August 25, 2013 CSL--York Region Shooters vs London City (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Sunday August 25, 2013 CSL game between York Region Shooters and London City playd at St Joan of Arc Catholic High School in Vaughan at 6:30pm.

York Region Shooters (sky blue socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

...................01 Emanuelle Ameltonis
4 Marcelo Capazzolo...5 Gerard Ladiyou...8 Dino Gardner...6 Fitzroy Christey
14 Tristan Jackman...15 Francisco Javier Perez...77 Desmond Humphrey...99 Ryan Dummett
..............23 Mario Orestano...11 Kadian Lecky (cpt)

Subs:...00 Adrian Ibanez (gk)...3 Ricky Herron (def)...10 Nicholas Martinez (mid)...12 Francisco Javier Juarez (mid)...16 Matthew Rios (mid)
...19 Richard Edwards (mid)...21 Darryl Gomez (mid)
team officials:...head coach John Pacione...medical staff Roger Menta...president Tony Di Thomasis.

London City (all red, white numbers)

....................1 Vladimir Markotic
17 Justin Marques...4 Rade Novkovic...10 Zvonko Bakula (cpt)...11 Branislav Vukomanovic
30 Younan Samra...8 Harris Fazlagic...15 Nenad Begovic...5 Tonci Pirija
............39 Aldin Kukic...24 Marin Vucemilovic Grgic

Subs:...12 Jovan Stefan Brudiu (gk)...14 Francenco Pecorelli (mid)...16 Klaas Stoker (def)...23 Jasmin JR Halkic (mid)
...35 Jefferson Omide Agaiha (def)...38 Adam Magier (def)...[28 Brandon Barbosa (fwd) late scratch]
team officials:...head coach Tomo Danicevic...manager Jasmin Halkic

Game officials:...referee Armando Pereira...referee's assistant Ramee Arbaji and Allison Enright...fourth official David Di Pasquale
...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 6:43pm...YRS defends south end on this warm cloudy evening.
A light rain starts and stops during the 1st minute of the game.
7 min...YRS Jackman cross from 50 yards on right has charging YRS Dummett get foot to ball at 20 yards on left and ball bounces to goalie.
12 min...LC Novkovic heads ball back to goalie to stop YRS Lecky from getting to through ball pass at 20 yards.
14 min...LC Begovic suffers arm injury at center line.
15 min...LC YELLOW card...Kukic earns it for telling off referee's assistant.
16 min...LC YELLOW card...Vukomanovic earns it for knocking down YRS Orestano at LC 30 yards.
16 min...YRS Orestano low 35 yard freekick from right is cleared by nearest defender on edge of box.
22 min...YRS Orestano cuts 30 yard shot from left well wide right but LC Vukomanovic heads ball back to goalie from 12 yards.
23 min...YRS Jackman rush to right end line and low cross is cleared by defender.
24 min...YRS Ladiyou taps pass and YRS Orestano rolls 25 yarder up middle between players for goalie to smother.
27 min...City Younan Samra is injured near right end line inside the box with what I thought was a hand in the face but some in the crowd throught was a high kick in the face. Samra was down for a few minutes and left the game. Referee Armando Pereira awarded City a Penalty kick.
31 min...City Marin Vucemilovic Grgic blasts Penalty kick low and well wide right of the net.
33 min...YRS Jackman cross from 30 yards on right has YRS Lecky dive and head 10 yarder down middle just wide left of net.
34 min...LC sub...Halkic replaces still injured LC Samra.
35 min...YRS Dummett low 35 yard shot up middle just wide right of net.
35 min...YRS Dummett cross from 22 yards on left has YRS Lecky nod 10 yard header into right side of net but play is ruled offside.
36 min...YRS Kadian Lecky GOAL...YRS Desmond Humphrey crosses from 22 yards in middle that deflects off a defender at 18 yards and lands right in front of Lecky on the right who shoots a 12 yarder into the left corner of the net beyond goalie Vladimir Markotic.
37 min...LC sub...Agaiha replaces Begovic.
39 min...YRS Orestano cornerkick from right is over players in box and wide left for goalkick.
40 min...YRS Francisco Javier Perez GOAL...YRS Fitzroy Christey rolls centering pass along 30 yard line from left and Perez blasts a 30 yard shot down the middle into the top left corner.
42 min...YRS YELLOW card...Jackman earns it for knock down of player at LC 15 yards on right.
44 min...YRS Gardner threads pass from 55 yards that's just a step ahead of YRS Lecky charging in to 10 yards.
51 min...half ends 7:34pm.

