May 17, 2013 CSL--Serbian White Eagles vs Astros Vasas FC (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Friday May 17, 2013 CSL game between Serbian White Eagles and Astros Vasas FC played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 9:00pm.

Serbian White Eagles (all white, red numbers)

...................1 Stefan Avramovic
13 Andre Orlando...30 Stefan Popovic...36 Vitomir Jelic (cpt)...2 Vadym Zayarnyy
7 Kiril Dimitrov...28 Daniel Chamale...34 Ivan Stankovic...15 Veljko Lukovic
.............45 Sasa Vukoje...38 Djordjije Strunjas

Subs:...12 Goran Velimirovic (gk)...5 Goran Vlaski (def)...10 Ramon Bailey (mid)...22 Milan Beader (fwd)...23 Zarko Tomic (def) ...27 Marko Miketic (mid)...44 Nikola Miodrag (mid)
team officials:...head coach Uros Stamatovic...assistant coach Goran Beader...manager Predrag Milkovic...president Dragan Bakoc

Astros Vasas FC (all orange, black numbers)

...................1 Antal-Andras Toth
16 Jongwon Jung...14 Kurt Damian Ramsey...8 Adam Simon...4 Vincenzo Sasso
18 Karoly Csak...17 Conrad Kouame-Asssane...13 Janos Dano...19 Erik Gulyas
.............9 Adalbert Horvat (cpt)...11 David James

Subs:...12 Erno Bostyan (gk)...2 Dominik Kaali (def)...3 Mark Kolozsi (def)...6 Jevon Vanderreyden (def)...7 Joseph Matti (fwd) ...10 Mikateko Zwane (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Laszlo Kiss...assistan coach Gerardo Lezcano...assistant manager Laszlo Deak...physio Joszef Papp ...general manager Bruno Ierullo

Game officials:...referee Alexis Vaughan...referee's assistants Peter Pendli and Ramee Arbaji...fourth official Ben Jacobs ...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 9:10pm...SWE defends south end on this cool evening with a calm wind)
3 min...SWE Dimitrov rolls 22 yard shot from far right wide right of goal.
5 min...SWE Stankovic dribbles in from right end line but is checked off ball by the third defender he tries to run by at 10 yards.
5 min...SWE Dimitrov chests pass down on run up left and shoots 20 yarder wide left.
nothing but midfield play for 9 minutes.
14 min...SWE Strunjas rolls cross from 20 yards on left through box but Astros Dano clears at 10 yards.
15 min...SWE Dimitrov in crowd of players at 30 yards down middle twists and shoots over the net.
16 min...Astros Jung 60 yard punt from right is over crowd of players and bounces to goalie.
18 min...Astros Sasso long throw-in from left is cleared by defender in box.
21 min...SWE Djordjije Strunjas GOAL...SWE Kiril Dimitrov rolls 28 yard freekick from left forward for charging SWE Ivan Stankovic who stops ball on end line and rolls cross through box for Strunjas to shoot low 15 yard shot from middle into left side of net beyond diving goalie Antal-Andras Toth.
24 min...SWE Stankovic low 20 yard shot from left bounces to goalie.
28 min...SWE Strunjas rush on left and cross from 20 yards drifts behind net.
29 min...Astros Horbat cornerkick from left has defender clear on right on bicycle kick starting quick break out.
30 min...SWE Dimitrov 25 yard shot from right is caught by diving goalie.
31 min...SWE Stankovic bends 25 yarder from left wide right of net.
31 min...SWE Dimitrov low cross from 22 yards on far right bounces across 6 yard box unplayed.
32 min...Astros Jung heads away cornerkick from right at 10 yards.
33 min...Astros defender breaks up through ball pass to SWE Stankovic and concedes cornerkick.
34 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right has defender on right heads ball away.
36 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right has nearest defender head away.
37 min...Astros sub...Zwane replaces Dano.
37 min...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from right has SWE Popovic head ball just over net from 8 yards.
39 min...Astros Csak 40 yard freekick from right is bounced through box and Astros Gulyas shoots 15 yarder over net as he falls.
40 min...SWE YELLOW card...Vukoje earns it for knocking over player at Astros 45 yard line.
43 min...SWE defender hooks ball away from Astros 15 on left edge of box.
44 min...Astros YELLOW card...Sasso earns it for sliding tackle on SWE Dimitrov on right edge of Astros box.
45 min...SWE Stankovic 25 yard freekick from right ends with SWE Vukoje recovering partial clearance and shooting 22 yarder over net. Astros Zwane is injured on play at Astros 20 yard line.
47 min...SWE Dimitrov cornerkick from left is short to SWE Stankovic, he taps ball back but Dimitrov has 25 yard shot from left is blocked by defender.
48 min...half ends 9:58pm.

