September 16, 2012 CSL--York Region Shooters vs SC Waterloo (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday September 16, 2012 CSL game between York Region Shooters and SC Waterloo played at St Joan of Arc CHS in Vaughan at 6:30pm.

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

.....................1 Camilo Benzi
......26 Nikolaus Giannotta...19 Andre Manders...6 Fitzroy Christey
99 Ryan Dummett...21 Darryl Gomez...77 Desmond Humphrey (cpt)...10 Nicholas Martinez...13 Aundrae Rollins
...............12 Chris Thomas...25 Zachary Bowman

Subs:...00 Emanuelle Ameltonis (gk)...7 Matthew O'Connor (mid)...11 Kadian Lecky (fwd)...14 Tristan Jackman (mid)...16 Carlos Rivas (mid)
...22 Ramos Reis Eder-Eurenco (mid)...23 Matthew Rios (mid)
team officials:...head coach John Pacione...assistant coach Americo Tantalo...medical staff Jason Izraelski...director Tony Di Thomasis

SC Waterloo (white socks and shirts, black shorts, blue numbers)

.....................1 Imad Haura (gk)
11 Shawn Brown...5 Dado Hadrovic...3 Nemanja Simeunovic...9 Lazar Dabic
2 Zoran Kukic...6 Vladimir Zelenbaba (cpt)...8 Mirza Colic...14 Adis Hasecic
................4 Mohammad-Ali Heydarpour...10 Dusan Dukanac

Subs:...12 Nathan Harlowe (gk)...15 Edis Sokmez (def)...16 Oneil Spencer (mid)...17 Edward Syllie (mid)...18 Dale Cudmore (def)
...19 Kevin Benavidis (mid)
team officials:...head coach Lazo Dzepina...manager Vojislav Brisevac

Game officials:...referee Scott Decker...referee's assistants Mack Meloche and Josh Smith...fourth official Manuel Orellano
...(neon red shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 6:38pm...YRS defends north end with the sun already below the school building so not in anyone's eyes.
3 min...SCW goalie runs to edge of box to smother through ball for YRS Humphrey.
4 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from left is short for YRS Martinez but cross is headed away for throw-in.
4 min...YRS Humphrey long throw-in from left has defender head ball out of box. YRS Martinez is injured at the end of the play.
8 min...YRS Dummett cross from 22 yards near right cornerflag has SCW Hadrovic head ball through box at 6 yards.
10 min...SCW Zoran Kukic GOAL...SCW Nemanja Simeunovic takes long throw-in from near left cornerflag and Kukic heads 7 yarder in middle of box over to top right corner of net beyond flying goalie Camilo Benzi.
12 min...SCW Simeunovic long throw-in from right is whistled down in box.
18 min...YRS Christey long throw-in from left is headed out of box but YRS wins freekick.
19 min...YRS Humphrey takes a 25 yard freekick after a tap over that has the goalie dive right to block it near the post and YRS Rollins at 8 yards on the right shoots but defender Hadrovic saves on the line. Hadrovic was injured on that play when a YRS player fell on him. YRS players argue with the referee's assistant that the ball was over the line but couldn't get the call.
23 min...YRS Martinez receives tap over pass from middle and chips 20 yard cross from right that goalie steps forward to catch.
25 min...YRS Gomez 30 yard freekick from left is low and into wall. The ball is then tapped back by a YRS forward for YRS Thomas blasts 25 yarder up middle well over net.
28 min...YRS Dummett 65 yard chip from right has goalie catch near edge of box ahead of charging YRS forwards.
32 min...SCW sub...Spencer replaces Hadrovic who was still limping from 13 minutes ago.
34 min...YRS Thomas snakes 28 yard slow shot up middle that goalie catches on right post.
35 min...SCW defenders clear cross from 25 yards on left into box over head of SCW forward.
37 min...YRS Humphrey blasts 35 yard shot up middle well over net.
38 min...SCW Hasecic rolls ball too far forward from 20 yards cutting in from left and goalie picks up ball.
43 min...SCW Colic cornerkick from left is caught by goalie near right post in crowd of players.
45 min...SCW Kukic gives a short pass to SCW Zelenbaba who blasts a 20 yarder down the middle that the flying goalie pushes wide right of the post.
45 min...SCW player's cornerkick from the right has goalie bat down and pick up ball on right side of box.
48 min...half ends 7:26pm.

