2008 Italia Shooters season

Italia Shooters
2008 season
Chairman Tony De Thomasis
Manager Carmine Isacco
Canadian Soccer League 1st place (International Conference)
Top goalscorer League: Frank Jonke (7)
All: Frank Jonke (7)
Home colours
Away colours
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The 2008 CSL season is the 11th season in Italia Shooters existence. The club's season began on May 19, 2008 in a home game against Serbian White Eagles, which resulted in a 2-2 tie. The club's first goal of the season was scored by Luca Forno and Franco Ruschetto on May 19, 2008 in a 2-2 draw against Serbian White Eagles. The season concluded with the Shooters winning their second International Division title.[1] The shooters reached the playoffs and were victories over the Brampton Lions in the quarterfinals.[2] But were defeated by eventual champions Serbian White Eagles in the semi-final match.[3]

Contents

Club

Management

Position Staff
Head coach Tony De Thomasis
Assistant coach John Pacione
Team official
Strength and conditioning coach Kevin Sims

Last updated: December 23, 2008
Source: Italia Shooters

Squad

As of August 30, 2008. [4]

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

No. Position Player
00 GK Adam Oroglio
2 DF Jamaal Smith
3 DF Franco Ruscetta
4 MF Carlo Cudini
5 DF Gerard Ladiyou
6 MF Gil Vainshtein
7 MF Stalin Cardenas
8 MF Chris Turner
9 FW Jason De Thomasis (Vice-Captain)
10 FW Frank Bruno
11 MF Luca Forno
12 MF Fitzroy Christie
14 FW Marco Terminesi
15 DF Josh Gordon
16 FW Kofi Boateng
17 FW David Nagaro
18 MF Tristan Murray
19 MF Joe Rini
20 FW Jelani Smith
No. Position Player
21 DF Branko Majstrović
22 DF Desi Humphrey
23 FW Matthew Palleschi (Captain)
24 MF Luca Zucal
25 DF Murphy Wiredu
26 DF Anthony Celebre
27 MF Kayin Jeffers
28 DF Kadian Lecky (Third-Captain)
29 GK Jon Paul Piques
30 GK Ramon McIntosh
31 GK Camilo Benzi
32 MF Nico Martinez
33 MF Frank Onamdele
34 FW Phil Rivers
35 MF Anthony Adur
37 DF Douglas Segreti
39 MF Richard Asante
42 DF Rick Titus
99 MF Francesco Veschio

List of 2008 transfers

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

No. Position Player
23 FW Matthew Palleschi (free transfer from Montreal Impact)
29 GK Jon Paul Piques (free transfer from Montreal Impact)
25 DF Murphy Wiredu (free transfer from Toronto Lynx)
39 MF Richard Asante (free transfer from Toronto Lynx)
18 MF Tristan Murray (free transfer from Toronto Lynx)
27 DF Kayin Jeffers (free transfer from Toronto Lynx)
28 FW Kadian Lecky (free transfer from Toronto Lynx)
35 MF Anthony Adur (signed as a free agent)
00 MF David Diplacido (signed as a free agent)
19 FW Nigel Manoharan (free transfer from Scarborough GS United)

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

No. Position Player
17 MF Miles O'Connor (traded to Brampton Lions)
18 MF Matthew O'Connor (traded to Brampton Lions)
1 GK Pablo Alvarado (traded to North York Astros)
13 FW Frank Jonke (transferred to FF Jaro)

