July 7, 2013 CSL--Astros Vasas vs Serbian White Eagles (by Rocket Robin)

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Results and details of the Sunday July 7, 2013 CSL game between Astros Vasas FC and Serbian White Eagles played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 4:30pm.

Astros Vasas FC (all red, gold numbers)

.................12 Laszlo Barna
2 Dominik Kaali...6 Jevon Vanderreyden...14 Kurt Ramsey (cpt)...3 Vincenzo Sassa
..........17 Conrad Kouame-Assane...7 Kevin Dhillon...5 Jose Laudelino Goncalves De Sousa
..........11 Sandor Varga...10 Jose Melo...20 Tristan Watson

Subs:...1 Enno Bostyan (gk)...9 Horvat Adalbert (fwd)...13 Antoine Paul (def)...15 Jands Dano (def)...18 Mark Kolozsi (mid)
...19 Erik Gulyas (fwd)...21 David James (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Laszlo Kiss...team officials Robin Sibalin and Robert Marila

Serbian White Eagles (all white, red numbers)

..................12 Goran Velimirovic
2 Vadym Zayarnyy...30 Stefan Popovic...3 Vitomar Jelic (cpt)...13 Andre Orlando
...........24 Nikola Negojevic...15 Veljko Lukovic...28 Daniel Chamale
...........27 Habib Bundu...10 Ramon Bailey...38 Djorjije Strunjas

Subs:...7 Kiril Dimitrov (--)...14 Aleksandar Milkovic (--)...22 Milan Beader (fwd)...34 Ivan Stankovic (--)...36 Sebastian Mentel (--)
...44 Nikola Miodrag (mid)
team officials:...head coach Uros Stamatovic...assistant coach Goran Beader...manager Predrag Milkovic...president Dragan Bakoc

Game officials:...referee Justin Tasev...referee's assistants Niquita Amirkhanian and Alex Hearn...fourth official Jeff Fearnall ...(neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...games starts 4:32pm...Astros defend east end on this hot and humid afternoon recovering from a pre game rain.
1 min...SWE Bailey pushes pass from SWE Bundu on right over end line.
4 min...AV De Sousa is injured at center line.
5 min...AV Melo blasts 30 yard shot from left well over net.
7 min...it starts to rain again.
9 min...AV Melo run to right end line and rolls ball into box but defender clears at 6 yards.
9 min...AV Melo rolls pass forward from 15 yards that has AV De Sousa shoot wide left from 5 yards.
12 min...SWE Chamale cross from 22 yards on left has AV Ramsey head ball away at 10 yards.
14 min...AV Melo 30 yard freekick from left has goalie bat down at 2 yards and picks up ball unchallenged.
16 min...SWE Bailey 22 yard shot from right is low and wide left.
19 min...AV Dhillon shoots 30 yard shot down middle has defender head ball wide left of net.
19 min...AV Melo cornerkick from left has nearest defender on left head away.
20 min...SWE player pokes ball off AV Melo on rush down middle to SWE 25 yards.
21 min...SWE Negojevic cuts low 30 yard shot up middle that goalie stops.
22 min...SWE Bailey cornerkick from left has SWE Bundu shot blocked and SWE Chamale shoots 28 yarder that deflects wide right of net.
25 min...AV Varga cornerkick from right is over leaping players in box.
27 min...AV Melo 28 yard freekick from left has ball knocked around on edge of box has AV Watson shoot 10 yarder on right wide right of net.
29 min...SWE Popovic gets back to clear ball away from an AV forward rushing to SWE 20 yards.
30 min...AV Dhillon is injured at AV 45 yard line.
32 min...SWE Bailey gets ball in middle and heads down and rushes 30 yard shot wide left of net.
33 min...SWE Strunjas rolls cross from 25 yards on left and AV Ramsey clears ball from 12 yards.
34 min...SWE Miodrag (when did he come into game or did he start?) 40 yard chip forward has goalie catch on bounce.
35 min...AV De Sousa cornerkick from right has charging AV Melo dive but is not able to fully connect on 6 yard header and ball is sent wide left of net.
36 min...AV Melo 35 yard freekick up middle is high and wide left of net.
39 min...AV Varga 28 yard blast from right deflects off defender and bounces up for goalie to grab at 5 yards.
40 min...it starts to rain hard again.
40 min...AV Dhillon long cross from left corner has SWE Jelic get injured in a collision with AV Varga at 6 yards on right.
42 min...AV Dhillon blasts 35 yarder down middle has flying goalie punch ball forward. An AV player getting to rebound is called offside.
45 min...AV Varga is injured at SWE 45 yards.
46 min...half ends 5:17pm.

