A-League game of Sunday May 28th, 2000.
A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Boston Bulldogs played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto at 7:30pm.
Toronto Lynx (white socks, black shorts, names, and numbers, white shirts with black slashes on right of chest)
..............................................22 Theo Zagar
....................2 Marco Reda (cpt)...6 Milan Kojic...3 Mauricia Vincello
11 Lloyd Barker...10 Nibojsa Vignjevic...7 Lyndon Hooper...8 Brian Ashton...9 Nikki Vignjevic
....................................16 Aaron Benjamin...27 Francisco Dos Santos
Subs:...1 Jim Larkin (gk)...14 Edgar Bartolomeu (mid)...15 Adrian Serioux (def)...19 David DiPlacido (fwd)...21 Laryea Adjetey (mid)
head coach/general manager Peter Pinizzotto, equipment manager Carl Titus, goalkeeping coach Paulo Silva, medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth.
Boston Bulldogs (black socks, white shorts, names, and numberd, red shirts)
....................................................1 Anthony Latronica
.......................19 Paul Brooks...4 Steve Nicol...6 Avery John
18 Sullivan Phillips...8 Tom Polti...17 Sam Franklin (cpt)...20 Paulo Dos Santos...14 Jim Manganello
.......................................16 Ebbie Kokiat...11 Stephen Grant
Subs:...1 Russell Payne (gk)...12 Christian Baldwin (def)...5 Will Kohler (mid)...10 Luis Carlos Jimenez (mid)...23 Dushawne Simpson (fwd)
head coach Steve Nicol (the former Scotland national and long time Liverpool player).
Game Officials:...referee Zoran Kristo, referee's officials Gustavo Calzato and Frank Marciello, 4th official Denise Daleman.
(a moment of silence for Dave Morrison, long time organizer with Brampton Youth Soccer), ceremonial kickoff by Les Wilkinson from the OSA on tonight's Youth Soccer Club Night.
1st Half:...game starts at 7:41pm...Lynx defend north end.
2 min...Lynx Ashton 15 yard shot hits left post, Lynx Benjamin blasts 3 yard shot over net but play whistled offside anyway.
4 min...BB RED card...Paulo Dos Santos while lined up for Lynx freekick in BB box. Obviously there must have been something extra said to the referee to deserve the ejection.
5 min...Lynx Nikki Vignjevic freekick from right, cleared away in box by header.
6 min...BB Franklin blasts 25 yard shot over net.
8 min...Lynx Nikki Vignjevic 25 yard shot well over net.
10 min...Lynx goalie rolls wide left to pick up ball in front of BB Manganello.
17 min...BB Nicol 60 yard shot rolls to goalie.
19 min...Lynx Barker low bouncing shot from 18 yards caught by sliding goalie.
22 min...Lynx Vincello header from right after Lynx Nikki Vignjevic freekick from left.
24 min...Lynx Kojic runs up middle and 35 yard shot smothered by goalie.
26 min...Lynx Ashton blasts 25 yard freekick just a foot over bar.
28 min...Lynx Ashton blasts 30 yard shot well over bar.
29 min...BB Grant redirects ball to short side that goalie smothers on right corner of net.
31 min...BB Manganello crosses from left after run down side but caught by goalie.
33 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Nikki Vignjevic for argueing that BB players were not giving 15 yards before his freekick.
34 min...Lynx Nikki Vignjevic lofts 20 yard freekick just wide of left post.
38 min...Lynx Ashton blasts 18 yard shot directly to goalie after Lynx Francisco Dos Santos passes from left side.
41 min...Lynx Francisco Dos Santos rolls in 7 yard shot inside left post but play is ruled offside.
Referee's assistant Frank Marciello must have called about eight offsides this half.
half ends 8:26pm.
2nd Half:...starts 8:26pm.
47 min...BB Grant bounces 25 yard shot that goalie smothers.
48 min...BB Manganello 35 yard shot is wide left.
51 min...Lynx Nikki Vignjevic crosses from far left that goalie drifts right to catch.
53 min...Lynx Ashton low 25 yard shot is smothered by goalie.
59 min...Lynx Barker cross from left straight to goalie.
61 min...Lynx Benjamin tears away after intercepting backpass but short pass across left is picked up by goalie cutting off Lynx Francisco Dos Santos tap-in.
63 min...BB sub...Kohler replaces Manganello.
64 min...Lynx Francisco Dos Santos flicks ball to get around defender but goalie picks up popped up ball.
66 min...Lynx Nikki Vignjevic has 25 yard shot deflected by defender but sprawling goalie smothers ball.
68 min...BB goalie races out to grab through ball.
69 min...Lynx sub...Adjetey replaces Benjamin.
................Lynx sub...Bartolomeu replaces Nebojsa Vignjevic.
70 min...Lynx goalie catches 40 yard freekick.
71 min...BB Kohler corner kick from right across box that BB Franklin crosses back to left, BB John heads wide of net from left.
72 min...Lynx Paulo Dos Santos crosses that Lynx Barker heads just high.
73 min...BB sub...Simpson replaces Grant.
73 min...Lynx Nikki Vignjevic corner kick from left is headed and goalie just palms it over bar.
74 min...Lynx Nikki Vignjevic corner kick from right is booted around in box.
75 min...BB freekick on left edge of Lynx box is kicked along edge of box but cleared.
83 min...BB Simpson 25 yard shot bounces to goalie.
85 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Barker for rough tackle on sideline. BB Polti is injured on the play and hops off field for treatment.
86 min...BB Polti back in to play, BBs had good chance for BB Simpson to score.
87 min...Lynx Bartolomeu beats defender on left, cross to Lynx Nikki Vignjevic headed straight to goalie.
88 min...Lynx GOAL Nikki Vignjevic...Vignjevic shot from 20 yards scores on a deflection off BB defender Nicol from 15 yards that rolls over sprawling goalie into right corner of net.
91 min...game ends 9:29pm.
Final Score:...Toronto Lynx.................1............... Boston Bulldogs..............0
Yep. The Lynx had a man advantage for 86 minutes in this game. They should have had a minimum three goals to get the bonus point that can be helpful at the end of the season. Bulldogs really had only about one good chance. Their defence played the offside trap quite well catching the Lynx about 10 times in the game.
Avery John was a starting defender for the Bulldogs. We saw him yesterday lined up for Trinidad when we also saw Zoran Kristo as a referee's assistant.
Rocket Robin
robing@clo.com
.
.