2008 season

2008 Regular Season Player Stats[5]

Last updated on August 19, 2008.
No. Nat Pos Player Total CSL Season
Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Camilo Benzi 14 0 14 0
2 DF Jamaal Smith 20 1 20 1
3 DF Franco Ruscetta 20 2 20 2
4 MF Carlo Cudini 19 0 19 0
5 DF Gerard Ladiyou 20 1 20 1
6 MF Gil Vainshtein 19 0 19 0
7 MF Stalin Cardenas 21 2 21 2
8 MF Chris Turner 21 1 21 1
9 MF Jason De Thomasis 20 6 20 6
10 MF Frank Bruno 21 0 21 0
11 MF Luca Forno 20 1 20 1
12 MF Fitzroy Christie 14 1 14 1
14 FW Marco Terminesi 20 3 20 3
15 DF Josh Gordon 20 0 20 0
16 FW Kofi Boateng 20 0 20 0
17 MF David Diplacido 5 1 5 1
18 MF Tristan Murray 21 1 21 1
19 MF Joe Rini 20 0 20 0
20 FW Jelani Smith 11 1 11 1
21 DF Branko Majstrović 15 0 15 0
22 DF Desi Humphrey 14 0 14 0
23 FW Matthew Palleschi 20 3 20 3
24 MF Luca Zucal 18 1 18 1
25 FW Murphy Wiredu 19 6 19 6
27 DF Kayin Jeffers 18 0 18 0
28 FW Kadian Lecky 16 6 16 6
29 GK Jon Paul Piques 12 0 12 0
30 GK Ramon McIntosh 8 0 8 0
31 GK Adam Oroglio 14 0 14 0
32 MF Nico Martinez 15 0 15 0
34 DF Phil Rivers 16 0 16 0
35 MF Anthony Adur 7 0 7 0
39 MF Richard Asante 8 0 8 0
42 DF Rick Titus 14 1 14 1
99 MF Francesco Veschio 17 0 17 0

Competitions summary

Regular season

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
22 13 3 6 50 33 +17 42 8 3 1 29 10 +19 5 0 5 21 23 −2

Last updated: December 23, 2008
Source: 2008 Canadian Soccer League season

Results by round

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

Last updated: December 23, 2008.
Source: Regular season matches
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches[6]

Competitive Games

Round Date Away Score Home Italia Goal Scorers
1 2008-05-19 Italia Shooters 2 - 2 Serbian White Eagles Forno, Ruschetto
2 2008-05-25 Italia Shooters 1 - 0 Trois-Rivieres Attak Majstorovic
3 2008-05-30 TFC Academy 0 - 2 Italia Shooters Wiredu, Palleschi
4 2008-06-01 Italia Shooters 4 - 0 London City Palleschi, De Thomasis, Jonke, Cardenas
5 2008-06-06 Serbian White Eagles 1 - 2 Italia Shooters Jonke, Smith
6 2008-06-08 Italia Shooters 2 - 3 Toronto Croatia Jonke, Terminesi
7 2008-06-13 London City 1 - 6 Italia Shooters Szrett, Terminesi, Szrett, Terminesi, Lecky, Smith
8 2008-06-15 Brampton Lions 5 - 2 Italia Shooters Jonke, Humphrey
9 2008-07-01 Italia Shooters 4 - 1 Portuguese Supra Jonke, Jonke, De Thomasis, De Thomasis
10 2008-07-05 Trois-Rivieres Attak 4 - 0 Italia Shooters
11 2008-07-13 Italia Shooters 1 - 0 Brampton Lions Palleschi
12 2008-07-18 Italia Shooters 2 - 0 North York Astros Ladiyou, De Thomasis
13 2008-07-25 Toronto Croatia 3 - 4 Italia Shooters Ruschetto, De Thomasis, Turner, Ruschetto
14 2008-08-09 Italia Shooters 1 - 0 Windsor Border Stars Lecky
15 2008-08-22 Toronto Croatia 0 - 2 Italia Shooters Lecky, Lecky
16 2008-08-24 Italia Shooters 1 - 1 Serbian White Eagles Sereto
17 2008-08-05 Portugal FC 3 - 2 Italia Shooters Diplacido, Lecky
18 2008-08-14 North York Astros 2 - 1 Italia Shooters Zucal
19 2008-08-19 Serbian White Eagles 3 - 0 Italia Shooters
20 2008-08-21 Italia Shooters 4 - 1 TFC Academy Murray, Wiredu, Lecky, Wiredu
21 2008-08-28 Italia Shooters 1 - 1 Windsor Border Stars De Thomasis
22 2008-09-05 Italia Shooters 6 - 1 Toronto Croatia Cudini, Wiredu, Wiredu, Wiredu, Lecky, Smith

Matches

Season record wins

Season record defeats

Season record draws

Sequences

References

  1. ^ Wiredo hat-trick drives Italia Shooters to International Division title
  2. ^ THE SCORERS ON FRIDAY...
  3. ^ erbian Eagles defeated Italia Shooters 3-0 in the first semi-final on Friday to earn a berth in the final for the third year in succession
  4. ^ "Italia Shooters". Canadian Soccer League. September 6, 2008. http://www.canadiansoccerleague.ca/page.php?page_id=9314. Retrieved 2008-05-19. 
  5. ^ Italia Shooters Roster
  6. ^ Italia Shooters 2008 schedule