W-League game of Friday June 30th, 2000.
W-League game between Toronto Inferno and Laval Dynamite played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 7:30pm.
Toronto Inferno (white socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
..........................................22 Sarah Buckland
6 Gigi Cignini...17 Rochelle Willis...9 Jane Lea...14 Janine Willis
8 Julie Pigozzo...5 Kristin Robertson...13 Maggie Mason...10 Amy Apps
..............................7 Tina Blaskovic...12 Jo Hinks
Subs:...1 Dawn Boone (gk)...2 Nadine Lewycky (def)...11 Celia Pires (mid)...15 Tammie Wilson (mid)...18 Heather Heimpel (mid)...16 Shaza Zikra (mid)...19 Gwen Kilfoy (fwd)
Laval Dynamite (blue socks and shorts, blue shirts with red sleeves, white numbers and names)
.................................................0 Amy Rudge
20 Astrid Mel...17 Claudia Rubino...15 Marie Claude Pinard...4 Lisa Rinaldi
11 Marie Eve Nault...13 Lyne Coluture...23 Nadia Gaeggeler...7 Pamela Bedzrah
..........................5 Annie Perreault...19 Rachel Yankie
Subs:...16 Sonia Moore (fwd)...12 Julia Scrase (mid)...6 Isabelle Joyal (def)...14 Marie Claude Henry (mid)...9 Anne Marie LePalme (mid)...1 Genevieve Reid (gk)...2 Odile DesBois (mid)
Game Officials:...referee Nigel Johnson, referee's assistants Isaac Raymond and Justin Tasev, fourth official Walter Ingles.
1st half:...start 7:37pm...Inferno defend north end on this mild sunny/cloudy evening.
6 min...LD Rinaldi follows in on partially cleared cross by booting 18 yard shot over bar.
11 min...LD Rinaldi 35 yard cross from left is caught by Inf goalie in box.
12 min...Inf Cignini 50 yard freekick over crowd wide left.
13 min...Inf Mason finishes give and go with 15 yard shot just over bar.
15 min...Inf Mason cornerkick from right, heade out by LD player. Inferno keep the pressure on for the next two minutes.
17 min...Inf Cignini finishes pressure with 40 yard shot that hits top of bar.
18 min...LD Pinard 35 yard shot bounces to goalie wide left of net.
19 min...Inf goalie grabs ball off head of LD Yankie.
20 min...LD Perreault pops up 12 yard shot that Inf goalie catches with leap.
21 min...Inf Cignini chips 25 yard shot from left over wall but right to goalie.
24 min...LD Gaeggeler 25 yard freekick hits Inf wall, LD Perreault rebound rolls 7 yarder weakly to goalie.
26 min...Inf Janine Willis steals ball from LD Couture in Inf box after LD Couture had injured Inf Lea with slide for ball. Lea is down for about 3 minutes.
30 min...LD player breaks up Inf rush with foot to ball that causes roller to LD goalie.
32 min...LD Yankie 5 yard pass cross to LD Couture whose 3 yard shot is caught by Inf goalie.
34 min...Inf Cignini 25 yard shot is smothered by goalie on bounce.
35 min...LD Nault 30 yard freekick from right is caught by goalie on left.
36 min...LD Yankie 30 yard shot from left is wide right.
38 min...Inf Apps pushes pass to Inf Mason but 30 yard shot is over net.
40 min...Inf sub...Kilfoy replaces Lea. Kilfoy comes in as forward, Blaskovic moves back to midfield, Robertson comes back into defence.
40 min...LD goalie picks up bouncer in box.
42 min...LD Rinaldi 40 yard cross from left is caught by goalie ahead of LD player in box.
43 min...Inf YELLOW card...Rochelle Willis for tackle on LD Bedzrah near center line.
47 min...Inf Blaskovic turns in crowd and 15 yard shot in left of box is wide right.
48 min...half ends 8:24pm.
2nd Half:...start 8:37pm.
LD halftime sub...Moore replaces Bedzrah.
46 min...LD Perreault long 50 yard freekick into box, headed back by LD forward but Inf defender prevents LD Couture from getting away shot until Inf goalie falls on ball.
48 min...Inf goalie catches cross from left by TD Yankie.
50 min...LD Nault 40 yard shot bounces wide right.
51 min...LD Rinaldi 35 yard shot on left is smothered by goalie.
