2008 Italia Shooters season

Italia Shooters
2008 season
Chairman Canada Tony De Thomasis
Manager Canada Carmine Isacco
Canadian Soccer League 1st place (International Conference)
Top goalscorer League: Frank Jonke (7)
All: Frank Jonke (7)
Home colours
Away colours

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]

Club

Management

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

Last updated: December 23, 2008
Source: Italia Shooters

Squad

As of August 30, 2008. [4]

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

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

List of 2008 transfers

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

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

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

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

2008 season

2008 Regular Season Player Stats[5]

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

Competitions summary

Regular season

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122
GroundHHAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAAHHH
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 = Loss; 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

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