September 21, 2012 CSL--Serbian White Eagles vs TFC Academy (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Friday September 21, 2012 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and TFC Academy played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 9:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, red numbers)

.................1 Milos Durkovic
13 Andre Orlando...5 Goran Vlaski (cpt)...3 Vitomar Jelic...27 Nino Velimovic
7 Kirie Dimitrov...24 Nikola Negojevic...34 Ivan Stankovic...38 Djorjije Strunjas
..............28 Zoran Rajovic...8 Richard West

Subs:...50 Patryk Zapoloczny (gk)...10 Ramon Bailey (mid)...16 Winston Crozier (def)...17 Luka Maric (fwd)...30 Stefan Popovic (mid)
...44 Nikola Miodrag (mid)...45 Sasa Vukoje (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Uros Stamatovic...assistant coach Sas Vukovic...manager Predrag Milkovic...director Dragan Bakoc

TFC Academy (all red, white numbers, black shoulders)

.................22 Alexander Pothemount
2 Roberto Galle...3 Nikola Paunic (cpt)...14 Ely Roubos...5 Tyler Pasher
11 Joshua Janniere...10 Sergio Camargo...16 Ryan Sciaccilano...20 Mario Orestano...7 Nicholas Lindsay
................23 Christian Campanella

Subs:...50 Brad Cater (gk)...4 Deon Rose (def)...8 Michael Wagenknecht (mid)...15 Adam Bradshaw (def)...17 Adrian Avila (mid)
...21 Francisco Montoya (mid)...36 Mark Wadid (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Danny Dichio...goalkeeping coach Paolo Ceccarelli...massage therapist Stefan Coming...director Thomas Rongen

