2007 Italia Shooters season

Italia Shooters
2007 season
Chairman	Tony De Thomasis
Manager	Tony De Thomasis
Canadian Soccer League	3rd place (International Conference)
CSL Championship	Quarterfinal
Open Canada Cup	Semifinal
Top goalscorer	Kadian Lecky (10)
Home colours	Away colours
	← 2006 2008 →

The 2007 CSL season was the 10th season in Italia Shooters participation in the Canadian Soccer League. The club ended their CSL campaign in the third position in the International Division. In the postseason Italia faced an early departure after a defeat to Trois-Rivières Attak in the preliminary round. Meanwhile in the Open Canada Cup the Shooters made it into the semi-finals, but were eliminated by the Trois-Rivières Attak.

A strong start to the season saw Italia top of the division table, but after a series of poor results in the latter part of the season allowed the Serbian White Eagles, and Toronto Croatia to battle for the division title. Kadian Lecky was Vaughan's top goalscorer for the second consecutive time in the 2007 season and including the Open Canada Cup tournament scoring 11 goals. For the annual CSL All-Star match Italia had four player selections for the International Division squad.^[1]

Summary[edit]

The Shooters entered the 2007 season as the defending champions with Tony De Thomasis continuing in his capacity as head coach. The roster assembled by Thomasis consisted of many returning veterans and the acquisition of players from several defunct CSL clubs with the addition of players with USL experience.^[2] The club began the season with a undefeated streak of seven matches, and primarily battled with the Serbian White Eagles, and Toronto Croatia for supremacy in the International Division.^[3] The club experienced a major increase in match attendance with Italia drawing third behind Serbian White Eagles and Trois-Rivières Attak.^[4]

After a solid start to the season the Shooters failed to achieve the necessary results in clinching the division title. As a result finished third in the standings with a playoff berth, and managed to produce the best defensive record throughout the league.^[5] In the postseason Italia failed to successfully defend their championship after a 3-0 defeat to Trois-Rivières Attak. In the Open Canada Cup tournament the Shooters produced a series of victories as they reached the semifinals to be eliminated by Trois-Rivières once more.

Club[edit]

Management[edit]

Position	Staff
Head coach	Tony De Thomasis
Assistant coach	Sam Medeiros
Manager	John Pacione
Team officials	Julian Carr Ruben Toro

Last updated: September 9, 2007
Source: Italia Shooters

Squad[edit]

As of September 9, 2007.^[6]^[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Pablo Alvarado
2	DF	Denny Velestegui
3	FW	Gladston Richards
4	DF	Rick Titus
5	MF	Stalin Cardenas ^[7]
6	MF	Eduardo Garcia
7	MF	Cameron Medwin
8	MF	Chris Turner
9	FW	Jason De Thomasis ^[8]
10	MF	Joshua Jaramillo
11	DF	Fitzroy Christie ^[9]
12	DF	Alvaro Yaques ^[10]
13	FW	Kadian Lecky ^[11]
14	FW	Sean Myers ^[12]

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Matthew O'Connor
17	DF	Miles O'Connor ^[13]
18	MF	Alexander Almeida
19	DF	Desmond Humphrey ^[14](Captain)
20	DF	Alex Ruhe Lischke ^[15]
21	FW	Kevin Omokhua ^[16]
22	DF	Geron Duporte
23	MF	Andre Stewart
24	MF	Nico Martinez
–	MF	Bill Androutsos ^[17]
–	GK	Camilo Benzi ^[18]
–	FW	Konata Mannings
–	MF	Jorge Molina

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred From	Fee/Notes	Source
–	FW	Konata Mannings	Pele FC	Free Transfer	^[19]
7	MF	Cameron Medwin	Toronto Lynx	Free Transfer	^[20]
16	DF	Matthew O' Connor	Oakville Blue Devils	Free Transfer	^[21]
17	DF	Miles O'Connor	Oakville Blue Devils	Free Transfer	^[22]
21	FW	Kevin Omokhua	Toronto Lynx	Free Transfer	^[20]
3	FW	Gladston Richards	Brampton Stallions	Free Transfer	^[23]
20	DF	Alex Ruhe Lischke	Toronto Lynx	Free Transfer	^[20]
23	DF	Andre Stewart	Brampton Stallions	Free Transfer	^[24]
4	DF	Rick Titus	Toronto Lynx	Free Transfer	^[20]
2	DF	Denny Velastegui	Oakville Blue Devils	Free Transfer	^[25]