2nd Half:...starts 10:13pm.
46 min...SWE Dimitrov blasts 20 yard shot over net after receiving dropped back pass.
47 min...SWE Stankovic 22 yard roller up middle is smothered by goalie.
49 min...SWE Dimitrov receives pass and 30 yard shot through traffic is over net.
54 min...Astros Sasso 22 yard blast from left on short pass is into side webbing of net.
55 min...Astros Simon 45 yard freekick from left has defender head away from just inside box.
59 min...SWE Strunjas is injured on long run down left by sliding check by Astros Jung.
60 min...SWE Dimitrov dribbles into right side of box but is checked off ball.
62 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from right has SWE Jelic get 15 yard shot up middle is blocked by defender and ball is cleared.
63 min...SWE Dimitrov cross from 25 yards on far right is behind net.
64 min...Astros sub...Vanderreyden replaces Kouame-Assane.
68 min...Astros Sasso rolls 20 yard cross from far left that SWE Popovic clears at 6 yards on left.
69 min...Astros YELLOW card...James earns it for check on sideline near center line.
70 min...SWE sub...Bailey replaces Strunjas.
72 min...Astros James receives centering pass from right but runs ball over right end line.
73 min...SWE Ivan Stankovic GOAL...Astros David James was injured when he kicked the ball and it was blocked by a SWE defender at SWE 30 yard line but that set the SWE team on a breakout. SWE Kiril Dimitrov rushed up the right and crossed from 25 yards on a sharp angle. Stankovic was behind two players leaping for the ball that was over their heads and he blasts 12 yard shot into top right side of net.
74 min...Astros sub...Matti replaces injured James.
76 min...SWE sub...Beader replaces Vukoje.
78 min...SWE Stankovic cornerkick from left has goalie swat ball through box. SWE Bailey crosses from right into box and his shot deflects to right and SWE Dimitrov blasts 12 yard shot that's stopped.
81 min...SWE Stankovic blasts 18 yard shot off the bar.
82 min...SWE Kiril Dimitrov GOAL...SWE Ivan Stankovic receives short pass and blasts 18 yarder off bar. Ball ends up over to Dimitrov who rushes in from right from 22 yards and his sharp angle shot is just inside the left corner of the net.
83 min...SWE sub...Miodrag replaces Dimitrov.
83 min...SWE Stankovic rush to left end line and low 20 yard cross deflects off diving goalie but defender clears.
85 min...SWE Chamale 25 yard shot from right is just over top left corner of net.
86 min...Astros sub...Bostyan replaces Toth in goal.
87 min...Astros Gulyas low 22 yard freekick from right deflects off defender wide right.
88 min...Astros Gulyas high cornerkick from right has defender block 22 yard shot from left.
90 min...Astros Simon 40 yard freekick from left is well over net.
94 min...game ends 10:02pm.

Final Score:.....Serbian White Eagles.....3......Astros Vasas FC.......0......

Attendance was about 125 on this cool night for the White Eagles home opener. This was their first game of the season after having last week's road trip game in Burlington cancelled at the last minute. The game started at 9:10pm as the kiddy lacrosse players practice permit holders dragged their feet clearing the field until the last possible minute. SWE warmed up in one endzone and Astros were on a field outside the stadium (so I heard).

Referee Alexis Vaughan had an easy game to call without a lot of hard tackles. I only counted her giving out three Yellow cards--two to the Astros.

This was the second loss in two game for the Astros. They lost their opening game 1-0 to York Region Shooters on an injury time goal. Their major problem appears to still be goal scoring. They only had 15 in 22 games last year. Another problem carried over from last year is surrendering late goals--probably a consequence of opening up play to try to catch up and their fitness late in the game. It's hard to say how they will improve this year. Their defence looked competent. Although SWE had almost all the shots in the game many were from outside the box and were off target.

Stefan Avramovic earned the shutout for the White Eagles. He had a very easy night because the defenders Andre Orlando, Stefan Popovic, Vitomir Jelic (also the captain) and Vadym Zayarnyy kept the Astros shots to a minimum. Astros switched their goalies at 86 minutes with Erno Bostyan replacing Antal-Andras Toth.

Forward Adalbert Horvat is the captain of the Astros. He is listed on the Ontario Soccer League website as being tied for the leading goal scorer in the South Region in 2012 while playing for Erin Mills Vasas.

Alex B. was at the game filming video for future use. There may be hi-lites of tonight's game up on the CSL web site by Tuesday.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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