W-League game of Friday June 16th, 2000.
W-League game between Toronto Inferno and Ottawa Fury played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 7:30pm.
Toronto Inferno (white socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
................................................1 Dawn Boone
17 Rochelle Willis...6 Gigi Cignini...9 Jane Lea...14 Janine Willis
......................4 Tanya Frank...13 Maggie Mason...10 Amy Apps
......................8 Julie Pigozzo...12 Jo Hinks...7 Tina Blaskovic
Subs:...2 Nadine Lewycky (def)...11 Celia Pires (mid)...16 Jacquie Malley (mid)...18 Heather Heimpel (mid)
head coach Tony Marmo, assistant coach Raffaele Tomarchio, goalkeeping coach Joe Nucifora, team trainers Erin Jackson and Doug Innis.
Ottawa Fury (white socks, shorts, names and numbers, navy shirts)
.................................................1 Tania Singfield
4 Mandy Sabiston...9 Brigitte Bernier...5 Myazka Paprocki...10 Noel Trepanier
13 Jennifer Blondi...18 Kristina Kiss...8 Danielle Velia...11 Julie Gareau
...............................3 Ayana Nurse...7 Eva Melamed
Subs:...00 Asta Wallace (gk)...2 Joanna Hackett (def/fwd)...6 Julie Madore (mid)...12 Stacy Malloch (fwd)...16 Melanie Beaulieu (mid/def)...17 Keri Hoffman (def)...21 Cecily Clarke (def)
coach Andy Nera, assistant coach Fred Juett.
Game officials:...referee Irene Koutsoukis, referee's assistants Herminio Lopes and Ganesh Shanmuegan, fourth official Elena Molle.
1st half:...game starts 8:36pm...Inferno defend south goal on this warm sunny evening.
3 min...Inf Apps breaks in and 15 yard shot over net.
4 min...OF Sabiston 40 yard shot over bar.
7 min...OF Melamed 15 yard shot well over bar.
9 min...Inf Mason deflects shot 15 yards out popping it up to OF goalie.
11 min...Inf Hinks tips ball that OF goalie catches.
11 min...Inf goalie catches 30 yard bouncing shot.
15 min...OF Velia nice fake but turns and 40 yard shot rolls to goalie well wide right of net.
20 min...Inf Mason takes 15 yard shot that arcs just over bar.
22 min...OF Bernier cuts off Inf Rochelle Willis break-in on goal.
22 min...Inf Frank 12 yard shot from far left is wide left.
25 min...Inf Frank rolls ball to Inf Apps who rolls 12 yard shot to goalie.
26 min...Inf Frank low shot spins off sprawling OF goalie and over touch line wide right.
27 min...Inf cornerkick from right, Inf Blaskovic has shot hit defender and outside of left goalpost.
28 min...Inf Janine Willis cornerkick from left into box but referee blows play down.
30 min...Inf Janine Willis freekick from left goes through OF box where it's missed by three Inf players.
31 min...Inf Frank 20 yard bouncer through crowd caught by goalie.
33 min...Inf Blaskovic trying to break by OF Sabiston is elbowed and injured.
36 min...OF Velia 35 yard freekick from extreme right missed by OF forwards and Inf goalie near left post.
37 min...Fury GOAL Bernier...from a Fury freekick from 40 yards on left side, Inf goalie rushes out to catch ball,
drops it and Bernier rolls in a 7 yard shot to left corner of open net.
39 min...OF goalie slides out to grab through ball ahead of Inf Apps.
43 min...Inf Pigozzo 15 yard pop up wide left of goal.
44 min...Inf Janine Willis 30 yard shot caught by goalie. Earlier she had run along right end line, centered cross but no Inf players werre there for header.
47 min...half ends 8:23pm.
There was a girls youth game at halftime between the two teams of ballgirls.
2nd Half:...starts 8:39pm.
46 min...Inferno GOAL Frank...Inf Hinks dekes two defenders along right end line and short cross is one touched into left corner of net from 3 yards by Frank.
51 min...dribbles of rain starts which soon picks up to a downpour until the 89th minute.
51 min...Inf Rochelle Willis misses ball on midair kick.
52 min...OF Blondi cuts shot wide left on 1 on 2 rush from 20 yards on left.
53 min...OF Bernier injured on left side near own goal in crash with Inf player. She's down for 3 minutes before she's taken off field.
56 min...OF sub...Hackett replaces Barnier.
61 min...Inf YELLOW card...Hinks gets it for 'roughing' the goalie after OF goalie slides out for through ball.
62 min...Inf Frank sliding shot from 20 yards goes over bar.
63 min...OF Melamed 25 yard shot caught by goalie on right side of net.
65 min...Inf Frank 50 yard shot bounces to goalie.
66 min...OF sub...Malloch replaces Nurse.
................Inf sub...Kilfoy replaces Hinks.
68 min...Inf Pigozzo races down right, crosses to left post is too far ahead of sliding Inf Kilfoy.
70 min...Inf Janine Willis 30 yard shot is caught by goalie drifting right.
72 min...Inf Rochell Willis takes low shot on partial cleared cornerkick rolls to OF goalie from 30 yards.
74 min...OF Velia 18 yard shot smothered by goalie.
75 min...OF Velia gets foot to through ball but rolls 7 yarder to goalie.
78 min...Inf Blaskovic ridden off by defender on right so she can't get away shot.
82 min...Inferno GOAL Pigozzo...Apps crosses from 20 yards upfield on left side and Pigozzo scores on diving header from 7 yards into right corner of net.
83 min...OF goalie catches roller deflected off Inf player.
85 to 87 min...Great OF pressure ended when Inf goalie runs out and gathers ball.
88 min...OF Gareau 20 yard shot over net.
89 min...Inf Cignini 40 yard lob caught by goalie. (rain stops).
91 min...OF cornerkick from right is kicked/headed around and cleared.
94 min...OF Blondi 12 yard shot, OF and Inf player slide to right post but OF player can't get away shot.
Inf defenders had blocked about five shots in the last 4 minutes.
94 min...game ends 9:28pm.
Final Score:....Toronto Inferno........2.......Ottawa Fury..........1......
Attendance was around 120 for the first Inferno game back at their regular 'home' in Scarborough. Stadium officials had not supplied a microphone for the press box which left media relations guy Ben Kong running onto the track to shout out the goals to the fans in the rain. There was a heavy rain between the 55th minute until just before injury time.
Inferno defender and midfielder Janine and Rochelle Willis (18 year old twin sisters) were both impressive.
Canadian National team player (scored a goal against New Zealand in last week's Pacific Cup) Kristina Kiss of
Ottawa Fury was a starter for the Fury.
Inferno was the better team.
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