Soccer In Toronto 06.01.08

By Rocket Robin Soccer In Toronto

Final Score
Toronto Lynx 3, West Michigan Edge 2

Venue
Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke

Kickoff
4:00 pm

Highlights
5 min … Lynx Kadian Lecky GOAL
Lecky blasts 12 yard shot up middle that goalie Jeremy Clark gets hands to but the ball squeezes between them and into the left corner of the net.

25 min … Edge Joshua Rogers GOAL
Edge player on 2 on 1 break in from center line sends pass over to Rogers at 30 yards and he runs in to blast 18 yarder from right that flying goalie Nils Binstock gets hand to but tips up and into center of net.

78 min … Edge Benjamin Pirmann GOAL
Edge Joshua Rogers 50 yard freekick from right has Edge player take 12 yard shot that goalie blocks but big rebound is given up. Pirmann knocks in 3 yarder into net on right.

87 min … Lynx Daniel Revivo breaks into Edge box and sliding goalie upends him. Revivo is injured and referee Andrew Kravets signals for a Penalty kick.

88 min … Lynx Chris DeAbreu GOAL
DeAbreu’s Penalty kick is blast high over flying goalie under center bar. A pushing match between players erupts after the goal as Lynx players were trying to get possession so they can run the ball up field for the restart.

92 min … Lynx Chris McBride GOAL
Lynx Chris DeAbreu threads McBride a ball up the middle from 25 yards. McBride bends 8 yard shot into right corner of net.

95 min … game ends

Notes
» Attendance was about 150 for this game. The Lady Lynx attendance was about 300 earlier this afternoon but they have their own followers.

» I figured this game would be a lot easier for the Lynx because of their dream start and their dominance in shots throughout the game. The Edge had only brought 11 players as the four listed subs weren’t able to cross the Canadian border or supposedly there was a fear that they wouldn’t be allowed back into the USA. With no subs, they had to endure eight minutes of playing short from 61 minutes when Douglas Ferner was injured and needed treatment off the field. Later the same thing happened to Mark Barone but he was back sooner.

» The Edge were good at counterattacking and seemed to find an extra gear to run forward and get passes put behind the Lynx defense although they were often called offside. Lynx goalie Nils Binstock had to make a flying save to the right post at 90 minutes when a 55 yard freekick from the center line had Edge Tony Deakin one-touch a header from 10 yards or this game would have had a different result.

» Ball boys for today’s game were the North Mississauga Under 10 boys and they played a 5-5 mini game at halftime. They are coached by Lynx captain/assistant coach Rick Titus.

» This was an important result for the Lynx as they finish their first three games this season (all home games) with a 2-1-0 record although none of these games were against their division rivals. They played three games in 5 days and were the last team in their division to start their season. Their other PDL season last year, they started their season early with four road games and compiled 2 ties and 2 losses and were almost out of the playoffs so soon with some of their players still away at college. Next week they start four road games in 8 days.

» Their next home game is Sunday June 15th at 4:00pm against division rivals West Virginia Chaos at Centennial Stadium.

Final Score
Toronto Lady Lynx 3, Vermont Voltage 0

Venue
Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke

Kickoff
1:00 pm

Highlights
34 min … Lady Lynx Stefania Morra GOAL
LL Alicia Donaldson run on left and she rolls cross. LL Hayley MacDonald steps in front of defender and gets away 12 yard shot that goalie Catherine Cadieux dives to block. The ball pops up and Morra heads in 5 yarder just under bar. The VLV goalie is injured on the ground on her dive to make the save and Morra ends up being subbed out with a nosebleed.

39 min … Lady Lynx Alicia Donaldson GOAL
Donaldson charges up middle to steal ball off defender then bends 15 yard shot into top right corner of net banking ball off the bar.

52 min … Lady Lynx Victoria Miliucci GOAL
LL Alyssa Lagonia cornerkick from right has defender pop up header and Miliucci one touch 10 yard blast up middle through crowd of players into right side of net.

Notes
» Attendance was about 300 on this cool, windy, overcast day. The threat of rain may have cut into the crowd size. The theme today was Multicultural Day but there were no special entertainers this year.

» The Lynx director of operations said someone told him the Lady Voltage coach Scott Mosher said to his players “break their legs and run right through them”. This may have carried over from the Lady Lynx winning last week in Vermont also by a 3-0 score. Today was a rough game with referee David Barrie giving cautions at 78 minutes to both VLV forward Nadege Akamse and LL defender Kayla Afonso who’d been jostling most of the second half.

» Elise Kuhar-Pitters earned the shutout for the Lady Lynx without really having much to do in the game. Lady Lynx held a wide margin of shots. They could have been into double figures if the VLV defenders hadn’t been so good at blocking shots.

» Kuhar-Pitters is now the third goalie on the team to earn a shutout in their four games this season. Aurelea Gumiela has two shutouts and Krista Pace has one. The team hasn’t allowed a goal in their four games this year and has a 4-0-0 record. Kuhar-Pitters is from Spokane Washington. The only other Lady Lynx international this season is defender-midfielder Julia Bazi from Australia.

» Both teams subbed three players at halftime.

» Next home game for the Lady Lynx is Sunday June 22nd against the division titlists for the last four years, Ottawa Fury at the Varsity Centre at 4:00pm. The theme will be Mascot Day. Today the Lynxster didn’t make an appearance until the men’s game played right after this. The reason I heard was he was “still in the dryer”.