Rocket Robin Posted August 25, 2012 Share Posted August 25, 2012 Result of the Friday August 24, 2012 CSL game between Mississauga Eagles FC vs TFC Academy played at Hershey Fields in Mississauga at 8:00pm. Final Score:....Mississauga Eagles FC.....0...... TFC Academy.....0...... Attendance was about 125 on this warm evening with the temperature falling as the sun set. A scoreless tie was a fair result as both teams had about an equal amount of chances although the TFCA tries were harder to stop. Quillan Roberts earned the shutout for TFCA. He appears to have found a way to keep busy now that the MLS team has signed Freddy Hall as a backup and as he's only 17 there's nothing wrong with putting him on their CSL team. In 2011 he played for their CSL Reserves League team (a division below this team). Nicholas Lindsay, the other MLS team signing has been playing the last few months for tonight's team while recovering from an injury. Daniel Botlik earned the shutout for the Eagles with a few more spectacular saves to earn his team a draw. Eagles best player was their captain Jose 'Joey' Melo (played for MLS Toronto FC in 2007) who was their one true forward and often held the ball up for charging wingers and took quite a few dead ball kicks. Referee Archie Korbiel had an easy game to call with only one Yellow card on each side that I counted. He ignored a few Penalty kick requests that had players going down too easy although a lot of freekick calls were made. Best scoring chances were at 11 minutes when MEFC Bohdan Sulypka made a low centering pass from 28 yards on the extreme left that had MEFC Darragh Roe take a low shot from the left that was smothered by the diving goalie at 5 yards. 21 minutes had an MEFC player take a long throw-in from the right and MEFC Joey Melo leap and make a 12 yard header down the middle that the leaping goalie palmed over the bar. 49 minutes had TFCA Mario Orestano take a 25 yard shot down the middle through a crowd of players and the goalie palmed the ball over the net. 63 minutes had TFCA Mario Kovacevic race to a punt downfield and his 12 yard first touch shot has the goalie push the ball wide right on a flying dive. The resulting cornerkick from TFCA Tyler Pasher had Orestano nod a header from 8 yards on the left wide left. 66 minutes had MEFC Melo take a low pass from 25 yards on the right that had MEFC David James stop and turn and shoot a 15 yard roller from the left that the sprawling goalie stopped. 70 minutes had the MEFC goalie out of the box and playing off a charging TFCA Adrian Avila and they avoided a collision but it was close to being a handball call on the goalie. 87 minutes had the MEFC goalie dive back and grab the ball as TFCA Nicholas Lindsay ran past him when sent a long ball into the box. Both players were injured on the play. TFCA employed the long ball a few times near the end of the game having forwards charge through the upfield hoping to get by the MEFC defenders. Pregame and halftime shows had entertainment provided by 'The Eagles Dance Team' a group of nine women who did dance routines like cheerleaders (but not during the game). The music was a bit arbitrary with it being cut off halfway through a song. Dark olive coloured costumes were also unusual but they'd provide good camouflage if needed. The tie improves TFCA record to 9-3-3 which would put them alone in 3rd place pending the outcome of the SC Toronto vs York Region Shooters game being played in Toronto at the same time. Shooters were tied with TFCA before the games began but had played two more games. The CSL Reserves League TFCA team were playing at the same time a home game at Downsview Park against SC Waterloo B team (which is an unusual scheduling glitch as it ruled out their bringing up any of their players for the subs bench). Mississauga improves to 7th with a 7-6-3 record, one point better than Montreal Impact Academy although now they've played two more games than that team. This game was being filmed by Rogers TV Community Channel for broadcast in the Mississauga area on Saturday night while Toronto will see the SC Toronto vs York Region match shown on Sunday night. Now it is possible that Toronto will eventually see it as we recently saw the Mississauga vs Serbian White Eagles 6-4 shootout from three weeks earlier just last week as no game was broadcast from Downsview Park for a TFC Academy match which was on the schedule. