September 29, 2013 CSL--Toronto Croatia vs York Region Shooters (by Rocket Robin)

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Result and details of the Sunday September 29, 2013 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and York Region Shooters played at Hershey Fields in Mississauga at 9:00pm.

Toronto Croatia (blue socks, white shorts and numbers, red shirts)

.................12 Antonio Ilic
7 Halburto Harris...4 Sven Arapovic...3 Josip Keran...15 Ainsley Deer
.........22 Mladen Bajamic...18 Boze Poljak...8 Hayden Fitzwilliams
...........11 Jarek Whiteman...9 Kresimir Prgomet...10 Tihomir Maletic (cpt)

Subs:...1 Mateo Sutic (gk)...5 Roberto Galle (mid)...6 Havoje Perkovic (--)...17 Tristan Grant (mid)...19 Petar Mingon (mid)
...20 David Alva (mid)...21 Daniel Niksic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Velimir Crljan...assistant coach Miodrag Akmadzic...manager Ivan Kulis...assistant manager Perica Arapovic
...physio Amanda Liddle

York Region Shooters (all black, white numbers)

.................1 Emanuelle Ameltonis
99 Ryan Dummett...3 Ricky Herron...2 Gerard Ladiyou...6 Fitzroy Christey
10 Nicolas Martinez...77 Desmond Humphrey (cpt)...15 Francisco Javier Perez...21 Darryl Gomez
.............23 Richard Edwards...20 Richard West

Subs:...5 Diego Hernan Maradona (mid)...11 Kadian Lecky (fwd)...12 Francisco Javier Juarez (mid)...16 Matthew Rios (mid)...19 Oswald Adu (fwd)
...24 Mohamad Habib (fwd)...25 Wilson Martinez (def)
team officials:...head coach John Pacione...assistant coach Pat Montalto...medical Roger Menta

Game officials:...Referee Scott Decker...referee's assistants Peter Pendli and Scott Milliquet...fourth official Marie Soleil Beaudoin
(noen yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 9:02pm...TC defends south end on this mild night with a pregame rain although rain would soon start again and vary between none and light. As there was no scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
5 min...YRS Gerard Ladiyou GOAL...YRS Richard West rushes on left and rolls cross from 22 yards to center where charging Ladiyou kicks 10 yarder down middle to left side of net.
7 min...YRS Dummett 30 yard midair blast from right is wide right of net.
9 min...TC Maletic rush down right and 12 yard shot deflects into right side of outside webbing of net for cornerkick.
10 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from rigth is headed through box by defender.
13 min...YRS West 30 yard freekick from left is high and wide right of top corner of net.
15 min...YRS Herron 55 yard chip over player down middle is wide left of net.
17 min...TC Kresimir Prgomet GOAL...TC Jarek Whiteman rushes down right side after receiving forward pass at 45 yards line and he rolls cross to left where charging Prgomet has gotten behind defenders and shoots low 8 yard shot straight ahead into left corner of net.
21 min...YRS YELLOW card...Gomez earns it for sliding tackle on TC Bajamic injurying him at YRS 35 yard line. A fight almost breaks out in front of YRS bench.
........TC YELLOW card...Harris earns it for his part in the pushing match.
........YRS YELLOW card...Ladiyou earns it for his part in the pushing match.
23 min...YRS RED card...Kadian Lecky earns a direct ejection from referee Scott Decker for argueing about previous calls from the bench where a fight nearly breaks out. It wasn't so bad for YRS as Lecky was not in the game so they didn't have to play short. YRS had just picked up two Yellow cards within the same minute.
25 min...TC Maletic 40 yard freekick has TC Arapovic's header from 15 yards caught by goalie but offside flag was already up.
27 min...YRS Edwards freekick blasts 45 yards down middle well over net.
28 min...TC Maletic cornerkick from right has YRS Ladiyou head across box. TC player's recross from left is cleared.
29 min...TC Poljak cornerkick from left is well over players in box.
31 min...YRS YELLOW card...Edwards earns it for sliding tackle at TC 50 yards.
33 min...YRS YELLOW card...Humphrey earns it for collision.
........TC YELLOW card...Poljak earns it for collision.
34 min...YRS YELLOW card...Perez earns it for something.
35 min...YRS Dummett 35 yard freekick from right is cleared for fast break.
35 min...YRS Gomez cornerkick from left has TC Maletic as nearest defender clear.
39 min...YRS Herron forearm to face of TC Maletic at TC 50 yards as Maletic comes in to check him.
40 min...YRS Humphrey chips 45 yard freekick down middle and defender at 6 yards heads ball wide left.
40 min...YRS Gomez cornerkick from left has defender clear.
41 min...TC Prgomet rush on left and rolls 22 yarder just wide right of post. TC Prgomet is injured on play and collapses back in field of play.
43 min...YRS Martinez cornerkick from right has YRS Herron knee ball down at 20 yards and ball deflects wide left of goal.
45 min...TC YELLOW card...Aropovic earns it for tackle at TC 45 yards on YRS Humphrey.
46 min...TC YELLOW card...Fitzwilliams earns it for knocking down YRS Perez.
47 min...half ends 9:49pm.

