August 19, 2012 CSL--Brampton City United vs Niagara United (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday August 19, 2012 CSL game between Brampton City United and Niagara United played at Victoria Park Stadium in Brampton at 3:00pm.

Brampton City United (all white, blue numbers)

...................1 Eurloge Awitor Kodzo
15 Jeron Gayle...2 Mirko Medic...17 Mark Jankovic...5 Denny Velastegui
12 Kevin McIntosh...8 David Guzman...6 Andrew Da Silva (cpt)...16 David Velastegui
...............10 Judah Hernandez...19 Arndit Xhemeni

Subs:...00 Jason Lopes (gk)...3 Matthew Smith (def)...4 Jean Tshimpaka (fwd)...also listed as #4 Yousif Walied (mid)...9 Peter Niles (fwd) ...11 Andy Garcia (mid)...14 Brandon Simoes (--)
team officials:...head coach Armando Costa...assistant coach Pernell Mason and Juan J Barreto...manager Michael DiMatteo

Niagara United (all navy, sky blue numbers)

...................1 Jonathan Bruggeling
9 Lucas Folino...38 Malcolm Mings...4 Anthony Fruci...21 Marco Stencel
14 Matthew Cain...15 Anthony Mermigas (cpt)...11 Rudy Pikzinski...19 Christopher Harrington
...............22 Mohammed Mohammed...17 Derek Paterson

Subs:...40 John DeLuca (gk)...12 Michael Palomba (def)...13 Joe Barrerra (--)...26 Nicholas Goddard (def)...32 Phil Boucher (fwd) ...34 Ben N'Goran (fwd)
team officials:...assistant coaches Michael Folino and Michael Lapoyda...manager Tony Visca...(head coach James McGillivray was suspended for this game and watched the game from the stands).