Out[edit]

No.	Pos.	Player	Transferred To	Fee/Notes	Source
	FW	Anthony Adur	Toronto Lynx	Free Transfer	^[26]
17	FW	Evan Milward	Canadian Lions	Free Transfer	^[27]
	MF	Luke Stedmond	Toronto Lynx	Free Transfer	^[20]

Competitions summary[edit]

Regular season[edit]

International Division[edit]


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Serbian White Eagles (C) (A)	22	14	3	5	55	31	+24	45	Qualification for Playoffs
2	Toronto Croatia (O) (A)	22	10	11	1	42	16	+26	41
3	Italia Shooters (A)	22	11	7	4	44	17	+27	40
4	Canadian Lions (A)	22	6	9	7	40	36	+4	27
5	Portuguese Supra	22	4	5	13	31	42	−11	17

Updated to games played on October 8, 2007.
Source: http://www.rocketrobinsoccerintoronto.com/reports07/07cswk22.htm
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results summary[edit]

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
22	11	7	4	44	17	+27	40	6	4	1	26	7	+19	5	3	3	18	10	+8

Last updated: December 23, 2007.
Source: 2007 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round[edit]

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Ground	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	A	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	A	A	H	H	H	A	H
Result	D	W	W	W	W	D	W	L	W	W	W	D	W	L	D	D	L	D	W	L	W	D

Source: Regular season matches
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Matches[edit]

May 13, 2007	Canadian Lions	0–0	Italia Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
18:00		Report		Stadium: Birchmount Stadium

May 20, 2007	North York Astros	0–4	Italia Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
16:00		Report	Jason De Thomasis 5', 34' Fitzroy Christie 14' Stalin Cardenas 88'	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium Attendance: 60 Referee: Isaac Raymond (OSA)

May 25, 2007	Portuguese Supra	0–2	Italia Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
19:00		Report	Geron Duporte 29' Sean Myers 48'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 90 Referee: Silviu Petrescu (OSA)

May 27, 2007	Italia Shooters	2–0	Portuguese Supra	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00	Gladston Richards 10' Jason De Thomasis 90'	Report		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 166 Referee: Geoff Gamble (OSA)

June 3, 2007	Italia Shooters	4–0	Windsor Border Stars	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00	Jason De Thomasis 9' Kadian Lecky 76' Sean Myers 84' Denny Velestegui 85'	Report		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

June 10, 2007	Italia Shooters	2–2	Trois-Rivieres Attak	Vaughan, Ontario
14:00	Gladstone Richards 26' Jason De Thomasis 47'	Report	Besse 85' Mayard 88'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

June 15, 2007	London City SC	1–6	Italia Shooters	London, Ontario
20:38	Mike Sawchuk 79'	Report	Geron Duporte 18', Kadian Lecky 36', 42', 45' Sean Myers 36'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

June 17, 2007	North York Astros	3–2	Italia Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
16:00	Johnson Akuoka 36' Jana Sadacharalingham 73' Brian Carbajal 85'	Report	Jason De Thomasis 33' Kadian Lecky	Stadium: Esther Shiner Stadium

June 22, 2007	Serbian White Eagles	0–1	Italia Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
20:00		Report	Kadian Lecky 6'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium Attendance: 1100 Referee: Justin Tasev (OSA)

June 24, 2007	Italia Shooters	2–0	Serbian White Eagles	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00	Denny Velestegui 68' Sean Myers 90'	Report		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

July 7, 2007	Italia Shooters	4–1	Portuguese Supra	Markham, Ontario
20:00	Kadian Lecky 2', 14', 63' Jason DeThomasis 70'	Report	Ronald Nicholas 67'	Stadium: Mount Joy Attendance: 200 Referee: Emil Schultz (OSA)

July 15, 2007	Italia Shooters	1–1	North York Astros	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00	Denny Velastegui 74'	Report	Andrew Stewart 67' (o.g.)	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 60 Referee: Angelo Gertsakis (OSA)