Halftime Entertainment:...A troup from the club 'Kids N Dance' of seven pre-teen girl gymnasts had their show ruined by a broken sound system. Strange that the CD player was able to play the national anthem at the beginning of the game but it wouldn't play more than 5 seconds at a time of their own music. It may have prevented some accidents as trying for a handstand on a wet bench may have broken a limb.

2nd Half:...starts 5:33pm.
halftime sub:...SWE Beader replaces someone.
47 min...AV De Sousa 28 yard shot from left is high and wide left.
48 min...SWE Strunjas 40 yard freekick from right is just over head of leaping SWE Beader at 15 yards and ball is wide left.
49 min...SWE Strunjas 28 yard freekick from right sideline has nearest defender clear ball.
50 min...SWE Bundu low 25 yard low cross has SWE Miodrag on left shoot low 12 yarder that goalie pushes ball wide left of post.
50 min...SWE Miodrag cornerkick from left has ball whistled down in box.
53 min...SWE Bundu cross from 22 yards on right has SWE Miodrag heads ball over net from 8 yards.
54 min...Astros Joey Melo GOAL...Melo passes forward to AV Tristan Watson who shoots from 15 yards on left and hits the right goalpost. The ball deflects back into the box and Melo shoots 8 yarder into middle of net beyond goalie Goran Velimirovic.
56 min...AV Sasso is injured at AV 45 yard line.
57 min...AV player takes 60 yard freekick from left has AV Watson pop up header at 15 yards and play is whistled down.
58 min...SWE Miodrag 40 yard freekick from left wins cornerkick on right as ball is headed behind net.
59 min...SWE Bundu cornerkick from right has defender head ball through box and SWE player's cross from left has four SWE players called offside.
60 min...SWE Strunjas 45 yard freekick from right has goalie punch ball away at 10 yards in crowd of players.
63 min...SWE Zayarnyy long throw-in from right has play whistled down when defender is knocked over in the box.
63 min...AV Watson blasts 15 yarder on extreme right well over net.
66 min...SWE Miodrag cross from 40 yards on right has goalie charge wide left to catch.
66 min...AV goalie blocks two SWE Beader blasts from 15 yards point blank down middle.
67 min...AV sub...Kolozsi replaces Kouame-Assane.
69 min...SWE Bundu low cross from near left end line is cleared twice on his attempts.
70 min...SWE Strunjas is injured by AV Sasso at end line winning freekick.
71 min...SWE Bundu 22 yard freekick from right endline has play whistled down.
72 min...SWE sub...Stankovic replaces Bundu.
73 min...AV Watson can't win Penalty kick on fall in box.
73 min...AV De Sousa high cross is rescued from end line but no one is in box for recross.
74 min...AV sub...Adalbert replaces Varga.
75 min...SWE Stankovic 35 yard freekick from left has SWE Jelic duck and head 8 yarder on left into webbing of net.
76 min...SWE Strunjas receives pass from SWE Stankovic and boots 6 yarder over defenders and over net.
77 min...it's raining hard again.
77 min...SWE Orlando 50 yard freekick from left has ball not rescued on right endline.
79 min...AV De Sousa is injured at SWE 45 yards.
79 min...SWE sub...Dimitrov replaces Strunjas.
81 min...SWE Miodrag cross from 45 yards on right has SWE Stankovic nod 10 yard header that goalie catches.
83 min...SWE Dimitrov cross from left end line has SWE Miodrag on left.
84 min...AV sub...Gulyas replaces De Sousa.
84 min...AV Watson rolls short AV Gulyas cornerkick pass from left blasting wide left from 18 yards.
85 min...SWE Dimitrov cross from 15 yards has ball caught by goalie.
86 min...SWE goalie charges to 25 yards to clear before AV Melo can get to it.
87 min...SWE YELLOW card...Jelic earns it for clipping on AV Watson rushing on right sideline.
88 min...AV Melo 25 yard freekick from right has defender head away for fast break out.
88 min...it starts to rain hard again.
89 min...SWE Bailey 50 yard freeekick down middle has defender head ball away.
91 min...AV YELLOW card...Watson earns it for bumping into goalie after he'd made catch.
92 min...AV goalie slides to 15 yards to smother ball.
93 min...AV player bashes into SWE Orlando at SWE 25 yard sideline.
93 min...SWE RED card...Vitomar Jelic earns a direct ejection for holding on to charging Tristan Watson on his run from 50 to 30 yards pulling on his jersey and jostling him the entire way. Referee Justin Tasev signalled to play advantage but when Watson was finally knocked over, Jelic was sent off as the last defender back.
95 min...game ends 6:23pm.

