August 19, 2012 CSL--York Region Shooters vs North York Astros (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday August 19, 2012 CSL game between York Region Shooters and North York Astros played at St Joan of Arc CHS at 6:30pm.

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

.............................1 Camilo Benzi
4 Marcelo Capazzolo...12 Chris Thomas...19 Andre Manders...6 Fitzroy Christey
99 Ryan Dummett...77 Desmond Humphrey (cpt)...21 Darryl Gomez...14 Tristan Jackman
...........22 Ramos Reis Eder-Eurenco...7 Matthew O'Connor

Subs:...00 Emanuelle Ameltonis (gk)...5 Alex Trujillo (mid)...10 Nicolas Martinez (mid)...11 Kadian Lecky (fwd)...13 Aundrae Rollins (def)
...16 Carlos Rivas (mid)...23 Sargon Mate (mid)
team officials:...head coach John Pacione...assistant coach Americo Tantalo...medical staff Jason Izraelski...director Tony Di Thomasis

North York Astros (orange socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

....................................1 Enea Perego
14 Kurt Damian Ramsey...2 Justin Blake Rogers...6 Steven Craig...4 Davier Walcott
20 Eric Batchanou...19 Lorence Notaro...13 Allan Fernando Cordon...8 Michael Tischer...5 Brian Lucas Alcantara
.....................11 Sean Beck

Game officials:...referee Mack Meloche...referee's assistants Jeff Fearnall and Rami Arbadji...fourth official Zac Taylor
...(all black uniforms, neon yellos trim)

1st Half:...game starts 6:37pm...YRS defenders south end on this warm evening with the sun in the north west.
3 min...Astros goalie saves 18 yard shot from right and defender clears.
4 min...Astros Beck is hurt at Astros 40 yard line.
6 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from left has Astros Ramsey leap to head away at 5 yards on right.
8 min...Astros Alcantara has pass too far forward and runs over left end line.
The sun goes behind the clouds until near the end of the half.
12 min...YRS Humphrey turns down middle after ball deflects to him and 30 yard shot is wide right of net.
15 min...YRS O'Connor is tapped over pass and 22 yard blast is rolled wide left.
20 min...YRS Eder-Eurenco cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
21 min...YRS Humphrey freekick from 22 yards near right end line and YRS O'Connor flubs 7 yard kick wide right for goalkick.
23 min...YRS O'Connor cross over to left for YRS Christey to head cross from 20 yards on left and goalie catches.
24 min...YRS Capazzolo 60 yard chip up middle is over players and goalie catches wide right of net.
25 min...YRS Humphrey 30 yard freekick from left has defender head away at 10 yards.
26 min...YRS Jackman long run on left but Astros Ramsey bumps him off ball and rolls for goalkick.
28 min...YR Christey cross from right wins cornerkick on right after defender deflects.
29 min...YRS Humphrey and YRS Christey work out short cornerkick from right and YRS Christey shoots 15 yarder on extreme right wide right of net.
32 min...YRS Gomez 5 yard freekick down middle over to left and YRS player's shot from 15 yards is batted away but play is flagged offside.
34 min...YRS Humphrey low freekick from 25 yards has YRS Gomez sliding shot at 20 yards is blocked. A chipped cross then wins a cornerkick on a deflection.
35 min...YRS Thomas cornerkick from left is headed away by a defender.
35 min...YRS Thomas cross from left end line is through 6 yard box wide right for goalkick.
37 min...YRS Gomez ends YRS pressure with a 12 yard midair shot wide right of Astros net.
37 min...Astros Batchanou 60 yard cross from right has goalie run out to edge of box to catch ball ahead of Astros Beck.
38 min...YRS Gomez blasts Astros partial clearance at 40 yards just over net.
40 min...YRS Gomez chips ball forward from 40 yards over players for goalkick.
41 min...Astros sub...Mendez replaces Notaro who'd been injured about two minutes earlier.
43 min...YRS Humphrey 28 yard freekick hits face in player wall. YRS Eder-Eurenco shot is also blocked.
44 min...YRS Capazzolo low 25 yard shot tips off player and is popped up and goalie catches ball calling off defender.
45 min...YRS Gomez is fed ball up middle and his 25 yard shot from left is low and wide right of net.
45 min...half ends 7:21pm.

