Wednesday April 11, 2012 MLS Reserves League--Toronto FC Reserves vs Montreal Impact Reserves (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Wednesday April 11, 2012 MLS Reserves League game between Toronto FC and Montreal Impact played at Downsview Park in North York at 11:00am.

Starters and Subs:...(the game officials said that the teams could make five subs during these games) My thanks to the game officials for letting me copy the lineups.

Toronto FC (all red, black shoulders, white numbers)

...........................40 Quillan Roberts
21 Aaron Maund...12 Adrian Cann (cpt)...2 Logan Emory...38 Tyler Pasher
...........33 Junior Burgos...16 Oscar Cordon...15 Matt Stinson
...........19 Reggie Lambe...36 Mario Kovacevic...13 Keith Makubuya

subs TFC:...34 Omari Morris replaces 19 Reggie Lambe for start of second half
.........32 Micheal Wagonecht replaces 15 Matt Stinson for start of second half
..........4 Doneil Henry replaces 12 Adrian Cann at 63 minutes
........35 Jordan Hamilton replaces 13 Keith Makubuya at 67 minutes
.........(all the players on the bench were put into the game).

head coach Jason Bent, assistant coach Danny Dichio, goalkeeping coach Stewart Kerr, physios Shawn Jeffers and Marcelo Casal, physio/athletic training Sebastian Casal, equipment manager Sacha DeAlmeida

Montreal Impact (all blue, white names and numbers)

........................30 Evan Bush
15 Jeb Brovsky...6 Hassoun Camara...52 Karl Ouimette...38 Gienir Garcia
.........27 Bryan Arguez...28 Sinisa Ubiparipovic...37 Carl Haworth
........16 Eduardo Sebrango...26 Mike Fucito...36 Evan James

subs Impact:...55 Wandrille Lefevre replaces 28 Sinisa Ubiparipovic for start of second half
........19 Zarek Valentin replaces 15 Jeb Brovsky for start of second half
.......56 Anthony Jackson-Hamel replaces 16 Eduardo Sebrango at 71 minutes
....extra goalie 40 Samuel Dufort was not used
........forward 32 Miguel Montano was not used.

head coach Mike Sorber, assistant coach Mauro Biella, therapist Vincent Root, team administrator Daniel Pozzi

Game officials:...referee Justin Tasev...referee's assistants Gianni Facchini and Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho...fourth official Arthur Korbeil ...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 10:59am...TFC defend south end on this cold late morning with a gusty wind from the north. Since there was no game clock, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...Imp Fucito cornerkick from right has goalie catch in crowd of players.
2 min...Imp player's cornerkick from right is low and TFC Stinson clears.
3 min...Imp Garcia 20 yard shot from left is caught by goalie on left under bar.
5 min...Imp Ouimette 30 yard cross from left is wide right of net.
7 min...Imp James blasts 15 yarder high and wide right when cross bloops over from right.
10 min...Imp Ubiparipovic cornerkick from left is through box for cornerkick from right.
11 min...Imp Fucito cornerkick from right is bobbled overhead by goalie but turns and picks up on bounce.
13 min...TFC Maund heads ball back to goalie to beat Imp James.
14 min...Imp YELLOW card...Ubiparipovic earns it for kicking ball away after whistle near center line.
16 min...Imp YELLOW card...Ouimette earns it for hand ball at Imp 45 yards on right side preventing TFC rush.
17 min...TFC Burgos 50 yard freekick from right is through players on left edge of box.
18 min...TFC player high cross from right is over box.
19 min...TFC Lambe cross from 25 yards on right is over box.
20 min...Imp player's 25 yard roller from right is well wide right of net.
24 min...TFC Lambe rush in from right but low centering pass is called offside when it crosses into box.
26 min...TFC Maund cross from right is over head of leaping TFC Kovacevic at 12 yards.
27 min...Imp Garcia 45 yard chip shot up middle is through players and bounces to goalie.
30 min...TFC Burgos 40 yard freekick from right has wind blow ball down off shin of TFC player and bounce wide left from 10 yards.
32 min...Imp Fucito low 15 yard shot deflects off TFC Emory and rolls to goalie.
33 min...Impact Mike Fucito GOAL...Impact Sinisa Ubiparipovic sends in 15 yard cross from left and Fucito volleys shot into top right of net from 6 yards leaving TFC goalie Quillan Roberts stuck in center of net.
34 min...Imp James low 20 yard shot up middle is saved by diving goalie.
34 min...I take a ball off the kneecap while writing notes on the sidelines.
35 min...TFC Burgos 35 yard chip has defender clear out of box.
41 min...Imp James pass forward to Imp Sebrango to chip 12 yard goal up middle called offside.
45 min...half ends 11:46am.

halftime---only 8 minutes.

