August 4, 2013 CSL--Brampton City United vs Serbian White Eagles (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details from the Sunday August 4, 2013 CSL game between Brampton City United and Serbian White Eagles played at Victoria Park in Brampton at 5:30pm.

Brampton City United (all white, gold numbers, blue trim)

..................1 Christian Maraldo
15 Donavan Wilson...3 Mirko Medic (cpt)...4 Mark Jankovic...16 Tarik Robertson
..........2 Thomas McLean...22 Adrian Tismenar...10 David Velastagui
..........9 Marcos Nunes...7 Milos Scepanovic...23 Andrew DaSilva

Subs:...8 Stephen Mark Hall (mid)...12 Kevin McIntosh (def)...17 Mohamed Diaby (def)...18 Reisandri Fernadez-Cervantes (def)
...20 Damion Scott (mid)...21 Leaford Allen (fwd)...69 Alex Braletic (fwd)
team officials:...manager Michael DiMatteo...assistant coaches Juan J Barreto and Pernell Mason

Serbian White Eagles (red socks and shirts, blue shorts, white numbers)

.................1 Scott Cliff
21 Mohammed Habibzi...30 Stefan Popovic...3 Vitomar Jelic...13 Andre Orlando
.........7 Kiril Dimitrov...28 Daniel Chamale...24 Nikola Negojevic
.........8 Sahjah Reid...34 Ivan Stankovic (cpt)...38 Djorjije Strunjas

Subs:...10 Ramon Bailey (mid)...14 Aleksandar Milkovic (mid)...20 Angelo Calebro (def)...29 Milan Mitrovic (fwd)...39 Goran Radojic (mid)
(#44 also came into the game at 80 minutes. In previous games this number was worn by Nikola Miodrag. Apparently there was also a back up goalie on the bench)
team officials:...head coach Uros Stamatovic...president Dragon Bakoc...assistant coach Groan Beader...manager Predrag Milkovic

Game officials:...referee Marie-Soleil Beaudoin...referee's assistants Gianni Fachinni and Peter Pendli...fourth official Niquita Amirkhanian ...(all black uniforms, neon yellow numbers)

1st Half:...Game starts 5:32pm...BCU defends east end on this warm and sunny early evening...the scoreboard is not working for the first half so all times for that period are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...BCU Nunes cross from 25 yards into box has defender clear.
5 min...BCU goalie runs out to 30 yards to clear through ball before SWE Reid can get to ball down middle.
10 min...SWE Stankovic 25 yard freekick along right end line bounces in middle of box off SWE Reid and whistle is blown before SWE player blasts 12 yarder well over net.
12 min...SWE Stankovic 50 yard freekick from right has defender head ball away on edge of box. SWE Chamale chips partial clearance from 28 yards has goalie stop wide right of net.
14 min...BCU Dimitrov cross from 25 yards on left bounces by goalie.
15 min...SWE Stankovic 45 yard freekick from left has BCU Tismenar heads away from edge of box.
16 min...BCU Nunes in middle rolls pass forward and to right for charging BCU Wilson to run from 30 yards to 15 yard shoot wide right of net.
17 min...SWE YELLOW card...Stankovic (?) earns it for kick on BCU DaSilva at center line. [this may not have been Stankovic as later he drew a Yellow card and was not sent off.]
18 min...BCU Medic makes huge sliding tackle to poke ball away from streaking SWE Dimitrov on right on edge of box.
19 min...BCU Medic 60 yard chip is just over streaking players and goalie catches.
20 min...BCU Nunes 12 yard shot deflects off SWE Orlando for cornerkick.
21 min...BCU Velastagui cornerkick from right has goalie punch ball through box for cornerkick.
22 min...BCU Velastagui cornerkick from left has BCU Medic head from 15 yards on right and goalie punches away.
24 min...BCU Velastagui crosses high from 15 yards on left end line and BCU Nunes pops up header and defenders clear on right.
26 min...BCU Nunes receives cross from 30 yards on left and takes off balance shot from 20 yards that's well over net.
28 min...BCU Tismenar 45 yard freekick down middle is over to left for BCU Robertson to cross and ball is cleared.
30 min...BCU David Velastagui GOAL...BCU Thomas McLean sends a 50 yard cross from the right into the SWE box and the ball bounces between a defender and goalie Scott Cliff and Velastagui at 12 yards on left gets ball and shoots 7 yarder into empty net.
31 min...BCU McLean blasts 40 yarder down middle that deflects up off defender at 30 yards and goalie catches.
36 min...SWE Stankovic 45 yard freekick from left has SWE Habibzi flick 20 yard header down middle wide right of net.
38 min...BCU Robertson recovers goalie's clearance and blasts 45 yard shot on left well over net.
39 min...BCU goalie slides to beat SWE Strunjas to ball at 15 yards as BCU Jankovic had slipped earlier in play.
40 min...SWE Orlando 40 yard blast from left bends well over net.
43 min...SWE Habibzi 28 yard cross from right bends well over net.
44 min...SWE Negojevic cross from left sideline has SWE Reid knock down ball on fly but SWE Stankovic blasts 12 yard shot off right post so hard it clears out the left side of the box.
46 min...SWE YELLOW card...Stankovic (?) earns it for pushing incident behind the play at center line.
.........BCU YELLOW card...McLean earns it for pushing incident behind the play at center line.
48 min...play finally resumes...BCU Velastagui 35 yard freekick from left is headed away on edge of box.
48 min...half ends 6:20pm.