2nd Half:...starts 9:05pm.
46 min...YRS Ladiyou 40 yard low shot through traffic is wide right of net.
48 min...TC Poljak 55 yard freekick from left has goalie step forward and punch away.
49 min...TC Poljak 50 yard freekick from right has goalie dive on right post to stop.
52 min...TC Poljak 45 yard freekick has goalie catch wide right of net.
53 min...YRS Humphrey on rush from cetner line up middle to 30 yards and taps pass right and YRS Edwards low 20 yard shot is smothered by goalie.
55 min...TC Keran low 40 yard freekick from left is wide and into left side webbing of net.
56 min...TC goalie smothers ball on right ahead of charging YRS Edwards.
57 min...YRS sub...Juarez replaces Ladiyou.
58 min...TC sub...Niksic replaces Bajamic.
59 min...TC Keran 40 yard freekick from left has goalie dive and punch away. TC Fitzwilliams shoots 12 yarder that's caught by goalie.
61 min...TC Poljak 20 yard low freekick from right has goalie dive to punch ball out right side of box.
63 min...TC Tihomir Maletic GOAL...TC Daniel Niksic rolls forward pass on right from 60 yards that finds charging Maletic in alone at 40 yard line on right. Maletic charges towards goal cutting towards middle and his 25 yard low shot from right bends into left corner of net past diving goalie Emanuelle Ameltonis.
64 min...YRS Juarez 22 yard low cross from left has defender clear.
66 min...YRS YELLOW card...Nicolas Martinez earns if for complaining about an offside goal being called back.
69 min...YRS sub...Wilson Martinez replaces Nicolas Martinez.
70 min...YRS Gomez rolls 35 yard freekick from left wide left of net.
71 min...YRS RED card...Nicolas Martinez earns his second Yellow card just five minutes after getting his first. This one also didn't hurt the team as he had just been subbed off and made his comments walking along the sideline to the dressing room.
There's now a hard rain falling for a few minutes.
73 min...YRS YELLOW card...Juarez earns it for sliding tackle from behind on TC Niksic.
77 min...TC player's long throw-in from right is cleared from box.
78 min...TC sub...Mingon replaces Prgomet.
79 min...YRS YELLOW card...Christey earns it for checking TC Maletic at YRS 20 yard line.
79 min...TC Maletic 25 yard freekick from right has TC Whiteman leap and head 10 yarder wide right of net.
79 min...YRS RED card...Francisco Javier Juarez earns his second Yellow of the game for a studs up challenge on his slide connecting and injurying TC Sven Arapovic who had just kicked away a clearance from the TC box. (This one did hurt as YRS played a man short).
83 min...TC Mingon pushes through ball up middle from 55 yards and TC Whiteman runs and takes low 25 yard shot that goalie dives forward to push away.
86 min...YRS Richard West GOAL...West at 25 yards on left cuts around defender to get a 20 yard shot that bends in to left corner of net that goalie Antonio Ilic can't get to on dive.
89 min...YRS West on 1 on 2 rush on left has 20 yard shot deflect for cornerkick.
90 min...YRS Christey cornerkick from left has defender clear on left.
91 min...YRS Perez 40 yard cross from left is over players wide right for goalkick.
92 min...TC Keran 45 yard freekick from left has goalie catch in front of group of players.
94 min...TC Harris checks YRS West off ball on edge of TC box.
94 min...game ends 10:54pm.

Final Score:...Toronto Croatia..........2..............York Region Shooters..........2............

Attendance was about 150 on this mild but rainy night. This game had been moved earlier in the week from the damaged field of Centennial Stadium. There is no scoreboard at the Hershey Fields so all times are converted from my wristwatch.

This was a very rough game with Croatia drawing four Yellow cards and Shooters earning eleven cards in total. There were a lot of sliding tackles and rough checks through the game adding up to a lot of injuries.

The game had a lot of end to end action as both teams 'had' to win tonight to climb from a tie for 2nd to within striking distance of 1st place Kingston FC who won today on the last game of their schedule.

Best non-scoring chances were at 59 minutes when TC Josip Keran took a 40 yard freekick from the left that the goalie dived and punched out. TC Hayden Fitzwilliams shot a 12 yard rebound that the goalie caught. 61 minutes had TC Boze Poljak take a low 20 yard freekick from the right that the goalie dove to punch out right side of the box. 79 minutes had TC Tihomir Maletic take a 25 yard freekick from the right that TC Jarek Whiteman leapt and headed a 10 yarder wide right of the net. 83 minutes had TC Petar Mingon send a pushed through ball pass up the middle at 55 yards and TC Whiteman ran forward and shot a low 25 yarder up the middle that the goalie dove forward to push away.

The tie game result tonight ensures that Kingston FC clinches 1st place overall with one more week to play. Croatia's record moves to 13 wins, 2 losses, 4 ties for 44 points while Shooters move to 14 wins, 4 losses, 2 ties for 44 points.

Croatia's next game should be this Wednesday in a make up game against Serbian White Eagles. Shooters are playing Wednesday against SC Waterloo and have to get by without a minimum of three regulars earning Red cards tonight and I'm not sure how many others who may be out by accumulating a number of Yellows in this a previous games.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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