Result and details of the Thursday January 24, 2019 CPL combine game held at Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan
at 10:15am between between the Orange and Green pinnies teams.

Orange Team: (black socks and shorts, orange shirts, black numbers)

Subs:...56 Parmpreet Singh (DM)

Green Team: (black socks and shorts, green shirts, white numbers)

.........................................42 Matthew Zaikos
11 Vince Sasso...26 Zamir Mohammad...21 Anthony Wright...27 Riley Ferazzo
2 Isaiah Johnston...26 Barou Junior Mbuyamba...4 Stefan Nikolic...28 Danial Khalili
.....................................24 Bojan Zoranovic...16 Noah Pio

Subs:...none

First Half:...game starts 10:14am...Orange defends north end.
4 min...G Zoranovic 15 yard shot from right after receiving pass from G Nikolic has goalie make sliding save at 8 yards.
6 min...O Leal low 25 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie.
8 min...O Leal feeds through ball to O Armstrong and has 18 yard shot from left blocked by sprawling goalie deflecting
ball for cornerkick on left.
9 min...O Leal cornerkick from left has goalie palm ball overhead and through box.
13 min...G Pio cornerkick from left is sent across box. G Wright heads 12 yarder from right just over net.
14 min...O Fadul receives centering pass from right and low 15 yarder up middle is smothered by goalie.
18 min...G Pio cornerkick from left is caught by goalie in front of crowd of players.
19 min...G goalie catches 40 yard lob unpressured in middle of box.
20 min...O Leal cornerkick from left is over box.
22 min...Green Isaiah Johnston GOAL...G Junior Mbuyamba is given pass from 45 yards in middle over on right
and centers to charging Johnston who continues from 25 yards and rolls shot from 15 yards behind sliding goalie
Spiro Koskinas at 12 yards.
25 min...O goalie is out to edge of box to make sliding clearance.
26 min...O Leal given through ball pass and 5 yard shot on extreme right deflects off goalie on short post.
26 min...O De Freitas heads cornerkick from right well over net in crowd of players at 8 yards.
29 min...O Leal just a step behind chip into 6 yard box and ball bounces for goalkick.
30 min...half ends 10:34am.

Second Half:...starts 10:50am.
33 min...Green Noah Pio GOAL...G Vince Sasso centers rolling pass from right through traffic and Pio shoots
low 10 yard shot up middle into right side of net past goalie.
35 min...G goalie smothers low 25 yard shot up middle.
39 min...G Sasso recovers partial clearance and 25 yard shot is well wide right of net.
42 min...G Johnston low 20 yard shot from left is just wide right of post.
45 min...O sub...#23 (who?) replaces Lay.
47 min...Orange Sundin Esperance GOAL...Esperance recovers ball after defender stops Esperance's rush
at 25 yards on left and blasts low 20 yarder on left into short left side of net with goalie on line in center.
50 min...O Leal 40 yard freekick down middle is well high right of net.
52 min...Orange Tyriq Armstrong GOAL...O Wadohi Fadul at centre line on left chips centering pass to Armstrong
at 30 yards who survives bumps from defenders before getting to ball and blasts 25 yarder into left side of net.
54 min...G Nikolic dribbles to left end line and 7 yard shot off goalie guarding post who has time to crawl out
to smother.
54 min...O De Freitas low cross to O Gopaul who passes to O Fadul whose shot is stopped.
59 min...O player's cornerkick from right is headed away in crowd of players in box.
60 min...game ends 11:21am.

Final Score: Orange Team 2 Green Team 2

The pinnies I'm sure were left over from the CPL Open Trials.  Just like then, I didn't like 
the light green ones as their white numbers were hard to see.  

Some of the cornerkicks were hidden from my view because of the overlap of the balcony.  
There was a guy with a camcorder on a tripod filming for the league he said who was supposed 
to be on the higher 'broadcast' balcony but it was closed so he was down with us.  He had 
trouble too with mothers leaning over the side to watch the cornerkicks on the near side.  
I suggested he switch to the restricted other side of the balcony from where the coaches were 
watching the game.  He said he'd move at halftime but he didn't leave until the afternoon 
sessions.  

There has been no video of this game emerge on the net so I'm glad that I hustled down below 
to the ground floor and double checked with the Green team about who scored their goals.  

Thanks to L1O game day staffers for giving me a copy of the game sheets when I first arrived 
at 8:45am.  This typewritten list meant the teams were planned at least a few hours in advance. 

Team lineups had Vaughan's Eddie Lay playing against Riley Ferazzo and Toronto Skillz' 
Wadohi Fadul vs Zamir Mohammad.  Also Sanjaxx's Nathaniel Rodney-Scarlett vs Stefan Nikolic 
and Woodbridge's Federico Leal and Isaiah Johnston.  Teammate pairings I found were 
FC London's Aaron Schneebeli and Ethan Gopaul, and Darby's Matthew Zaikos and Vince Sasso.  

There was one more morning game to go.  Eventually 33 players were chosen for the afternoon 
session.  

The Orange team advanced eight players to the afternoon game including goalie Spiro Koskinas 
and goalscorers Sundin Esperance and Tyriq Armstrong and all to the 'Blue' team.  

The Green team advanced only four players.   Goalscorers Isaiah Johnston and Noah Pio did advance 
and were kept together on the 'Yellow' team for the afternoon game.  

Rocket Robin
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Green's Bojan Zoranovic (24) takes second half kickoff.

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