Soccer In Toronto 10.03.09

By Rocket Robin Soccer In Toronto

CSL Result
Saturday October 3rd, 2009

Final Score
TFC Academy 1, Serbian White Eagles 4

Venue
Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke

Kickoff
3:30 pm

Highlights
24 min … TFCA Allando Matheson is hip checked as he tries to jump past SWE Adrian Tismenar inside the SWE box and referee David Barrie signals a Penalty kick.

25 min … TFCA Allando Matheson GOAL
Matheson takes low Penalty kick to left side of net and goalie Dan Pelc dives right.

25 min … SWE Johnathan Hurtis GOAL
Hurtis gets the ball on a break on right wing and his 15 yard low shot is into the left of net behind goalie Garrett Cyprus who came out to 10 yards to cut down the angle. This play was right after the restart.

46 min … SWE Sasa Viciknez GOAL
Viciknez takes 30 yard freekick from the left that hits the right post and drops down over goal line and linesman signals goal as defender clears after blocking 5 yard rebound.

62 min … SWE Sasa Viciknez GOAL
Viciknez 30 yard freekick up the middle is over wall of players and into top left corner of net over flying goalie.

74 min … SWE Adrian Tismenar GOAL
SWE Kiril Dimitrov cross from right has leaping Tismenar head ball downwards from 6 yards and it bounces into net.

Notes
Attendance was about 150 on this cool day with the threat of rain in the air even though it had rained most of the night before. Centennial Stadium had its field covered with field turf so there was no mud. This was considered a home game for the Academy and a big e-mail was sent to the TFC mailing list but it had a minimal effect on attendance with many of the fans being White Eagles fans. A few spits of rain fell at 37 minutes but nothing more until near the end of the game when lightning could be seen in the distance. The fourth official signaled for four minutes of time added but when a big bolt of lightning lit up the south end at 90:25 the referee stopped the game. The players fled to the dressing rooms and the fans fled to their cars but everyone got soaked.

One turning point of the game was at 16 minutes when TFCA Jonathan Lao took a 22 yard freekick from the left after Allando Matheson was knocked down by SWE defender Mirko Medic. Lao’s shot hit the right post and deflected to the left post and the goalie caught the ball on the bounce after not knowing where it was when it hit the first post. A goal there and their Penalty kick goal might have changed the whole game. Sasa Viciknez did score on his attempts that proved the difference. Adrian Tismenar scored after missing the first game last week while attending the funeral of his mother in Serbia.

Both goalies Garrett Cyprus and Dan Pelc had to be aggressive coming to the edge of their box or outside to make clearances of through balls.

White Eagles won both ends of the Quarter Finals and now wait their next round opponents. A ‘tie’ would have been a good enough result today to carry them through but a loss would have resulted in an overtime mini game played right after regulation time and that would have been awkward with the downpour at the end of the regulation time.

A TFCA father confirmed to me that about six or seven players listed for today’s Academy game will play in the CSL Reserve Final in Maple on Sunday at 2:00 pm. This game will be played before the Italia Shooters vs St Catharines Wolves game at 5:00 pm.