2nd Half:...halftime subs:...TFC Morris replaces Lambe.
...............................TFC Wagonecht replaces Stinson.
...............................Imp Valentin replaces Brovsky.
...............................Imp Lefevre replaces Ubiparipovic.
46 min...TFC Burgos cornerkick from right is over leaping players in box.
49 min...TFC Cordon rush onleft and cross to near post has defender head ball away.
52 min...Imp Lefevre cornerkick from left has Imp Sebrango on left duck and head 12 yarder wide left.
54 min...TFC Burgos given short pass and 30 yard shot up middle is well over net and back fence.
56 min...TFC Makubuya flick heads leaping header wide left from 5 yards when cross comes in from right.
57 min...Imp Fucito 25 yard shot up middle well over net and back fence.
59 min...Imp Haworth 25 yard shot from extreme right low and bounces to goalie.
62 min...TFC sub...Henry replaces Cann.
63 min...Imp Haworth gets ball up middle and holds off TFC Pasher and his 22 yard shot is stopped by goalie at 18 yards. Imp Haworth gets ball back on run but is checked off ball.
64 min...TFC Makubuya low cross from left has defender clear on left.
65 min...TFC Burgos 25 yard freekick from extreme left is wide right of net.
66 min...TFC sub...Hamilton replaces Makubuya.
69 min...Imp Haworth eludes TFC Emory on jump up middle but rolls ball to charging goalie.
69 min...TFC Burgos 30 yard low shot up middle deflects off defender and goalie dives to push ball wide right.
70 min...TFC Burgos cornerkick from right wins cornerkick on left.
70 min...Imp sub...Jackson-Hamel replaces Sebrango.
70 min...TFC Burgos cornerkick from left is out of box.
71 min...Imp goalie catches 25 yard cross from right.
72 min...Imp Haworth rolls cross from right has TFC Maund concede cornerkick on left.
72 min...Imp Lefevre cornerkick from left has TFC Henry head ball away.
76 min...TFC Burgos cornerkick from right has goalie catch on left in crowd of players.
77 min...Imp Fucito low cross from 25 yards on right has sliding TFC Henry concede cornerkick on right.
77 min...Imp Fucito cornerkick from right is over players and ball is cleared.
82 min...Imp Lefevre cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
84 min...TFC Morris curves in 30 yard shot from left is low and to goalie.
85 min...TFC Morris charges to pass on left and rounds sprawling goalie at 15 yards and defender Imp Camara clears loose ball.
87 min...TFC Burgos low 40 yard shot from right is well wide left of net.
88 min...TFC Maund 50 yard cross from right has goalie leap to catch and hang on as he's pushed over.
90 min...TFC Burgos 50 yard freekick from right has TFC player rescue ball on left end line but defender runs away with it.
91 min...game ends 12:40pm.

Final Score:.......Toronto FC.........0...........Montreal Impact.............1................

Attendance was about 40 people and almost half of them were TFC first team players on this overcast and cold day with a gusty wind from the north for the entire game. The wind blew back high kicks sent into the wind and blew balls over the end lines when the wind was at a player's back. Both teams passed the ball around and back too often. For this game I would have said that more shots would have produced more rebounds in this kind of weather. TFC had the wind at their back for the second half and didn't really take advantage of it. The intermission was shortened to eight minutes...might as well be as it was too far from anywhere indoor to warm up--just get the game over with.

I asked Impact officials about their 'new' player Stefan Vukovic. He didn't make the trip for this game. First person was a player who'd never heard of him. Found one. "He's never played in Montreal"---true but he did in an exhibition game in Rochester I said--"He's not signed for us". OK I guess that was the safe thing to say. [Vukovic led the Canadian Soccer League last season for most goals scored while playing for the TFC Academy. He was released by Toronto FC after their training camp earlier this spring.] I remember watching Karl Ouimette and Wandrille Lefevre play for Montreal's Academy team in the CSL last season. Old Eduardo Sebrango was a starter and played the first 71 minutes of the game. He had a goal from a 12 yard chip up the middle called back offside. I reminded him after the game about how he used to kill the old Toronto Lynx in his previous stint on the Impact and the Rochester Raging Rhinos.

Evan Bush earned the shutout for the Impact. He had a big save to make at 69 minutes when TFC Junior Burgos took a low 30 yard shot up the middle that deflected off a defender and the goalie dived to the push the ball wide right of the post. One other chance was at 85 minutes when TFC Omari Morris charged to get to a through pass on the left and he rounded the sprawling goalie at 15 yards on the left but the act of pushing the ball past the goalie let a defender Hassoun Camara get to the ball first and clear it.

Quillan Roberts played the game for TFC. He was just signed to a pro contract earlier in the week. He played flawless except at 11 minutes when Impact Mike Fucito took a cornerkick from the right that he bobbled over his head but was able to turn around and pick it up on the bounce before it went over the line. I asked TFC assistant coach Danny Dichio after the game a question about Robert's playing time. If there's not enough first team action he will play in these Reserves games but will NOT be returning to the TFC Academy team. Most of last year I watched Chad Bush as the Academy goalie. Dichio answered that he is gone to school. I'll expect some new goalies for the Academy this year.

Referee Justin Tasev only gave out two Yellow cards today--both to the Impact in this rather tame game. Sinisa Ubiparipovic earned one at 14 minutes for kicking the ball away from near the center line after the whistle had blown. Karl Ouimette earned the other just two minutes later for a hand ball at almost the same spot.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Imp Gienir Garcia tries to send in cross past TFC Adrian Cann.