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toje Posted August 26, 2012 Share Posted August 26, 2012 Some results from last night... Niagara 1 St Catharines 1 Windsor 7 Brantford 0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted August 27, 2012 Author Share Posted August 27, 2012 Result of the Sunday August 26, 2012 CSL game between Toronto Croatia and London City played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 8:00pm. 27 min...City RED card...Zvonko Bakula is shown a direct Red card by referee Arthur Kobeil for pushing TC Petar Mingon over from behind at the TC 45 yard line. Mingon rolled over and over like a log for about four revolutions but was able to return to the game a few minutes later. 58 min...TC Angelo Srzentic GOAL...TC Josip Keran chips a pass from 60 yards on the left over to Srzentic at 40 yards on the right and he runs down the wing and blasts a 25 yard shot over goalie Vladimir Markotic at 5 yards and the ball dips under the bar. 73 min...TC Tihomir Maletic GOAL...TC Halburto Harris rushes on right and sends low cross from 20 yards near end line to Maletic who shoot in 5 yarder over sprawling goalie to center of net. 82 min...TC Boris Tomac GOAL...TC Marin Vucemilovic Grgic rushes on the left well ahead of trailing teammates up middle but instead of passing back rolls cross from 15 yards on left to center and charging Tomac splits defenders before getting to ball to shoot in 7 yarder. Final Score:.....Toronto Croatia......3...... LOndon City.......0....... Attendance was about 150 on this warm night. The home team had ball boys and girls from the Mississauga Croatia soccer team which meant the balls were put back into play quicker and ensured a fan base of parents and families. The Red card was senseless as the Croatian player was at his own 45 yard line and chasing a ball headed for the sidelines. The card to Zvonko Bakula denied London their captain and a defender. It did take Croatia a very long time to exploit their man advantage as they were constantly being flagged offside especially veteran Hayden Fitzwilliams. Arthur Korbiel also refereed the Friday game I saw but was listed as Archie. It is the same guy. Antonio Ilic earned the shutout for Toronto Croatia. He didn't have a lot of work to do but made some key saves. London brought only four subs for tonight's game and they all eventually saw action. Fans didn't like the offside calls nor the London roster in general. A quick internet search revealed at least six playing tonight were Serbian so the emotions were almost as high as a game against the White Eagles. Centennial Stadium still has the south end pole of lights (at about the 10 yard line) not working so that leaves a dark end. It's unlikely this will be repaired by the end of the season. This was the 34th CSL game I've attended this season and the first time I've seen London City in 2012 in the post Gauss family ownership era. I've seen many of these players before as Michael Marcoccia and Younan Samra played for them last year and Vladimir Markotic, Rade Novkovic, Nenad Nikolic, Nikola Stanojevic, and Nenad Begovic all played for the Brantford Galaxy in 2011 (not part of the Galaxy team roster that imploded last month). With another team in the league this year, each playing four less games this season, my own commitments to Toronto FC, Toronto Lynx, and Toronto Lady Lynx, this will probably be the only time I see them this year. Tonight, Toronto Croatia's snazzy new kits were unveiled provided by Lika Sports. Same colours except the socks are now black rather than blue. I would have liked numbers on their shorts as it helped make the London players easier to identify. Best non-scoring chances were at 19 minutes when TC Marin Vucemilovic Grgic made a low pass from the left finding TC Angelo Srzentic at 12 yards on the right and he shot wide left. 32 minutes had Grgic pass forward up right for Srzentic who rushed in and who's cross from 20 yards deflected off a defender at 7 yards and off the right goalpost before being cleared. 71 minutes had LC Gent Miftari blast a 22 yarder down the middle that was stopped by the flying goalie. Tonight's win moves Croatia back into 1st place by one point with a 10-1-5 record over SC Toronto who lost their game on Friday night. London is in a three way tie for 10th place with tonight's loss after winning a home game on Friday night. Their record is 5-7-6. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted August 29, 2012 Author Share Posted August 29, 2012 Impact over NYA: http://www.impactmontreal.com/en/news/2012/08/report-impact-u21-shuts-out-north-york-astros-5-0 That's a good game report. That's what Toronto FC promised to do a few years ago and their Academy team doesn't get mentioned until someone makes the pros. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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