53 min...Inf Pigozzo injured at Inf 35 yard sideline. I found out later she suffered a hamstring pull.
54 min...Inf sub...Wilson replaces Pigozzo.
57 min...Inf Cignini 45 yard freekick punched out by goalie but she pushes it against defender's back until she can catch ball.
58 min...LD Perreault injured although she pushed over Inf player from behind.
58 min...Inferno GOAL Blaskovic...Inf Cignini on 25 yard freekick from left crosses to right, ball flicked by head of LD defender but Blaskovic gets ball at her feet and lobs 12 yard shot over LD goalie into left side of net.
59 min...LD Yankie receives short pass and rolls shot that's grabbed by diving Inf goalie.
60 min...LD sub...LePalme replaces Gaeggeler.
61 min...Inf YELLOW card...Blaskovic for hard tackle in LD end.
64 min...LD Perreault 35 yard shot bounces to goalie.
65 min...Inf Apps receives cross on left and 20 yard shot over bar.
66 min...LD Moore turns and fires 20 yard shot caught by goalie.
67 min...Inf Mason rolls through ball from 20 yards directly to goalie.
69 min...Inf Rochelle Willis and Inf Cignini ride out LD Yankie from getting away shot on net after a 50 yard rush.
70 min...LD sub...Scrase replaces Rubino.
70 min...LD freekick from 40 yards on left is wide right.
72 min...LD Perreault 35 yard shot hits goalie's hand and crossbar deflecting wide right and then ball crossed through box.
73 min...LD Couture receives cross from left and shanks 7 yard shot wide right.
74 min...Inf Mason cornerkick from left into box. Inf Cignini follows up partial clearance with 25 yard shot into box.
76 min...Inf Hinks 25 yard shot while on 3 on 2 takes shot wide right.
76 min...LD player injured just outside center circle.
77 min...LD Yankie passes to LD Couture on 2 on 1 break but goalie makes point blank shot from 15 yards.
78 min...LD YELLOW card...Rinaldi for fist swinging incident.
79 min...Inf Mason 25 yard shot wide left of post.
81 min...LD Nault 30 yard shot over crowd caught by goalie.
81 min...LD Moore 25 yard shot caught by goalie.
82 min...Inf Kilfoy cuts along edge of 18 yard box and cuts shot caught by goalie on left post.
83 min...LD Moore cross from right is blocked by defenders.
85 min...This incident took place away from play. LD Scrase injured. Inf Kilfoy is kicked and tripped by LD Mel.
................LD RED card...Mel for retaliation.
................Inf RED card...Hinks. After long talks between the referee and both his assistants, Hinks for her part in this incident. This was about 30 yards upfield from the action and I couldn't find anyone who could tell me what happened from the beginning.
88 min...LD Moore rolls 7 yard shot weakly to goalie.
88 min...Fourth official orders referee to throw out Inferno coach Tony Marmo who watches the rest of the game from the east stands behind the players benches.
89 min...Inf corner from left is kicked around in box.
92 min...LD GOAL Yankie...Yankie takes 25 yard freekick bending it into top left corner of net untouched by Inf goalie.
93 min...half ends 9:25pm.
1st Half Golden Goal overtime period (10 minutes).
91 min...Inf Apps rush on left side, pushes ball ahead to Inf Kilfoy but shot is blocked by defender.
93 min...Inf Kilfoy drops off shot to Inf Apps but 15 yard cross/shot is caught by charging goalie.
94 min...Inf GOAL Blaskovic...Blaskovic gets pass pushed ahead to her through defenders from Inf Cignini and slides 7 yard shot to right corner of net under sliding goalie.
Final Score:............Toronto Inferno..........2..........Laval Dynamite..........1.......
Attendance was about 110 people. Tina Blaskovic scored both goals for the Inferno. The Inferno deserved to win for the flow of play but Dynamite scored in injury time to force the extra time. Who knew that France and Italy would use almost the identical script for their Euro 2000 Final? Inferno reinforce their position in first place in their conference with this win. Dynamite players communicate with each other on the field in both English and French.
Hilites of the game were shown on the CFTO sports news at 11:30pm later that evening. With a mention of the Women's Gold Cup they led into this story. Actually they didn't mention this but Inferno player Tanya Franck is on Canada's Gold Cup team playing this weekend in the United States.
Rocket Robin
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