Game officials:...referee David Barrie...referee's assistants Nikita Amirkhanian and Jeff Fearnall...fourth official Matt Arduini ...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 9:02pm...SWE defenders south end on this cool night...as the scoreboard is not working all times are converted from my wristwatch.
2 min...SWE goalie rushes to right edge of box to pick up ball before TFCA Janniere can get there.
4 min...TFCA Pasher 30 yard freekick from right is low and bounces wide left of net.
5 min...TFCA Janniere and TFCA Camargo can't get to cross from left into SWE box.
6 min...SWE West 25 yard shot from far left is just high and wide right of net.
9 min...SWE West taps a pass from 6 yards and SWE Strunjas takes a low 12 yard shot that was saved by the goalie diving to the left at 6 yards.
10 min...SWE Rajovic gives short centering pass from right to SWE West who stops but slips when he shoots 10 yarder down middle wide right of net.
11 min...SWE goalie slides forward to dive on ball at 15 yards ahead of TFCA Camargo rushing into box.
13 min...TFCA Sciaccilano 30 yard freekick from left has defender head ball behind end line.
14 min...TFCA Sciaccilano cornerkick from left is over players in box. A cross from the right has defender head ball behind end line.
14 min...TFCA Pasher cornerkick from right has play whistled down in box.
15 min...TFCA Camargo feeds pass up middle from 35 yards that rolls to goalie ahead of charging TFCA Lindsay.
16 min...SWE Dimitrov crosses from the right from 30 yards that drops for SWE West to take a 10 yard shot up the middle that is blocked by the goalie and West rushed in and his 6 yard rebound is into the net but the goal was called back for his bashing his way to the ball.
17 min...SWE Negojevic is tapped back a pass and blasts 15 yard shot from left wide right of net.
20 min...SWE Orlando crosses from 30 yards and SWE Strunjas sends flicked header from 10 yards that's caught by goalie on left side of net.
23 min...SWE Dimitrov 35 yard skyball cross from left sideline lands on right behind the net.
24 min...SWE Rajovic cornerkick from left has SWE Jelic twist a 5 yard header wide right of the post.
26 min...SWE Rajovic cornerkick from left is low and blocked but play is whistled down for TFCA freekick.
27 min...SWE Strunjas 45 yard chip from right to far forward and is caught by goalie.
28 min...SWE Stankovic blasts 40 yard freekick up middle is wide right of net.
29 min...TFCA Dimitrov 50 yard blast from right trying to catch the goalie off his line has goalie step back to make catch.
32 min...TFCA Sciaccilano at 12 yards on right pops up a header that flies just over the net.
34 min...SWE Rajovic cornerkick from right is over players in box. SWE Vlaski kicks partially cleared ball over net from 20 yards.
36 min...SWE defenders make important set of blocks and header to stop TFCA pressure around their box.
39 min...TFCA Janniere cross from 25 yards on extreme left wins cornerkick.
40 min...TFCA Nikola Paunic GOAL...TFCA Tyler Pasher cornerkick from right has ball partially cleared and TFCA Nicholas Lindsay crosses from right from 22 yards and ball is popped up and Paunic heads in 10 yarder from right to left side of net beyond goalie Milos Durkovic.
41 min...TFCA Orestano takes a 15 yard shot from the left that is low and deflects wide right by diving goalie for a cornerkick.
42 min...TFCA Sciaccilano cornerkick from right is over players in box TFCA Janniere 25 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
46 min...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from left has SWE West flick 6 yard header on left down and off right goalpost and defender concedes cornerkick at 5 yards.
46 min...SWE Rajovic cornerkick from right has SWE West heads 7 yarder just over bar.
46 min...half ends 9:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts 10:03pm.
46 min...SWE player called for offside on play into TFCA box.
47 min...SWE Rajovic rolls pass left to SWE Strunjas who shoots 25 yarder into outside webbing of net.
48 min...TFCA Orestano low cross from 20 yards on left has SWE Jelic jab ball wide left of net.
49 min...TFCA Sciaccilano cornerkick from left has goalie catch ball in crowd of players.
50 min...SWE Djorjije Strunjas GOAL...SWE Kirie Dimitrov low cross from 22 yards on extreme right. SWE Richard West gets kick blocked as he falls at 8 yards in middle. While on his back with defender he gets foot on ball to roll pass to left and Strunjas shoots low 8 yard shot into left side of net past goalie Alexander Pothemount.
51 min...TFCA Camargo is centered pass and rolls 18 yard shot down middle but wide left of net.
53 min...TFCA Sciaccilano 40 yard freekick from left is well wide right of net as it's over players waiting on edge of box.
55 min...TFCA Galle throw-in from 25 yards on the right forward to TFCA Campanella and cross from the right end line has TFCA Orestano shoot a low 20 yarder up the middle just wide left of net.
56 min...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from right is over players in box and wide left for goalkick.
58 min...SWE sub...Vukoje replaces Negojevic.
59 min...SWE Dimitrov blasts 30 yard freekick from left that's tipped off head into left webbing of net for cornerkick.
60 min...SWE Rajovic cornerkick from left is over players in box.
62 min...SWE YELLOW card...Stankovic earns it for sliding tackle on TFCA Orestano at TFCA 50 yards.
64 min...TFCA sub...Avila replaces Sciaccilano.
66 min...TFCA Pasher chips pass from 30 yards on left which TFCA Avila flicks pop up header from 12 yards that goalie catches.
67 min...SWE Dimitrov on left cuts 22 yard shot wide right of top corner of net.
69 min...TFCA Janniere on run up far right crosses behind end line.
70 min...SWE Rajovic run on far left and crosses behind end line.
71 min...TFCA Janniere gets a chip pass at 20 yards and his flicked shot is caught by the goalie.
72 min...TFCA sub...Wadid replaces Campanella.
72 min...SWE Stankovic 40 yard freekick from right has SWE player flick 15 yarder wide left of net.
74 min...SWE Dimitrov low cornerkick from left is cleared by defender on left post.
76 min...TFCA sub...Wagenknecht replaces Lindsay.
77 min...TFCA YELLOW card...Orestano earns it for squeeze play tackle at center line.
79 min...TFCA player crosses from 30 yards on right has goalie catch.
80 min...SWE Vukoje runs down right and rolls pass through box behind SWE West and TFCA concedes cornerkick on right.
82 min...SWE Rajovic blasts an 18 yard shot from the left that hit the left post. West jabs at the ball as he slides and the ball deflects wide left from 5 yards.
82 min...SWE sub...Miodrag replaces Dimitrov.
83 min...TFCA Janniere cross from 22 yards on left has defender flick header through box and TFCA Camargo shoots 12 yarder wide right.
86 min...SWE Zoran Rajovic GOAL...SWE Richard West runs to right end line then cuts along line beating defender Tyler Pasher and crosses from 10 yards through box and SWE Nikola Miodrag in middle rolls pass to left for Rajovic to blast low 12 yarder from left into left side of net.
90 min...SWE YELLOW card...Orlando earns it for sliding tackle on TFCA Janniere at left edge of box.
91 min...TFCA Mario Orestano GOAL...TFCA Tyler Pasher on 20 yard freekick from near left edge of box rolls pass even with 12 yard line which was behind most players and defenders but charging Orestano shoots from middle low to left side of net.
92 min...SWE Rajovic long run up left and rolls pass to SWE West who turns around at 7 yards but is checked off ball.
93 min...SWE West gets to the ball when TFCA Ely Roubos misses a header and West's 20 yard shot up the middle has the goalie bat down at 8 yards.
94 min...game ends 10:52pm.

