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Result of the Saturday May 18, 2013 MLS Reserves League game played at BMO Field in Toronto at 7:30pm.

Toronto FC Reserves (all red, white names and numbers)

...................24 Stefan Frei (cpt)
3 Danny Califf...28 Gleison Pinto dos Santos...5 Ashtone Morgan
9 Emery Welshman...8 Kyle Bekker...7 John Bostock...21 Jonathan Osorio
...22 Jeremy Brockie...14 Danny Koevermans...32 Andrew Wiedeman

Subs:...40 Quillan Roberts (gk)...34 Manuel Aparicio...35 Chris Mannella...38 Daniel Fabrizi...39 Dylan Sacramento

Columbus Crew Reserves (all yellow, black names and numbers)

....................28 Matt Lampson (cpt)
21 Chad Barson...22 Drew Beckie...23 Kevan George...31 Kyle Hyland
.........20 Wil Trapp...19 Konrad Warzycha...7 Bernardo Anor
.........13 Ethan Finlay...26 Ryan Finley...25 Jairo Arrieta

Subs:...40 Daniel Withrow (gk)...18 Aaron Schoenfeld (fwd)...27 Aaron Horton (fwd)...32 Shawn Sloan (mid)...-- Tyler Kidwell (--) ...-- Noah Hutchin (--)

Game officials:...referee Yusri Rudolf...referee's assistants (unknown man) and Gianni Facchini...fourth official (unknown woman) ...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)

1st Half:...starts 7:36pm...TFCR defends south end on this cool overcast evening. As the scoreboard was turned off, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
3 min...CCR Anor rolls cross from left into box but defender clears.
4 min...CCR Hyland long throw-in from left has ball knocked down but TFCR Bostock clears from box.
6 min...TFCR Morgan rides CCR Ethan Finlay into the end boards injurying him but CCR wins cornerkick.
7 min...CCR Anor high cornerkick from right has shot on left side of box cleared.
8 min...TFCR Brockie cross from right finds TFCR Wiedeman cross from 20 yards on left has off balance TFCR Koevermans head wide right from 10 yards on right.
11 min...CCR Ryan Finley long run on right and shoots 20 yarder well over net.
13 min...TFCR Koevermans shoots offside shot into net well after whistle.
20 min...CCR Trapp low 50 yard freekick from left is finally cleared from box.
22 min...CCR Ryan Finley cross from 20 yards on left has CCR Trapp blast 25 yard shot from left high and wide right of net.
22 min...TFCR Koevermans can't control high pass centered to him on edge of box.
23 min...CCR Anor low 40 yard freekick up middle bounces just wide right of post.
25 min...TFCR Wiedeman cross from 25 yards on left has CCR Hyland concedes cornerkick on header on right.
26 min...TFCR Bostock cornerkick from right has goalie catch ball in front of crowd of players.
27 min...CCR Ethan Finlay cross along 18 yard box misses everybody.
27 min...CCR Hyland 50 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
30 min...TFCR Bekker 35 yard cross from left has defender stop ball in front of TFCR Koevermans at 12 yards.
33 min...TFCR Morgan cross from near left end line is behind TFCR Koevermans and defender clears.
34 min...CCR Anor cross from 30 yards on left is into box and TFCR Morgan clears for throw-in on right.
36 min...TFCR YELLOW card...Califf earns it for check at center line.
37 min...TFCR Bekker 45 yard freekick from left has goalie catch over head of TFCR Califf.
38 min...TFCR Santos makes important bicycle kick clearance at 25 yards to clear possible 2 on 0 break.
40 min...CCR Anor spin turn and kicks 17 yarder down middle well high and wide left.
40 min...CCR Warzycha 35 yard roller picked up by goalie.
41 min...TFCR Welshman saves ball from going over end line but then rolls cross that's intercepted and cleared.
42 min...TFCR Jonathan Osorio GOAL...Osorio receives a rolled cross pass and shoots a 12 yard rolling shot from the right into the left corner of the net.
44 min...TFCR Jeremy Brockie GOAL...TFCR John Bostock passes forward from 40 yards and Brockie receives ball at 20 yards and freezes goalie Matt Lampson at 12 yards and shoots into left side of net.
45 min...CCR Ryan Finley 20 yard shot defllects wide right for cornerkick on right.
45 min...TFCR Santos heads away CCR Anor cornerkick from right.
45 min...CCR Anor cross from 22 yards has goalie fumble ball wide right of net.
47 min...half ends 8:23pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:37pm.
halftime subs...TFCR Aparicio replaces Koevermans.
.............TFCR Mannella replaces Brockie.
.............TFCR Fabrizi replaces Osorio.
46 min...TFCR Fabrizi rolls 30 yard shot from right just wide right of post.
47 min...TFCR Welshman rush on left but 20 yard shot is blocked.
49 min...CCR Trapp 22 yard freekick from elft is just wide right of net.
50 min...TFC Wiedeman rush on left and rolls cross from 15 yards along 6 yard box that's unplayed.
52 min...CCR Trapp 45 yard freekick down middele is cleared away in box on right.
53 min...CCR sub...Schoenfeld replaces Ryan Finley.
54 min...TFCR Aparicio and TFCR Bostock work out rush on right and Aparicio rolls cross that defender clears at 4 yards.
55 min...TFCR Mannella blasts 25 yard shot from left off left post.
55 min...CCR Anor blasts 25 yarder from left well over net.
57 min...TFCR YELLOW card...Bostock earns it for pushing over player at center line.
58 min...TFCR Santos makes key block at 15 yards.
59 min...CCR Hyland 25 yard cross from left bounces wide right of net.
61 min...CCR Sloan replaces Barson.
62 min...CCR goalie catches TFCR Fabrizi cross from near right corner flag.
62 min...CCR Anor 35 yard freekick down middle rolls through players and is smothered by goalie.
It now starts to rain lightly for a few minutes.
63 min...CCR Arrieta shoots 25 yarder over net.
64 min...TFCR sub...Sacramento replaces Califf.
66 min...TFC Bekker 35 yard freekick from left has defender tip wide left for cornerkick.
66 min...TFC Bekker cornerkick from left and is cleared by nearest defender.
68 min...CCR Kyle Hyland GOAL...Hyland takes a long throw-in from the left that bounces through players in the box and into right side of net while goalie Stefan Frei is stranded on his line in center of net.
69 min...TFCR Wiedeman is checked off ball on edge of box.
70 min...TFCR Dylan Sacramento GOAL...Sacramento gets pass at 15 yards on left and squeezes 10 yard shot into short left side of net between post and goalie.
71 min...CCR Trapp 40 yard freekick from left has CCR Warzycha head wide left from 10 yards in crowd of players.
74 min...CCR sub...Horton replaces Ethan Finlay.
75 min...CCR Warzycha chips 30 yard cross from right that goalie catches.
76 min...TFCR Wiedeman centers pass from right and TFCR Morgan blasts 25 yard shot well high and wide left.
77 min...CCR Arrieta cross from left from 22 yards near endline and CCR Warzycha shoots wide left.
78 min...TFCR Sacramento has goalie dive to try to smother ball at 6 yards after deking defender. TFCR Wiedeman then chips 12 yard shot from left that goalie catches.
79 min...CCR Anor cornerkick from right is caught by goalie.
80 min...TFCR Welshman low shot from 22 yards on right is caught by goalie.
81 min...TFCR Bekker 55 yard freekick from right has defender head ball through box.
82 min...TFCR Mannella rolls ball from 10 yards on left and goalie picks up.
84 min...CCR Anor cornerkick from right has play whistled down in box.
86 min...CCR Warzycha cross from right end line after eluding TFC Morgan who falls and goalie catches.
89 min...TFCR YELLOW card...Morgan earns it for tackle on CCR Horton at TFCR 28 yards.
89 min...CCR Beckie heads shot wide right from 10 yards on cross from 30 yards on left.
92 min...CCR Warzycha 28 yard freekick down middle is just wide left of post.
94 min...CCR YELLOW card...Arrieta earns it for bump on TFCR Santos injurying him at CCR 42 yard line.
95 min...game ends 9:27pm.