Game officials:...referee Gianni Facchini...referee's assistants Dave Di Pasquale and Brian Butler...fourth official Michael Anthony Izzo
(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 3:02pm...BCU defenders south end on this hot afternoon with the bright sun in the south west.
3 min...NU Pikzinski 35 yard freekick from left has goalie punch ball away in crowd of players.
6 min...BCU Hernandez is injured near NU player's bench and wins freekick.
7 min...BCU David Velastegui GOAL...BCU Kevin McIntosh takes 25 yard freekick from the right that has BCU Mark Jankovic at 5 yards on left head ball across box and Velastegui nod 2 yarder on right into right side of net with goalie Jonathan Bruggeling trapped in center of net.
**(The CSL web site listed Mark Jankovic as the goal scorer so possibly the ball was already in before Velastegui got to it).
8 min...NU Mohammed Mohammed is pulled down by BCU Mark Jankovic just inside BCU box. Referee gives Jankovic a Yellow card and awards a Penalty kick.
9 min...NU Mohammed Mohammed GOAL...Mohammed rolls Penalty kick just inside left post as goalie Eurloge Awitor Kodzo dives right.
17 min...BCU Denny Velastegui 30 yard chip forward is into box and defenders clear.
18 min...BCU David Velastegui 25 yard shot from left bends for goalie to catch on right side of goal.
18 min...BCU Guzman blasts low 30 yarder up middle wide right.
20 min...BCU Denny Velastegui low cross forward from left 34 yards has ball deflect off BCU Xhemeni at 12 yards for goalie to pick up.
22 min...BCU Guzman freekick from 30 yards has goalie rush to right to fly and punch ball wide and defender clears.
23 min...NU Fruci 50 yard freekick from left has defender clear on edge of box.
26 min...BCU Xhemeni rushes on right and low blast from 18 yards on sharp angle has goalie slide and block shot with hand and defender clears.
27 min...BCU Guzman 35 yard blast down middle after run is well over net.
31 min...BCU Guzman gets to NU Mings headed clearance and blasts 30 yarder wide left of net.
33 min...BCU YELLOW card...Medic earns it for squeeze play knock over on NU Cain at 25 yards down middle.
34 min...NU Mohammed blasts 25 yard freekick off head in wall and ball is cleared on left.
37 min...BCU Da Silva pushes forward ball on right for BCU Hernandez to blast 28 yarder that's saved by sliding goalie.
41 min...BCU Da Silva in middle shoots 25 yarder wide right of top corner.
45 min...NU goalie swats away ball on edge of box and hits face of BCU Xhemeni.
46 min...half ends 3:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts 4:04pm.
46 min...BCU Hernandez cross from 18 yards on right has BCU Xhemeni not able to win Penalty kick in box.
46 min...BCU David Velastegui low shot from 12 yards after BCU pressure has goalie dive and smother in front of BCU Guzman waiting for rebound.
48 min...BCU Hernandez cross from 20 yards on right has BCU David Velastegui midair shot from 10 yards.
49 min...NU Pikzinski 35 yard freekick bounces unplayed wide left for goalkick.
49 min...BCU Xhemeni 15 yard shot from left has goalie fly to stop at 8 yards.
51 min...BCU McIntosh cross from 15 yards has BCU David Velastegui knock ball down for goalie to grab.
55 min...BCU Hernandez cuts towards net and 25 yard shot from right is low for goalie to smother.
57 min...BCU Guzman 35 yard low shot up middle deflects off defender at 12 yards and rolls to goalie.
58 min...NU Cain rush up right and low 20 yard shot is wide left of net.
60 min...NU Cain then NU Stencil have 18 yard shot on extreme right and both are stopped by sliding goalie batting them away.
60 min...NU YELLOW card...Mermigas for tackle on BCU David Velastegui injurying him.
63 min...NU Stencel blasts 30 yard shot down middle that's bent well wide right.
64 min...NU player's cross from right has goalie miss but BCU defender clears ball off NU Stencel for goalkick on dangerous deflection wide left.
66 min...BCU Xhemeni cross from right and BCU Guzman flicks ball up at 6 yards but goalie takes it off him before he can get away shot.
67 min...NU Cain cornerkick from right has BCU Medic head away on left but whistle is blown for pushing incident.
70 min...BCU Denny Velastegui freekick from near left of goal has leaping NU Folino head ball for throw-in.
71 min...BCU Guzman pushes ball up middle from 30 yards too far forward for BCU Xhemeni end goalie picks up.
72 min...NU goalie picks up bouncer on left edge of box.
73 min...BCU Guzman shoots 12 yarder wide left of net.
74 min...BCU sub...Garcia replaces Xhemeni.
........NU sub...N'Goran replaces Cain.
74 min...NU Folino 50 yard freeekick from right has ball knocked down and BCU Hernandez bicycle kick clearance. NU Pikzinski shoots 25 yarder over net wide right.
75 min...NU sub...Boucher replaces Paterson.
77 min...NU goalie charges to edge of box to beat BCU Hernandez to ball.
77 min...NU Boucher low cross from 25 yards on left has defender clear.
79 min...NU Stencel rolls pass forward on left that NU Mohammed gets to and draws Penalty kick.
80 min...NU Anthony Mermigas GOAL...Mermigas blasts Penalty kick low to left side of net as goalie dives right.
82 min...NU Boucher rush on break away and shoots wide right from 20 yards when BCU Medic rushes his shot.
84 min...BCU sub...#4 replaces Hernandez.
85 min...NU goalie beats BCU #4 to pass on right.
85 min...BCU #4 22 yard shot/cross on right has goalie stop near top left corner.
88 min...BCU Garcia pass to BCU Guzman with NU defender blocking shot and BCU Garcia shooting over net from 10 yards.
90 min...NU defender backpasses to goalie from 4 yards. Referee calls backpass and signals for an indirect kick.
91 min...BCU Guzman is tapped back freekick and blasts 8 yard shot off ball. NU goalie scrambles left to smother ball.
92 min...BCU goalie beats NU Mermigas to kicks away clearance.
94 min...game ends 4:52pm.

Final Score:....Brampton City United.....1.....Niagara United........2......

Attendance started off slow but grew to about 125 on this hot afternoon with a bright sun in the south west. Some Niagara fans yelled out "Let's go United" but it's the name of both teams.

90 minutes had the Niagara goalie called for picking up a backpass at about 6 yards when a defender under pressure from a BCU forward passed back from 10 yards. Niagara packed the box with all their players on the goalline and on the indirect freekick, BCU David Guzman was tapped back the ball and blasted a shot from 8 yards over the defenders' heads but off the bar and the NU goalie was able to scramble to the left to smother the ball.

BCU played today without Milos Scepanovic and Alex Braletic. Scepanovic's league leading 12 goals were certainly missed. I never received a clear answer as to why they weren't starting or at least on the bench. Their names had been written in as starters on the game sheet but were scratched off.

Niagara's record moves to 5-7-2 but stay in 14th place. Brampton falls to 6-5-3 and is tied for 9th with Serbian White Eagles but have played one less game.

Both team's Reserves clubs played a 2nd Division game at the conclusion of this match but I drove off to get over to Vaughan and see the York Region vs North York game.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

BCU starters