Soccer In Toronto 06.15.08

By Rocket Robin Soccer In Toronto

Final Score
Toronto Lynx 2, West Virginia Chaos 2

Venue
Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke

Kickoff
4:00 pm

Highlights
6 min … Lynx Jean Tshimpaka GOAL
Lynx Daniel Revivo on run down left holds off defender and rolls cross along face of goal where Lynx Tshimpaka eludes defender to defender to tap in 2 yarder into center of net with goalie Tom Gott protecting left post.

53 min … Lynx Damion Scott GOAL
Lynx Daniel Revivo on right centers ball and Scott in crowd of players kicks 7 yarder off underside of crossbar into center of net.

70 min … Chaos RED card
Matthew Clare draws his second Yellow card for a sliding spikes-up play to try to connect with loose ball.

70 min … Lynx Yellow card
Goalie Nils Binstock for this part in sliding to make the save on the loose ball in the box with feet forward.

80 min … Chaos Victor Harrison GOAL
Chaos player’s 40 yard freekick has two Chaos players head ball off the bar from inside the box and Harrison then kicks a 4 yard blast in crowd of players in box into net.

82 min … Lynx RED card
Erik DiLorenzo is ejected for elbow in the face to Chaos Kashetu Usman at Lynx 35 yards right in front in front of the Lynx bench.

82 min … Chaos RED card
Kashetu Usman for ‘faking’ the head-butt that brought him down. A big dust up between the two teams took place.

82 min … Chaos RED card
Head coach Luke Ibbetson is ejected for complaining about the calls.

82 min … Lynx RED card
Head coach Duncan Wilde is ejected for complaining about the calls.

93 min … Lynx RED card (2nd Yellow card)
Chris McBride earns this for something like backing into defender while jumping for ball at Lynx 40 yards.

99 min … Chaos Vinny Crumrine GOAL
Chaos Sterling Flunder crosses from right end line and Lynx defender misses it and Crumrine gets wide open 6 yard shot from left into right corner of net.

Notes
» Attendance was about 100 people on this very hot and humid afternoon with the threat of rain being realized from the 7th minute and got very severe from 9 minutes onwards. It stopped at 24 minutes. An earlier rain in the day already made the real grass field quite slippery.

» Lynx had enough chances to put this team away early but only scored the one goal. At 38 minutes, Chris DeAbreu’s cornerkick from left had Damion Scott end up heading a 3 yarder that a defender at the 1 yard kept out with a header.

» Chaos almost started their comeback earlier when Matthew Clare’s 25 yard blast from the right hit the top of the bar on a deflection.

» Rudolf also game out matching Yellow cards to Lynx Anthony Badahur and Chaos Vinny Crumrine at 95 minutes for a pushing incident near the center circle.

» Last chance for the Lynx was a 20 yard freekick at 99 minutes when Chris Mitchell floated in a high one from the right edge of the box and a Lynx player tip header through and out the left side.

» The Lynx will regret to let this one get away. They had lost to Indiana Invaders on Friday night to end their four game road trip. The Chaos had not won a game this year and Lynx had beaten them on the road a week ago. Lynx record falls to 4-2-2. With division rivals Michigan Bucks starting with an 8-0-0 record, they should lock up one of the playoff spots and the Lynx will have to hold off Cleveland Internationals who they play in their next home game on July 1st at Brian Timmis Stadium in Hamilton at 4:00 pm.