Final Score:...Astros Vasas FC.......1...........Serbian White Eagles..........0...........

Attendance was about 30 on this hot, humid, and overcast afternoon. It had rained in the afternoon then rained hard from the 7 minute mark stopped then rained hard again at the 40 minute and 77 minute mark. I didn't notice when it slowed down enough that I could notice the times when it started pouring again.

Referee Justin Tasev gave out only one Yellow card to each team that I counted at 87 and 91 minutes and then the Red card at 93 in a game that wasn't rough.

Astros Vasas played their first game in their new all red kits with gold numbers. [Edit: I took that as fact from the commentators in the booth as I can't be at every game. It turns out the earlier Rogers broadcast from last month had Astros in all red. DJT on the Voyageurs message board pointed that out.] This makes them look exactly like the Vasas team in Hungary. There'd been a long delay for the equipment to arrive. I'd say the difference between Astros and White Eagles when they played May 17th in Etobicoke (the only other game I'd seen Astros in so far this year) was the addition of players Joey Melo and Tristan Watson. Joey Melo played for Mississauga Eagles in the CSL for the last few years (and on MLS Toronto FC during 2007 and 2008). Watson is from Brampton and stands 6'4". SWE won their previous meeting 3-0.

Astros had been shutout in their previous three games. Today's win (at the time this game ended) slingshots them from 12th (last) to a tie for 8th (the last playoff spot) with White Eagles. There's four good teams creating a gap between themselves and the rest of the pack.

Laszlo Barna earned the shutout for Astros-Vasas by making a few key stops.

Best non-scoring chances were at 9 minutes when AV Joey Melo rolled a pass forward from 15 yards and AV Jose Ludelino Goncalves De Sousa shot wide left from 5 yards. 35 minutes had AV De Sousa take a cornerkick from the right that the charging AV Melo was not able to fully connect on a diving header and it went wide left of the post from 6 yards. 42 minutes had AV Kevin Dhillon blast a 35 yard shot down the middle that the flying goalie punched forward. An AV player got to the rebound and was called offside. 48 minutes had SWE Djorjije Strunjas's 40 yard freekick from the right just be over the head of a leaping SWE Milan Beader at 15 yards and the ball continued wide left of goal. 50 minutes had SWE Habib Bundu's low 25 yard cross get SWE Nilola Miodrag on left shoot a low 12 yarder that the goalie pushed wide left of the post. 53 minutes had SWE Bundu cross from 22 yards on the right and Miodrag headed the ball over the net from 8 yards. 66 minutes had the AV goalie block two SWE Beader blasts from 15 yards point blank down the middle. 75 minutes had SWE Ivan Stankovic take a 35 yard freekick from the left that SWE Vitomar Jelic headed from 8 yards on the left into the outside webbing of the net. A minute later SWE Strunjas received a pass from SWE Stankovic and booted a 6 yard shot over a sliding defender and over the net. 81 minutes had SWE Miodrag cross from 45 yards on right and SWE Stankovic nodded a 10 yard header that the goalie caught.

This game was recorded by Rogers Community channel for later rebroadcast (maybe next Saturday or Sunday night) in the Toronto area. Dana McKiel provided the play by play and Enio Perruzza (the usual PA announcer) was the colour commentator. I like a more "#10 passes to #20" type of commentary instead of history stories that have to be broken up (and sometimes they weren't) when a shot was taken. Both have long histories for soccer in this city. I helped feed them the subs (these are strong binculars I carry) and straightened up the Red card incident. But then lately I've been annoyed by the MLS caller Luke Wileman giving full recaps of the scorelines or next game played or last game played every five minutes of game time. A perfect punishment in Hell for him would be that he be forced to give an entire recap of a basketball game--all 185 points. Anyway, I should just be grateful that this CSL game is shown at all!

Both teams had played games on Friday night and lost. Astros were defeated 2-0 in London and White Eagles lost 2-1 to York Region Shooters. Shooters played one hour after this game ended giving me enough time to drive up there and catch their game against Windsor.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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