CSL 2012--Week 6

[Rocket Robin]

Result of the Friday June 8, 2012 CSL game between SC Toronto and

TFC Academy played at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 8:00pm.

Final Score:....SC Toronto......0.....TFC Academy......0......

Attendance was about 200 people on this warm evening.

Scott Cliff earned the shutout for SC Toronto and Angelo Cavalluzzo

for TFC Academy. Both had to make a few good saves but were not

under continuous pressure during the entire game. Most saves

especially near the end were on 25 yard shots as the shooters gave

up on trying to run through the opposition defences. Neither team

played particularly well not being able to put away their chances

and most shots and finishing passes were off target. SC Toronto

had more chances throughout the game.

Best non-scoring chances were at 18 minutes when TFCA Marko Miketic

rushed up the right side and saved the ball on the end line and

crossed across the face of the net and TFCA Omari Morris kick

a 4 yarder off the right post and the ball was pushed over the

end line for a cornerkick on the right. 35 minutes had SCT Ilya

Orlov chip a 60 yard ball down the middle that bounced and found

SCT Jarek Whiteman at 12 yards who shot over the net. 89 minutes

had SCT Daniel Fabrizi cross from 25 yards on the right and SCT

Evroy Junior Ellis head a 6 yarder on the left that the goalie

fumbled on the left post but push for a cornerkick. Ellis then

headed the resulting cornerkick over the net from 12 yards.

Both teams tonight had scored ten goals in league play with SCT

only allowing two and TFCA letting in three. SCT record moves

to two wins, no losses, two ties. TFCA record is two wins,

two losses, one tie. Both teams are comfortable playoff

contenders so far this season.

About 60 fans were from the TFC fan groups. They were somewhat

quiet in the first half but sang louder in the second half.

Seeing no goals being scored by TFCA, they started lighting

fireworks at 65 minutes.

After the game I asked some questions to the three TFC coaches

talking to each other on the field as the players wound down.

Danny Dichio (Academy First team head coach, Anthony Capotosto

CSL Reserves League head coach, and Academy Director Thomas

Rongen). Mostly I wanted to know what does the team do with

any 18 year old player not getting a pro contract.

There were five players tonight (seven on the roster I believe)

playing for SC Toronto who came through their Academy. (funny

that Rongen wondered if the way I asked my question was if

these SCT players were "haunting" or "hunting" his players).

I am interested in TFCA bridging the gap between their

Under 18 team and their MLS team.

First thing confirmed is there is no mandate from the CSL

league that the Academy have to stick to under 18 year

old players. (Montreal Impact Academy of this league

runs to age 21 and scooped up the CSL's leading scorer

last year who played for TFCA the last two years).

Dichio said they had four 16 year old players in the game

tonight. (I noticed that they had only five subs on their

bench...later reading that Tyler Pasher and Michael Wagenknecht

were away with the TFC Reserves team playing in Washington

in a 4-3 loss to DC United).

This year, Dichio said, they do have some 'overage' players.

They also have a team that plays in the Ontario Soccer League

for overage players like those home from college for the summer.

Only player I can think of right now is tonight's goalie

Angelo Cavalluzzo who I've read is already 18.

Saying goodbye and mentioning that I'd missed the game

rescheduled from a Friday night two weeks ago, they

said they were moving permanently to Downsview Park this

Monday. (Lamport Stadium is the home ground of SC Toronto).

TFCA was the final GTA team in the league that I hadn't seen

so far this year.

Rogers Television were at the Mississauga Eagles FC vs Toronto

Croatia game tonight. That game ended 3-2 with 2011 league MVP

Tihomir Maletic scoring the winning goal right at the end for

Croatia. That broadcast was taped for showing on Sunday night

and will be much more exciting for any neutral observer.

This is the third 0-0 game in a row that I've attended this

week. The international friendly between Canada and the USA

and the PDL game between Toronto Lynx and Michigan Bucks

were much more nailbiting exciting.

Rocket Robin

robing@eol.ca

[Rocket Robin]

Result of the Sunday June 10, 2012 CSL game between York Region

Shooters vs St Catharines Roma Wolves played at St Joan of Arc

Catholic High School in Vaughan.

51 min...YRS Desmond Humphrey GOAL...Humphrey receives a short

pass across the box from YRS Jason De Thomasis on the right

and from 18 yardsrounds goalie Claudio Perri at 10 yards then

kicks in low 6 yarder from the left to the center of the

open net.

Final Score:....York Region Shooters.....1....St Catharines

Roma Wolves.....0......

Attendance was about 100 people for the people who stayed

behind on this hot early evening. The game finally started

at 7:21pm. (***explanation of long delay explained after

this story). The game ended at 9:13pm and it still wasn't

dark yet although the sun was finally down.

Emanuelle Ameltonis earned the shutout for the Shooters. He had

to make a few key saves but the defenders really limited the

Wolves chances. Wolves goalie Claudio Perri was more tested but

he kept their team in the game although Shooters shooting could

have been a lot more accurate.

Best non-scoring chances were at 30 minutes when Wolves James Bond

(Yeah ha-ha but he wore #17) took a 22 yard freekick blast from the

left that had the goalie fly right and punch the ball away. The

resulting cornerkick had Scott MacLennan send in the ball from the

right and Wolves Matthew DeMaria fly and flick a 10 yard header wide

left of the post. 51 minutes had halftime sub Tristan Jackman take

a 15 yard shot from the right that was saved by the sliding goalie

at 8 yards. Within the same minute Shooters scored their goal.