August 12, 2007	Italia Shooters	2–0	St. Catharines Wolves	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00	Stalin Cardenas 31' Sean Myers 33'	Report		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 120 Referee: Justin Tasev (OSA)

August 15, 2007	St. Catharines Wolves	1–0	Italia Shooters	St. Catharines, Ontario
20:15	Anthony Stranges 42'	Report		Stadium: Club Roma Stadium Referee: Bottos (OSA)

August 18, 2007	Trois-Rivieres Attak	0–0	Italia Shooters	Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
16:00		Report		Stadium: Stade de l'UQTR

August 25, 2007	Windsor Border Stars	1–1	Italia Shooters	Troy, Michigan, United States
19:00	Radek Papiez	Report	Diego Cardona	Stadium: Chippewa Valley

September 7, 2007	Toronto Croatia	4–0	Italia Shooters	Mississauga, Ontario
21:00	Herrera 10' Mario Kulis 16' Boris Tomac 53' Tihomir Maletic 62'	Report		Stadium: Hershey Centre

September 9, 2007	Italia Shooters	0–0	Toronto Croatia	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00		Report		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 80 Referee: Steve Cahoon (OSA)

September 16, 2007	Italia Shooters	8–1	London City SC	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00	Chris Turner 4' Medwin 19' Fitzroy Christie 35' Miles O’Connor 36' Alex Almedia 50' Nico Martinez 67' Joshua Jaramillo 79' Alvaro Yaques 83'	Report	Camilo Gonzalez 64'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

September 23, 2007	Italia Shooters	1–2	Canadian Lions	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00	Desmond Humphrey 55'	Report	Milos Bucinic 50' Milward 52'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

September 30, 2007	Portuguese Supra	0–2	Italia Shooters	Toronto, Ontario
19:00		Report	Denny Velastegui 27' Stalin Cardenas 33'	Stadium: Centennial Park Stadium

October 7, 2007	Italia Shooters	0–0	North York Astros	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00		Report		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

Postseason[edit]

October 13, 2007 Quarterfinal	Trois-Rivieres Attak	3–0	Italia Shooters	Trois-Rivieres, Quebec
16:00	Lesage 22' Mayard 55' Kolic 88'	Report		Stadium: Stade de l'UQTR

Open Canada Cup[edit]

July 25, 2007 Second round	Italia Shooters	2–0	GS United	Vaughan, Ontario
20:45	Jason De Thomasis 44' Desmond Humphrey 77'	Report		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

August 6, 2007 Third round	Italia Shooters	1–0	North York Astros	Vaughan, Ontario
19:00	Joshua Jaramillo 46'	Report		Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre Attendance: 100 Referee: David Barrie (OSA)

August 31, 2007 Wild card	London City SC	2–4	Italia Shooters	London, Ontario
20:38	Garson Hazel 36' Roy Beishuizen 80'	Report	Kadian Lecky 31' Joshua Jaramilo 75' Geron Duporte 78' Chris Turner 81'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium

September 1, 2007 Semifinal	Italia Shooters	1–2	Trois-Rivieres Attak	London, Ontario
20:38	Chris Turner 16'	Report	Mohammed Nafe 42' Coulibaly 48'	Stadium: Cove Road Stadium Attendance: 100 Referee: Justin Tasev (OSA)

Statistics[edit]

Goals[edit]

Correct as of October 7, 2007

Goals
Pos.	Playing Pos.	Name	Goals
1	FW	Kadian Lecky	10
2	FW	Jason De Thomasis	7
3	FW	Sean Myers	4
3	DF	Denny Velestegui	4
4	MF	Stalin Cardenas	3
4	DF	Geron Duporte	3
5	DF	Fitzroy Christie	2
5	FW	Gladstone Richards	2
6	MF	Alexander Almedia	1
	MF	Diego Cardona
	DF	Miles O'Connor
	DF	Desmond Humphrey
	MF	Joshua Jaramillo
	DF	Nico Martinez
	MF	Cameron Medwin
	MF	Chris Turner
	DF	Alvaro Yaques
Total			44

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