2nd Half:...starts 7:53pm.
halftime sub:...YRS Edwards replaces Dummett.
it starts and stops raining during the first minute of this half too.
48 min...YRS Lecky crosses from 30 yards on right that LC Vucemilovic Grgic heads out left side of box.
49 min...YRS Tristan Jackman GOAL...YRS Dino Gardner pushes a pass forward from 15 yards through defenders and Jackman rolls an 8 yarder between falling defender and goalie.
50 min...YRS Edwards cornerkick from left bounces through box. YRS Ladiyou blasts partial clearance from 15 yards on left well over net and his follow througn injures LC player.
52 min...YRS Perez chips 45 yard freekick into box and two forward miss connecting from 7 yards and defender clears.
56 min...YRS sub...Herron replaces Jackman.
57 min...YRS Lecky crosses pass from right end line through 6 yard box that's unplayed.
60 min...LC Agaiha is injured in ankle at center line.
65 min...YRS sub...Gomez replaces Lecky.
.........YRS sub...Juarez replaces Orestano.
66 min...YRS Humphrey 30 yard freekick from extreme right is caught by goalie.
69 min...YRS Juarez cross from left near corner flag is knocked down near left post then picked up by goalie.
70 min...YRS sub...Martinez replaces Perez.
71 min...YRS Edwards blasts 28 yarder down middle well over net.
81 min...YRS Christey dangerous header back to own goalie who beats LC Marques to dive on ball just inside box.
81 min...LC YELLOW card...Agaiha earns it for knocking down YRS Herron at center line.
82 min...LC sub...Magier replaces Marques.
83 min...LC Bakula pops header back to goalie from 15 yards almost over his head.
91 min...LC players 30 yard freekick from left that they don't even cross into box but wastes on tap back.
92 min...game ends 8:40pm.

Final Score:........York Region Shooters..........3.................London City........0...............

Attendance was about 100 on this warm evening. There was a light rain for the first minute of both halfs even though the sun was out both times.

Emanuelle Ameltonis earned the shutout for the Shooters having to make a few key saves. His night was made easier by his defenders especially after the third goal who were able to play 'keep-a-way' for most of the second half. It got that City players started playing the same way but mostly in their own half to at least keep possession but they very rarely threatened the YRS goal which was fine for YRS.

Perez's goal would be an MLS Goal of the Week candidate if scored in that league. Third goal combined two grads of TFC Academy. YRS is a deep team with midfield Jamaican International (24 appearances from what I found) Richard Edwards not being subbed in until the start of the second half.

YRS leads the league in only conceding 10 goals in now 15 games. Defenders Marcelo Capazzolo, Gerard Ladiyou, Dino Gardener, and Fitzroy Christey kept City away from goal.

Referee Armando Pereira gave out a few Yellow cards and ignored hecklers from fans of both teams. The whole offciating crew had to break up a first half fight in the first half that took place well away from the action.

Very appropriate that Kadian Lecky scored at 36 minutes because just one minute before Lecky 'scored' on a header from 10 yards but it was flagged offside. I'm pretty sure it was Mrs Lecky either on that chance or the one he had two minutes before then who shouted from the stands "Don't worry, the chances will come".

Shooters record improves to 11 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie and stay in 2nd place as we'd heard the announcement of out of town scores that leader Kingston had won again this afternoon. London finishes a miserable weekend with a second loss and their record falls to 6 wins, 8 losses, 3 ties. City wore their red kits for this game and I had as much trouble as Friday's black kits in that the numbers didn't all match the game roster although tonight I wasn't on the spot like that game when I had to phone the results to the league and the City goal scorer was wearing a different number than the listing.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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