Soccer In Toronto 09.03.10

By Rocket Robin Soccer In Toronto

CSL Result
Friday September 3, 2010

Final Score
Portugal FC 2 York Region Shooters 4

Venue
Lamport Stadium, Toronto

Kickoff
8:00 pm

Highlights
45 min (1st Half) … PFC Adrian Pena GOAL
PFC player rolls ball up left from center line and Pena gets to through ball at 15 yards on left and rolls in 12 yard shot into right side of net behind sprawling goalie Camilo Benzi at 6 yards as a hard rain starts to fall.

54 min … Shooters Alex Trujillo GOAL
YRS player’s cornerkick from left is upfield for to YRS Darryl Gomez who crosses from 20 yards on left and Trujillo sliding shot from 5 yards on right is into left side of net over sliding goalie Michael Silva.

60 min … YRS Mario Orestano draws Penalty kick when tripped up from behind just inside box on sliding tackle by PFC Dominic Antonini. Referee Justin Tasev points to the penalty spot. PFC goalie Michael Silva gets a Yellow card for
protesting the call.

61 min … Shooters Kadian Lecky GOAL
Lecky blasts low Penalty kick to right side of net as goalie crumples to left.

68 min … PFC Alon Badat GOAL
Badat steps around YRS defender Vince Petrasso on left and his sharp angle shot from the end line has goalie who gets piece of it guarding the left post and batting it down but the ball squeezes past him and into the center of the net. (both Badat and Petrasso had come into the game two minutes earlier).

84 min … Shooters Cam Medwin GOAL
YRS Medwin taps pass over to left sideline for YRS Fitzroy Christey at 30 yards and who after short run down left sideline to the 20 yard line and gives gives short across to Medwin who arcs in a 16 yard shot from the left around goalie and into top right corner of net.

Notes
Attendance started at about 50 on this warm summer evening but a hard rain started just before the end of the first half and it lasted until the start of the second half when it slowed down and finally stopped. By the end of the game about 150 people were here as they had the next permit. The threat of rain may have had something to do with the small attendance.

Referee Justin Tasev officiated the game and didn’t need to give out many cards to keep the game under control.

Portugal FC forward Andrea Lombardo was not in the lineup as he was serving a suspension for accumulating Yellow cards.

There were other chances for goals. At 51 minutes PFC Luca Forno took a 35 yard cross from the right that had the ball drop into the 6 yard box and PFC Jamaal Smith knocked it first by tapping over a pass to PFC Branko Majstrovic who shot 8 yarder off hand of YRS defence player Rick Titus but play was flagged down for offside anyway. At 87 minutes PFC Julio Garcia took a 25 yard blast that deflected for the goalie to stop on the goal line in center of net.

Tonight’s win for the Shooters combined with the unexpected Serbian White Eagles loss to North York Astros brings the Shooters to within one point of first place. Both the Shooters and the White Eagles see action on Sunday although not playing each other. The White Eagles play Brampton in Brampton at 3:00 pm and York Region Shooters play North York Astros in Vaughan at 6:00 pm.