chop down off the ball within seconds. SWE earned five of the Yellows in a game that got rough.

Best scoring chances that didn't go in were at 22 minutes when SWE Zoran Rajovic took a cornerkick from the right that had SWE Vitomar Jelic header from 8 yards bounce wide left of the net. 33 minutes had YRS Darryl Gomez take a 35 yard freekick from the right that the goalie missed punching away and in a charging mass of players, a YRS player headed over the net from 8 yards. 38 minutes had SWE Rajovic and Richard West work a give and go down the middle and West took a low blast from 25 yards that was saved by the sprawling goalie and Rajovic followed up on the rebound with a 20 yard shot that deflected off a defender. 42 minutes had YRS Aundrae Rollins outrun a defender on the left and rescue the ball on the end line and tried to chip the goalie from 12 yards to an open man waiting for a tap-in but the goalie leapt and made an overhead catch. 89 minutes had SWE Luka Maric get a flick twisting a header into the middle for an open Richard West to take a quick blast from 22 yards that the flying goalie palmed over the net.

The tie moves the Shooters to a 6-1-8 record and keeps them in 4th place. So many ties keeps them away from the top spots because only one loss is tied with Toronto Croatia and SC Toronto who are two of the teams ahead of them in the standings. White Eagles record is now 6-5-3 and they hold on to the last playoff spot in 8th place.

Note: There was a game scheduled at Victoria Park Stadium in Brampton between Brampton City United and Mississauga Eagles at 3:00pm. I drove there and found the parking lot almost empty and the wooden doors chained shut. The game was cancelled due to wet grounds. The field looked OK to me from a distance but there has been a lot of rain in the last few days after a summer of near drought. Over the years City of Brampton has been very fussy about wear and tear on their field and even cancelled a playoff game back in the Brampton Stallions days.

Rocket Robin
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