Final Score:....Serbian White Eagles.......2......TFC Academy........2........

Attendance was about 120 on this cool night. The scoreboard was not working tonight so all times are converted from my wristwatch. The sound system for music worked but not the microphone. The broken light standard in the south east corner was fixed a few weeks ago. Over the season those have sometimes been the problems for other tenants Toronto Croatia, Toronto Lynx and Toronto Lady Lynx. The fourth official didn't have cards so it was a mystery as to how much time added would be played. Earlier this week it was announced that this stadium will host the CSL League and Reserves League Championships games on Saturday October 27th.

It was a fair result as both teams had a number of chances earlier in the game although I though SWE had the advantage in the first half.

Referee David Barrie only gave out one Yellow card to each team for what I counted and kept control of this game although he called too many TFCA freekicks and whistles for the SWE fans.

I hadn't seen Alexander Pothemount play before as the Academy goalie. He could be heard by everyone shouting instructions. He sounds like he's ready to take over the mantle of loudest goalie from the Perri brothers--long retired Dino and still playing Claudio (with St Catharines Roma Wolves).

Best non-scoring chances were at 9 minutes when SWE Richard West tapped a pass from 6 yards and SWE Djorijije Strunjas took a low 12 yard shot that was saved by the goalie diving to the left at 6 yards. 16 minutes had SWE Kirie Dimitrov cross from the right from 30 yards that dropped for West to take a 10 yard shot up the middle that was blocked by the goalie and West rushed in and his 6 yard rebound was into the goal but the goal was called back for his bashing his way to the ball. 24 minutes had SWE Zoran Rajovic cornerkick from left had SWE Vitomar Jelic twist a 5 yard header wide right of the post. 32 minutes had TFCA Ryan Sciaccilano at 12 yards on right pop up a header just over the net. 41 minutes (a minute of their goal) TFCA Mario Orestano took a 15 yard shot from the left that was low and deflected wide right by diving goalie for a cornerkick. 55 minutes had TFCA Roberto Galle throw-in from 25 yards on the right forward to TFCA Christian Campanella and cross from the right end line had Orestano shoot a low 20 yarder up the middle just wide left. 71 minutes had TFCA Joshua Janniere get a chip pass at 20 yards and his flicked shot was caught by the goalie. 82 minutes had SWE Zoran Rajovic blast an 18 yard shot from the left that hit the left post. West jabbed at the ball as he slid and the ball deflected wide left from 5 yards. 93 minutes had West get to the ball when TFCA Ely Roubos missed a header and West's 20 yard shot up the middle had the goalie bat down at 8 yards.

These two teams were supposed to play a CSL Reserves League game at 8:00pm at Downsview Park (home of TFCA) but that game was postponed because both teams needed to draw players from their reserve squads for this game. That game will be played on Saturday at 3:00pm at Downsview Park.

The result leaves Serbian White Eagles in 7th place with an 8-7-5 record for 29 points with two games to go. They are being chased by a group of six teams (at the start of the night) on either 25 or 24 points for the final playoff spot. TFCA's record goes to 10-4-5 for 35 points and are safely in 5th place. A quirk in the schedule has these two teams meet again in two weeks on their final games of the season at Downsview Park (if TFCA doesn't play a make up game after that).

Rocket Robin
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