Final Score:...Toronto FC Reserves.......3.......Columbus Crew Reserves.......1.......

Attendance started at about 300 and there were still 200 at the start of the second half but only 80 after a slight rain started at the 62 minute mark although it only lasted about 5 minutes.

Referee Yusri Rudolf gave out four Yellow cards during the game--three to Toronto. It was a very open game with lots of rushes but TFC were often called offside.

The start of the second half had TFCR bring in TFC Academy players 34 Manuel Aparicio, 35 Chris Mannella and 38 Daniel Fabrizi replacing Danny Koevermans, Jonathan Osorio and Jeremy Brockie. The Osorio and Brockie subs were necessary because both had been used as second half subs in the main MLS game that had finished just over half hour earlier. Koevermans is just coming back from a year long injury. At 64 minutes (#39) Dylan Sacramento replaced defender Danny Califf although Sacramento played further forward on left wing.

Danny Koevermans only played the first half and his timing was off. His play is to knock down balls, hold up and pass off if he's being covered. A video is on the TFC website already about his game hilight--at 13 minutes when he shot into the net as the goalie stood still and watched because the play had been whistled for offside almost 3 seconds earlier.

Andrew Wiedeman was shown up by the Academy players once they entered the game and the plays they made. At 55 minutes Chris Mannella blasted a 25 yard shot from the left off the left post. Sacramento after a nice run through defenders on the left had the goalie dive to try to smother the ball at 6 yards and Sacramento knocked the ball back to Wiedeman who then tried a 12 yard chip but put it easier into the hands of the goalie who didn't have to move from standing at the left post.

Best defender in this game was TFC trialist 'Santos' (Gleison Pinto dos Santos). He made some key stops to break up CCR plays. Most important was at 38 minutes when he made a bicycle kick clearance at 25 yards to clear a possible 2 on 0 break-in. The game went on a bit too long for Santos as he drew the only CCR Yellow card of the game at 94 minutes when Jairo Arrieta collided into him just inside the center circle. Santos needed to be helped from the field.

Ashton Morgan improved his status in finding his way back to the first team as he played great defence and sent in great crosses from the wings. Kyle Bekker didn't have a great game with too many blind or bad passes that were intercepted.

The few spectators who stayed were certainly pro TFC but the ones near me were laughing at the attempts by John Bostock to win foul calls.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Team captains (who are the goalies) Stefan Frei (24) and Matt Lampson (28) at coin flip.

TFC Danny Koevermans (14) and Jonathan Osorio (21) ready to start the game.

Crew Konrad Warzycha (19) with ball with TFC Jonathan Osorio (21) closing.

TFC Kyle Bekker (8) heads ball forward.

TFC player's cornerkick flies into box.

Crew cornerkick has just been shot high and wide right.

Handshakes after game.

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