2nd Half:...starts 7:43pm.
halftime subs:...YRS O'Connor replaces someone.
.............YRS Jackman replaces someone.
46 min...YRS O'Connor blasts 22 yarder on far right well over net.
48 min...SCW Simeunovic blasts a 40 yard freekick from the right that the goalie has slip through his upraised hands but the ball tips over the bar.
49 min...SCW Colic cornerkick from right has defenders head ball away from box.
50 min...YRS Christey rolls low cross from left near end line that goalie picks up.
50 min...SCW Brown run on right wins cornerkick on cross from right end line.
51 min...SCW Simeunovic cornerkick from right has defenders on left clear ball.
51 min...SCW Zelenbaba short pass from 20 yards has SCW Syllie (when did he come on?) nods down header at 10 yards on left that goalie catches on bounce.
53 min...YRS Humphrey 40 yard cross from left has defenders clear from from right side of box.
55 min...YRS Jackman rolls low cross from right end line that is cleared.
56 min...YRS player's long throw-in from near right cornerflag is cleared for fast break.
57 min...YRS Bowman rush on right when he eludes defender before getting ball.
.......SCW YELLOW card...Brown earns if for his challenge on last play.
59 min...YRS sub...Lecky replaces Rollins.
59 min...YRS Humphrey cornerkick from left wins cornerkick on header.
59 min...YRS Hasecic cornerkick is short and worked out from right but whistle is blown for YRS Christey climbing on defender's back on left.
60 min...YRS Lecky 30 yard shot has goalie save on right post. SCW Colic is injured when YRS Lecky swung his arms around taking kick.
62 min...YRS sub...Rios replaces Bowman.
64 min...YRS Lecky taps back pass for YRS Gomez to blast low 25 yard shot up middle just wide left of net.
65 min...SCW YELLOW card...Hakura (the goalie) earns it for time wasting.
67 min...YRS Humphrey rolls 35 yarder from left over end line when no YRS players chase after ball.
70 min...YRS sub...Rivas replaces Gomez.
........SCW sub...#21 (not sure who he was) replaces Dukanac.
71 min...YRS Rivas makes a goalline save on SCW player's 12 yard shot near the right end line.
73 min...YRS Rivas has a 35 yard freekick from the right that the goalie makes a double fisted punch out of the box.
76 min...YRS player's cornerkick from the left has a defender clear away and SCW Brown runs 80 yards upfield and passes over to SCW Syllie but he was just a step ahead of the pass and it was broken up.
79 min...YRS Humphrey 55 yard freekick has ball get through to YRS Lecky and on left end line crosses into box and wins cornerkick.
80 min...YRS Christey cornerkick from left is over box and play is whistled down with SCW goalie and SCW Simeunovic is injured on right side of box.
83 min...YRS Rivas 40 yard freekick from left has defender take back header wide right for a cornerkick.
84 min...SCW sub...Cudmore replaces Kukic.
85 min...SCW Colic is injured while clearing ball on right sideline.
86 min...SCW RED card...Shawn Brown picks up his second Yellow card of the game from referee Scott Decker for clipping foot of YRS Fitzroy Christey breaking out on the left side at YRS 45 yards. (Brown picked up his first Yellow at 58 minutes)
87 min...YRS goalie 55 yard freekick from left has SCW players break out and goalie makes save at 25 yards.
88 min...YRS YELLOW card...Rivas earns it for sliding tackle at YRS 30 yards.
89 min...SCW goalie is out of box to successfully head away ball while YRS Lecky partially bumps him.
90 min...YRS Lecky gets to the ball at 18 yards and boots a shot down the middle that the goalie makes a point blank save and Lecky whiffs on the rebound at the same place and the defenders broke out on a rush.
93 min...YRS Carlos Rivas GOAL...YRS Fitzroy Christey takes 35 yard shot from left that Rivas charging in on right heads 10 yarder into left side of net beyond flying goalie Imad Hakura.
93 min...SCW sub...Sokmez replaces Hasecic.
94 min...game ends.

Final Score:.....York Region Shooters........1........SC Waterloo.......1.........

Attendance was about 80 on this cool evening with the sun already below the school building before the game started.

SCW officials and players made it difficult for the game officials to get back to the dressing room. They insisted that the tieing goal was well offside. The play occured in front of their bench but as I was at the center line on the other side of the field I couldn't tell if they had a case.

Best non-scoring chances were at 19 minutes when YRS Desmond Humphrey took a 25 yard freekick after a tap over that had the goalie dive right to block it near the post and YRS Aundre Rollins at 8 yards on the right shot but defender Dado Hadrovic save on the line. Hadrovic was injured on that play when a YRS player fell on him. YRS players argued with the referee's assistant that the ball was over the line but couldn't get the call. 45 minutes had SCW Zoran Kukic give a short pass to SCW Vladimir Zelenbaba who blasted a 20 yarder down the middle that the flying goalie pushed wide right of the post. 48 minutes had SCW Nemanja Simeunovic blast a 40 yard freekick from the right that the goalie had slip through his upraised hands but the ball tipped over the bar. 71 minutes had YRS Carlos Rivas make a goalline save on SCW player's 12 yard shot near the right end line. A minute later Rivas had a 35 yard freekick from the right that the goalie made a double fisted punch out of the box. 76 minutes had a YRS cornerkick from the left had a defender clear away and SCW Shawn Brown ran 80 yards upfield and passed over to SCW Edward Syllie but he was just a step ahead of the pass so it was broken up. 90 minutes had YRS Kadian Lecky get to the ball at 18 yards and boot a shot down the middle that the goalie made a point blank save on and Lecky whiffed on the rebound at the same place and the defenders broke out on a rush.

SC Waterloo forward Drazen Vukovic was missing from tonight's game. I asked about him and SCW staff said he was still recovering from an ankle injury but may return next week. He is the leading scorer in the CSL this season with 14 goals.

The goal scorer is actually Carlos Rivas (Godoy) Jr who is the son of the Chilean World Cup star and founder of a Toronto area soccer school who was in the stands cheering him on.

This is the second game in a row where YRS has gained a tie with a last minute goal. Last week they tied TFC Academy 1-1 with a goal by Aundre Rollins at 90 minutes.

The result leaves York Region alone in 3rd place with a 9-1-10 record. This is tied for the fewest losses in the league with table leaders Toronto Croatia but with so many ties they are 7 points behind. This was SC Waterloo's first tie of the season. SCW now has an 8-9-1 record and are in a five way tie for the 8th and last place playoff spot.

I found out earlier this weekend that R&B singer Melanie Fiona (Hallim) went to St Joan of Arc Catholic High School. Her first big hit was only two years ago with 'Give It To Me Right' which samples The Zombies 'Time of the Season'. The hallways on the way to the player locker rooms are full of pictures of only the school athletes but maybe there's a wall of the school's artists somewhere else in the building.

A CSL Second Division game between both these teams Reserves was played right after this game ended.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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