2nd Half:...starts 7:37pm. The temperature is cooling rapidly.
halftime subs:...YRS Rollins replaces Cappazzolo.
...............YRS Trujillo replaces Eder-Eurenco.
47 min...YRS player scuffs shot while turning at 22 yards down middle.
49 min...Astros Alcantara 35 yard freekicki bounces into box and goalie picks up.
52 min...YRS O'Connor and Astros Beck get told off by the referee for pushing incident after whistle. Astros are given a freekick.
53 min...Astros Alcantara takes a 40 yard shot from the right and Astros Tischer is pulled down in the box. Referee Mack Meloche awards the Astros a Penalty kick.
55 min...Astros Kurt Damian Ramsey GOAL...Ramsey banks his Penalty kick shot off the inside of the left post and into the net as goalie Camilo Benzi keeps running back and forth along the line and is caught on the right when the shot was taken.
58 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from right is over player in box. YRS Gomez blasts 25 yarder from left off left post.
59 min...YRS Andre Manders GOAL...Manders gets to partial clearance and blasts 28 yard shot down the middle through a crowd of players and the ball deflects off a defender and bounces low into the center of the net past diving goalie Enea Perego.
59 min...YRS sub...Rivas replaces Thomas.
........Astros sub...Matti replaces Beck.
62 min...YRS Christey cross from left from 25 yards is over box and out right side.
63 min...YRS Rivas cross from extreme right bounces to goalie.
64 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from left is over to YRS Trujillo who has two 7 yard shots blocked point blank by goalie on line near right post.
65 min...YRS sub...Lecky replaces O'Connor.
66 min...YRS Rivas chips ball forward but ball bounces over end line for goalkick.
69 min...YRS Rivas blasts low 40 yard shot through defenders wide left of net.
70 min...YRS player's 25 yard shot tipped wide right for cornerkick.
72 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from right has defender clear. YRS Rivas blasts 35 yard shot down middle just over bar.
72 min...Astros sub...Dorneval replaces Alcantara.
73 min...YRS Dummett chip from 40 yards has YRS Jackman slides to hook ball to keep in play on left sideline and defenders clear.
74 min...YRS Trujillo blasts 35 yard shot well wide right.
75 min...YRS Christey cross from 30 yards on left has YRS Trujillo knocks ball wide right of net.
76 min...YRS sub...Mate replaces Thomas.
77 min...YRS Dummett low cross from left has defenders clear in box.
78 min...YRS Rivas blasts 35 yard partial clearance down middle wide right of net.
78 min...YRS Lecky shot from 15 yards on left is caught by goalie.
80 min...YRS Dummett cross into box has defenders clear.
80 min...Astros Tischer ordered off field for cut on face.
82 min...YRS Humphrey 25 yard freekick from extreme right has leaping defenders clear.
83 min...YRS Rollins second bicycle kick in Astros box has both player's shots is blocked.
83 min...YRS goalie out of box and makes clearance.
84 min...Astros Craig 30 yard freekick from left is stopped in box and YRS player starts fast break.
84 min...YRS Sargan Mate GOAL...YRS Desmond Humphrey sends a short pass from the left after the YRS players came out on a fast break and Mate takes a low 12 yard shot from the left that rolls under the diving goalie into the center of the net.
86 min...YRS Kadian Lecky is tugged over from behind on the right side of the Astros box and YRS are awarded a Penalty kick.
89 min...YRS Kadian Lecky GOAL...Lecky blasts Penalty kick to the top left corner past the flying goalie.
89 min...YRS Humphrey chases through ball and shoots high over net from 25 yards.
95 min...game ends 8:27pm.

Final Score:.....York Region Shooters.......3.....North York Astros.......1..........

Attendance was about 80 on this warm night with the sun setting in the north west and the temperature cooling quickly.

When I first saw the game sheets for both teams and starting positions given I thought it was a joke that the Shooters listed 1 goalie, 2 defenders, 9 midfielders and 0 forwards. Astros were listed as 1 goalie, 6 defenders, 3 midfielders and 1 forward. Certainly when the game started that's not how they lined up although only Sean Beck acted as a forward for the Astros. After the first few minutes I could see that the Astros were packing their box whenever Shooters had the ball—so maybe six defenders wasn't an exaggeration. Both halfs were played mostly in the Astros end.

Astros first good chance was in the second half and they scored on it with the Penalty kick call. Sometimes it only takes one good chance like when we all cheered when Canada's Womens team beat France for the bronze medal at the Olympics. The goal against them got the Shooters to come on even stronger and they equalized within four minutes.

Best flurry was at 64 minutes when YRS Desmond Humphrey sent in a cornerkick from the left over to YRS Alex Trujillo who had two 7 yard shots blocked point blank by the goalie near the right post.

Shooters record improves to 7-1-8 and a tie for 3rd place with TFC Academy although they have played one more game. Astros record falls to 2-14-1 and stay in 15th place.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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