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Caribbean Selects Tie 0-0 in CSL Season Opener
Caribbean Selects earn a point
after playing to an exciting 0-0 tie with North York
Astros at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke. It was the
Selects first competitive game of their 2006 soccer
season and also the first in the short history of the
newly formed Caribbean franchise that will be competing
in the Canadian Soccer League (CSL) formerly the
Canadian Professional Soccer League (CPSL).
It was a good start for the
Selects organization and the point earned should be a
motivational tool for the team to try to win their next
game against the Serbian White Eagles. The Serbians
have also gotten off to a good start by beating Italians
3-2 in their home opener last week. With the Caribbeans
and the Serbians off to good start shows well for the
league and should help to increase the popularity of
soccer in Ontario and hopefully Canada.
The Caribbean Selects definitely
looked like the better team in the game with the Astros
but it seemed that the team has some kinks to iron out
in regards to the flow of their plays and their
offensive finishing after squandering several potential
scoring opportunities. The back four defenders were
exceptional as a unit but the midfield seem a little
disjointed at times which resulted in the Astros
spraying dangerous diagonal passes in the latter stages
of the game that resulted in dangerous crosses around
the Selects goal.
The Selects roster is suppose to be
one of the youngest in the league and with the mixture
of the experience players they carry it is possible that
it may take some time for the team to gel in the CSL.
The Caribbean Selects next game is on Saturday June 3rd
at Lamport Stadium at 7pm against division leaders
Serbians which will be a very tough inter- division game
for the Caribbean’s.
Caribbean Selects team shown above is from left to
right:
Back row- Coach Corcel Blair, Osman Samura, Fuad
Mude, Simon Mais, Kamal Mude, and Ajani Stapleton:
Middle row- Paul Okumu, Craig Steven, John Lewis, Kevon
Chambers, Mensah Kojo, and Maxime Donaval:
Front row- Welch, Quincy Cooper, Dixon Modeste, Douglas Sereti,
Mohamed Kanu, and Dustin Chung
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