2nd Half:...starts 6:38pm.
halftime sub:...SWE Bailey replaces Dimitrov.
48 min...SWE Orlando cross from left end line after rush drifts behind net.
52 min...SWE Bailey and SWE Reid on left edge of BCU box has defender clear.
53 min...BCU Velastagui receives low centering pass from right at 28 yards and low shot is wide right of net.
53 min...BCU Robertson intercepts pass at center line on left and pushes pass through and BCU Nunes rush and 7 yard shot from left is stopped by sliding goalie.
54 min...BCU Velastagui long throw-in from left has ball headed around in box and cleared.
54 min...BCU Medic 35 yard shot down middle is high wide right.
55 min...SWE Strunjas rush on right and crosses low from 25 yard through box unplayed.
57 min...SWE Strunjas blasts shot in frustration that hits SWE Reid (teammate) in face after whistle.
59 min...BCU Velastagui cross from 30 yards on right has BCU player blasts 10 yarder that goalie blocks on sprawl at 2 yards.
60 min...BCU sub...Braletic replaces DaSilva.
60 min...BCU Velastagui cornerkick from right is whistled down in box.
61 min...SWE Reid rush on right and 12 yard shot deflects off defender and goalie smothers ball.
63 min...BCU YELLOW card...Tismenar earns it for sliding tackle on left sideline.
69 min...SWE goalie rushes out to beat BCU Scepanovic to through ball.
70 min...SWE Stankovic blasts low 30 yard shot from left is wide left of net.
72 min...SWE Bailey 35 yard freekick down middle is just over bar as goalie palms ball over but offside flag was up.
73 min...BCU sub...Scott replaces Jankovic.
75 min...SWE Stankovic 25 yard freekick from far right has goalie leap and catch on left post.
76 min...BCU Velastagui cornerkick from right has ball knocked down and BCU Nunes blasts 12 yard shot that falling SWE defender blocks on the line near left post.
80 min...SWE sub...#44 replaces Stankovic.
........BCU sub...Hall replaces Velastagui.
81 min...BCU Robertson gets back throw-in and dribbles in from right and is finally checked off ball in box.
82 min...SWE Bailey 40 yard freekick from left is low and deflects off SWE player and rolls wide right of post.
82 min...Referee Marie-Soleil Beaudoin gives a Red card to the SWE back up goalie.
83 min...BCU Robertson low cross from 18 yards has goalie catch.
84 min...SWE YELLOW card...Jelic earns it for sliding tackle on BCU Hall.
84 min...BCU player's 45 yard freekick from right is cleared from box.
85 min...BCU sub...Fernandez-Cervantes replaces Wilson.
85 min...BCU YELLOW card...Hall earns it for either tripping a player or complaining about the freekick given.
86 min...SWE #44 40 yard freekick from right is cleared on edge of box without getting away shot.
88 min...SWE player's 35 yard freekick down middle is blocked by overhead hand by SWE player and play is whistled down.
.........BCU YELLOW card...Robertson earns it for something.
89 min...SWE Strunjas drifts 30 yard freekick down middle just high and wide right over net.
90 min...BCU goalie rushes out of box to head ball away in front of SWE Reid then BCU goalie goes down injured. SWE Reid had made slight contact with him.
93 min...BCU Robertson cornerkick from left is short to BCU Scott so they can waste time and ball is finally crossed behind the net.
94 min...SWE #44 30 yard freekick from left is into player wall.
95 min...game ends 7:28pm.