53 minutes had Wolves William Janetos (he wore #7) pass the ball

forward to Bond on the right and he rolled a cross from 12 yards

but YRS defender Marcelo Capazolo checked Wolves Ross Campbell

off the ball and he couldn't draw a freekick when he fell.

It's often the case where if you don't score on your chances the

other team will score on their last chance. The Shooters

defence really held tight and the Wolves chances in the last 20

minutes were minimal. Shooters were time wasting at the end

and finally referee Hassane Rifai who had given out a few

Yellow cards for the roughest plays gave one to the Shooters

goalie for about his third stalled goal kick and four minutes

after exagerating an injury in a collision catching a freekick

into the box.

Shooters continue to build points with a tight defence but

have a problem scoring goals. They have a 2 win, 1 loss, 3 tie

record for 9 points but have only scored 3 goals and allowed 2.

Desmond Humphrey led well as today's captain and it wasn't

just for the goal. He took most of the cornerkicks and his share

of freekicks to get plays started. Shooters halftime subs

Tristan Jackman and Shezan Singh and 67 minute sub

Belrun Vartanian added some speed to keep the Wolves defence

from pressing too far upfield.

This is the sixth loss in six games for the Wolves. They have only

scored 1 goal all season but allowed 22. That's the reason I was

expecting Shooters would break out of their goal scoring problem.

The Shooters did without captain and last year's team leading scorer

Kadian Lecky for today's game for a previous commitment but Cindy

DeThomasis confirmed that all suspensions are over and injuries healed.

***Explanation of big delay: I was there

about one hour before game time while there was still some

boys' game going on. The players had arrived but there was

no way they could get into the school which is where the

dressing rooms are. Shooters officials said the school

said they'd have a custodian there in two hours. Shooters

players changed outside and so did the Wolves (I suppose

the other side of the school). That still left the

game officials who were must have been baking in their

three piece suits although they were sheltered under

the refreshment canopy. They insisted on change rooms

which is their right (a referee assessor was at the game

to confirm this for me). The Wolves offered them their

team bus to change in. Time kept ticking and it was

like every car in the parking lot brought out a shout

of "It's him" (maybe to stall for time) but it wasn't.

Finally just before 7:00pm the school was opened up.

This hasn't happened for their other games this year

so I don't know why it happened this week. Team

owner Tony DeThomasis said the team controls the

field but not the school. Wolves had travelled

about 2.5 hours to get here. They had ran into

trouble just last week on a trip to Brantford where

problems with the field postponed the game by

three hours. There was a CSL Reserves League

game between the same two squads to start

right after this game. Fortunately the first

team got to take their bus home right after the

game because the Reserves had made their own

arrangements to get here. That game would

probably have run to at least 11:30pm.

Rocket Robin

robing@eol.ca

[Juby]

Figured I'd put this here because it doesn't quite fit the usual place for my new match reports (the astros fan thread).

Exclusive footage and a match report from the Toronto Croatia North York Astros match.

[BringBackTheBlizzard]

This year, Dichio said, they do have some 'overage' players.

They also have a team that plays in the Ontario Soccer League

for overage players like those home from college for the summer.

Only player I can think of right now is tonight's goalie

Angelo Cavalluzzo who I've read is already 18.

http://ontariosl.com/Games_Schedules.aspx

[TABLE=class: listtable]

[TR]

[TD]1994[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Tue[/TD]

[TD]Jun 12[/TD]

[TD]21:00[/TD]

[TD]Esther Shiner Stadium[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]Woodbridge Strikers[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: altrow]

[TD]1995[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Wed[/TD]

[TD]Jun 20[/TD]

[TD]21:00[/TD]

[TD]Esther Shiner Stadium[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]AC Soccer Diavoli[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]1996[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Tue[/TD]

[TD]Jun 26[/TD]

[TD]21:00[/TD]

[TD]Esther Shiner Stadium[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]Blackstar FC[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: altrow]

[TD]1997[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Tue[/TD]

[TD]Jul 3[/TD]

[TD]20:00[/TD]

[TD]Downsview Park[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]Caledon FC[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]1998[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Tue[/TD]

[TD]Jul 10[/TD]

[TD]20:00[/TD]

[TD]Downsview Park[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]Woodbridge Azzurri[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: altrow]

[TD]1999[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Tue[/TD]

[TD]Jul 17[/TD]

[TD]20:00[/TD]

[TD]Downsview Park[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]Toronto Celtic[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]2000[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Tue[/TD]

[TD]Jul 24[/TD]

[TD]20:00[/TD]

[TD]Downsview Park[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]Ulster Thistle[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: altrow]

[TD]2001[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Tue[/TD]

[TD]Jul 31[/TD]

[TD]20:00[/TD]

[TD]Downsview Park[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]Sigma FC[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR]

[TD]2002[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Tue[/TD]

[TD]Aug 7[/TD]

[TD]20:00[/TD]

[TD]Downsview Park[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]GS United[/TD]

[/TR]

[TR=class: altrow]

[TD]1993[/TD]

[TD]T.F.C.[/TD]

[TD]Mon[/TD]

[TD]Dec 31[/TD]

[TD]21:00[/TD]

[TD]Birchmount Stadium[/TD]

[TD]Toronto F.C. Academy[/TD]

[TD]PCC Mississauga[/TD]

[/TR]

[/TABLE]

Looks like the are playing all the provincial elite division teams. I assume the Dec 31 game has yet to be scheduled or something like that.

[elmparker]

Nice job with the video, Juby.