Soccer In Toronto 06.28.09

By Rocket Robin Soccer In Toronto

CSL Result
Sunday June 28th, 2009

Final Score
Italia Shooters 1, Portugal FC 1

Venue
St Joan of Arc Catholic High School, Maple

Kickoff
5:00 pm

Highlights
47 min … PFC Carlos Nogueira GOAL
PFC Gustavo Serrano cross from left near left corner flag has Nogueira wait for ball to settle down and his 12 yard shot up middle is into low left of net beyond diving goalie Camilo Benzi.

85 min … Shooters Julio Garcia GOAL
Garcia blasts 22 yard freekick from left just under top right corner of net before goalie Mike Silva could move.

Notes
Attendance was about 70 on this warm overcast day with a breeze from the east. It had rained earlier in the afternoon which may have scared some of the walk up crowd from coming and it rained a few hours after the game but there was no rain during the game. Still slightly better than the Astros 50 fans and TFC Academy’s 60 fans at yesterdays games. Geez where is everybody?

The tie was a fair result but the Shooters dominated the second half after the PFC goal. I thought the Shooters had at least six cornerkicks in the second half. PFC was really in a defensive mode and the players were looking for counterattacks which didn’t seem to materialize. Kadian Lecky was playing upfront for the Shooters but the PFC defenders always did enough to keep him from having a clear, direct shot. Shooters Aundrae Rollins had the best chance for a game winner at 55 minutes when he received a cross from the left and connected on a 3 yard header but goalie Mike Silva stood and got his arm on it deflecting it wide left of the post.

Referee Gianni Facchini called a lot of free kicks for fouls but didn’t give out many cards.

With this tie the first for Italia Shooters this season their record rises to 2 wins, 3 losses, 1 tie and PFC record stays a place ahead of the Shooters at 2 wins, 1 loss and 3 ties. Next game for Shooters is another home game on Sunday July 5th at 5:00 pm against Serbian White Eagles. Portugal’s next game is supposed to be Friday at Lamport Stadium but may have to be moved because of the City of Toronto’s employees strike.