Final Score:.......Brampton City United........1.........Serbian White Eagles............0.............

Attendance was about 150 on this warm, sunny day with a wind from the east.

This was a rough game in spots with a lot of sliding checks, bumps, and trips. Referee Marie-Soleil Beaudoin gave out seven Yellow cards that I counted (four against Brampton) plus a direct Red to the SWE backup goalie on the bench for some comments yelled at 82 minutes. This player had played in the Reserves league game (CSL 2nd division) that finished here about 45 minutes before this game started but I didn't see him on the lineup sheets. A bad day for him as they had lost 4-0 to the Brampton B team. Referee Beaudoin gave both teams plenty of warnings between giving out cards.

Christian Maraldo earned the shutout for Brampton having to make a few important saves. He is a backup goalie to Carmen Benzi who was Red carded in last week's game against London City (a 2-0 loss) and this was Benzi's first of a three game suspension.

Scott Cliff was the White Eagles goalie and he had to make some huge saves to keep them in the game right up to the last minute.

White Eagles had a new forward (although he scored two goals against Windsor in a road game last weekend) Sahjah Reid. Today's game he made a lot of bad passes that broke up their runs and fell a lot. He has a good move when he's down on a scissor tackle and he hopped up a few times and continued his run before the defender could react.

Best non-scoring chances were at 44 minutes when SWE Nikola Negojevic crossed from the left sideline and SWE Sahjah Reid knocked the ball on the fly but SWE Ivan Stankovic blasted a 12 yard shot off the right post so hard it cleared out the left side of the box. 53 minutes had BCU Tarik Robertson intercept a pass at the center line on the left and pushed a forward pass through and BCU Marcos Nunes rushed in and took a 7 yard shot from the left that was stopped point blank by the goalie's slide. 59 minutes had BCU David Velastagui cross from 30 yards on the right and a BCU player blasted a 10 yarder that the goalie blocked by sprawling at 2 yards. 76 minutes had BCU Velastagui take a cornerkick from the right that had the ball knocked down and BCU Nunes blasted a 12 yard shot that a falling defender blocked on the line near the left post. 82 minutes had SWE Ramon Bailey take a 40 yard freekick from the left that was low and deflected off an SWE player and rolled just wide right of the post.

SWE had their home game on Friday night against SC Waterloo postponed because their home field of Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke is still not ready after the extensive damage to the field caused by the storms/floods last month. There is hope that the City of Toronto will have the repairs made by next Friday for the next White Eagles game followed by Sunday's Toronto Croatia game (they also use the same home field). Otherwise the league will be in some fixture backlog trouble as they've already delayed two SWE home games.

Brampton's season record improves to 9 wins, 3 losses, 0 ties, which moves them into a tie for 3rd place with Toronto Croatia although that team is playing later tonight. Serbia falls to 3 wins, 8 losses, 1 tie, which leaves them all alone in 10th spot in the 12 team league.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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