Team Calgary Match Reports by Jason Kmet
August 4, 2003 -- Vancouver Whitecaps 2 at Team Calgary 1
LATE GOALS PUT VANCOUVER OVER CALGARY
A pleasant holiday Monday afternoon at Foothills Park was spoiled for Calgary fans as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Team Calgary 2-1.
The locals had a good opportunity in the 11th minute, when Jordan Gillespie crossed the ball from the left. Mark Korthius was able to make contact, but his header went wide and high.
Calgary was rewarded in the 22nd minute when Nick Zuniga opened the scoring. He took a great free kick from about 23 yards out. Whitecaps keeper Mike Franks was frozen by the shot that ended up in the top left corner.
Team Calgary continued to put the pressure on Vancouver. In the 30th minute, Sean Fraser made a neat move that faked out the Vancouver defender. At that point he crossed the ball to Nicky Reyes at the top of the box, but the shot on goal was poor.
The Whitecaps had a chance in the 32nd minute when Zuniga gave the ball away to John Sulentic just right of the penalty area. Sulentic's shot was punched wide by Calgary keeper David Wiebenga.
In the 38th minute, Vancouver's Carlo Corazzin passed the ball in to Jason Jordan, who forced Wiebenga to make a quality stop. The bouncing rebound was also stopped before it crossed the line.
Vancouver nearly tied the game in the 55th minute when Jordan took a powerful rising shot from 20 yards in front of the goal. However, the ball hit the crossbar and landed underneath Wiebenga, who was on the grass after jumping for the shot.
The Whitecaps pressed further. In the 57th minute, Alfredo Valente crossed the ball to Corazzin, who headed it right at Wiebenga. Valente had a great chance in the 71st minute on a give-and-go play, but his shot went too high.
Valente crossed a ball in to substitute Niall Thompson in the 72nd minute, but Calgary defender Tommy Wheeldon Jr. headed it off the line.
Sean Fraser had Calgary's first scoring chance in some time when he received a good through ball towards the Vancouver goal. He was tackled inside the penalty area and did not get a decent shot away.
Vancouver tied the match in the 79th minute when Thompson passed to Jordan, who was alone in front of the net and put the header past Wiebenga.
Two minutes later the Whitecaps took the lead when Corazzin headed a Sulentic pass into the goal.
Calgary could not get any real offensive pressure in the dying minutes, so the score ended 2-1 in favor of Vancouver.
| Lineups: |
| Calgary: David Wiebenga, Liam DeSilva, Tommy Wheeldon Jr, Jordan Gillespie, Conrad Chala, Shaun Wimble, Nicky Reyes, Nicolas Zuniga, Dwayne Gareau, Sean Fraser (Jamie Auvigne 79), Mark Korthius (C.J Pesznecker 67) |
| Vancouver: Mike Franks, Chris Franks, Geordie Lyall, Jeremie Piette, Oliver Heald (Gordon Chin 79), Paul Dailly (Niall Thompson 64), John Sulentic (Nick Dasovic 87), Tiarnan King (Andrew Veer 46), Alfredo Valente, Jason Jordan (Jeff Skinner 88), Carlo Corazzin |
| Goals: |
| Calgary: Zuniga (22nd) |
| Vancouver: Jordan (79th), Corazzin (81st) |
| Cautions: |
| Calgary: none |
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Vancouver: C. Franks (53rd) |
| Attendance: unannounced approximately 400 |
| Weather: partly sunny 23C (73C) |
STORM WARNINGS:
Shaun Wimble made his first appearance for Calgary this season. A native of England, Wimble has toiled in the lower English conferences for several years. He did play briefly for the Storm last season...C.J. Pesznecker has returned from representing Canada at the U.S. Soccer Festival in Houston. He entered the match as a substitute. Vancouver's Gordon Chin was also in Houston. He also came on as a substitute...Vancouver's Carlo Corazzin made his Foothills Park debut today. The veteran striker has spent much of his career in Europe. His most recent club was Oldham Athletic in the English Second Division...Corazzin was on Canada's Gold Cup roster last month along with fellow Whitecap Nick Dasovic. Both are among Canada's most experienced active players. Corazzin has 57 "A" caps while Dasovic has 60. The only active Canadian with more is Charleston Battery defender Mark Watson who has 68...With this victory, Vancouver still has a chance to win the Voyageurs Cup. This trophy is awarded to the Canadian A-League club which has the best record against other Canadian clubs. Calgary is now officially eliminated from contention. For more information, go to www.voyageurscup.ca...Team Calgary's next home game is on Saturday when they face the Milwaukee Wave United at 3pm.
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
Last season, the Storm brought in four players from the CPSL Hamilton Thunder for a four game trial. None of them were retained by the club once this time had passed. Orlin Chalmers and Matthew O'Connor have continued to ply their trade with Hamilton. Meanwhile, Sam Borgh cracked the roster of the Toronto Lynx. Goalkeeper Wojtek Zarzycki's current whereabouts are unknown. Last winter he did spend some time training with a pro club in Australia.