A-League game of Sunday August 27th, 2000.
A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Richmond Kickers played at Varsity Stadium at 7:30pm.
Toronto Lynx (white socks and shirts, black shorts, names, and numbers, black slashes on right chest)
...........................................22 Theo Zager
.............15 Adrian Serioux...2 Marco Reda...3 Mauricio Vincello
9 Nikola Vignjevic...8 Brian Ashton...19 David Diplacido...7 Lyndon Hooper...11 Lloyd Barker
...............................27 Francisco Dos Santos...20 Juan Arango
Subs:...1 Carmine Isacco (gk)...14 Edgar Bartolomeu (def)...21 Laryea Adjetey (mid)...10 Nebojsa Vignjevic (mid)...16 Aaron Benjamin (fwd)...18 Chris Pozniak (mid)...4 Joe Mattacchione (mid)
head coach/general manager Peter Pinizzotto, equipment manager Carl Titus, medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth.
Richmond Kickers (red socks and shirts, black shorts, white outlined names, and white numbers)
..............................................1 Mike McGinty
8 Darryl Etienne...2 Chris Brown...15 Scott Cannon...16 Josh McKay
11 Tony Williams...21 Guillermo Henriques...3 Kevin Knight...24 Gregory Messam
........................17 Dwayne DeRosario...19 Mike Burke
Subs:...22 Ronnie Pascale (gk)...14 Darryl Gomez (mid)...6 Robert Ukrop Jr (fwd)...20 Marco Ferruzzi (mid)...18 Kwaku Adu-Gyamfi (mid)
head coach Leigh Cowlishaw, assistant coach Jesse Myers, athletic trainer Chris Brill.
Game Officials:...referee Steve Cahoon, referee's assistants Zoran Kristo and Justin Tasev, fourth official Nick Rose.
Tonight was East Meets West Night. A pre game demonstration by the Northern Karate School with 11 members and the Lynxster demonstrating kicks and tumbles. The pop singer David Chiu sang some songs in Chinese and later performed the US and Canadian national anthems.
1st Half:...starts 7:47pm...Lynx defend north end on this warm humid evening but the temperature fell by the 2nd half.
1 min...RK goalie dives forward to take ball away from Lynx Dos Santos just getting to it.
4 min...RK Brown knocks down Lynx Barker on left edge of RK box.
4 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic low freekick deflects off boot in wall and wide right for corner kick.
6 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Ashton for tripping up RK Messam 25 yards out in Lynx end.
6 min...RK tap fo freekick from 30 yards out has RK DeRosario blast shot into wall.
11 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic freekick from 20 yards on left edge of box is lobbed over net.
14 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic two cornerkicks in a row from left are cleared away.
17 min...Lynx Ashton 35 yard shot bounces wide left with goalie back tracking after he headed away shot on edge of box so Lynx Arango couldn't get to it.
18 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic chips from 40 yards on right just too far forward for Lynx forwards.
21 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic running parallel to net on right but centers and no one is there.
22 min...RK YELLOW card...Etienne for pulling down Lynx Barker by arm on left edge of box.
22 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic short freekick from left Lynx player runs up and blasts over net from 20 yards.
23 min...Lynx Serioux runs across box and one touch blasts cornerkick centered from right just over net from 12 yards.
25 min...Lynx goalie catches long cross from right.
26 min...Lynx Arango gets to through ball on right and crosses through box but no Lynx players get away a shot.
30 min...RK McKay on right freekick after fake shot, RK Burke on Lynx left post centers across goalmouth but no one there for tap-in.
32 min...Lynx Serioux clears off forward in box and goalie dives wide right to grab ball.
34 min...Lynx Dos Santos blasts 30 yard grounder from left is directly to goalie.
35 min...Lynx Ashton freekick from 25 yards deflects off charging RK player.
37 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic from right 30 yards, Lynx forward steps into bouncer on right but shoots wide right.
42 min...RK Knight redirects long cross from right wide left from 20 yards.
45 min...Lynx Ashton crosses in from right, Lynx Dos Santos in box spins around defender but weak rushed 12 yarder is caught on left post by diving goalie.
46 min...half ends 8:33pm.
Halftime entertainment:...19 dancers and the Lynxster wearing a kimono do a Chinese dragon dance to salute the Year of the Dragon. Fan Peter Brayford puts his first shot in the middle hole of the Kick To Win board from 35 yards to just miss out on the $10000 prize for hitting the top hole on a first attempt.
2nd Half:...starts 8:51pm.
halftime sub...RK Ukrop Jr replaces Burke.
48 min...RK Williams cross from far right to left of box for RK DeRosario to head but Lynx defender blocks it.
49 min...Lynx goalie gets hand to cross into box over leaping forward, follow up by RK forward but can't get away shot.
51 min...RK Ukrop Jr runs along right but cross bounces wide left of net.
53 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic freekick from left edge of box rolled along right for sliding Lynx Ashton to get shot into box but ball cleared.
54 min...Lynx Serioux long throw in from left caught by leaping RK goalie who falls back and is injured.
59 min...Lynx Ashton ends long Lynx rush by blasting 15 yard shot from right over net after taking time to tee up shot.
60 min...Lynx Barker cross into box from left gets behind defenders but goalie rushes forward to scoop up ball.
61 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic chips ball over crowd in box over net.
62 min...RK sub...Gomez replaces Henriques.
63 min...RK goalie blasts goalie's kick that RK McKay deflects up into own face in center circle. He goes off field for about 1 minute.
65 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic bicycle kick from 40 yards gets Lynx forwards ahead by RK defenders cover.
66 min...Lynx sub...Benjamin replaces Arango.
67 min...Lynx Ashton pass ahead to Lynx Nikola Vignjevic on right whose cross is caught by goalie.
68 min...Lynx sub...Mattacchione replaces Ashton.
70 min...RF Cannon slides in to get ball away from Lynx Benjamin in RK box.
71 min...RF Williams rush on right and long cross to RF DeRosario on left whose hard header from 7 yards bounced to leaping Lynx goalie on left post.
73 min...RF YELLOW card...Ukrop Jr for incident where Lynx Vincello sustains leg injury away from play near sideline.
76 min...RF sub...Ferruzzi replaces Williams.
78 min...Lynx sub...Pozniak replaces Dos Santos.
78 min...RK GOAL DeRosario...DeRosario heads ball from right sideline to keep it in play even through he falls down out of bounds. RK Ukrop Jr takes ball away from Lynx defenders holds up and passes off to DeRosario who has got back into play. DeRosario blasts shot from 15 yards on right that Lynx goalie gets piece of by shuffling to his right and ball deflects through his hands into right corner of net.
80 min...Lynx players have two shots; both over bar.
81 min...RF YELLOW card...Gomez for interference.
85 min...Lynx Diplacido rolls shot from 20 yards after getting short cross from left that diving RF goalie pushes wide left of goal.
86 min...Lynx sub...Nebojsa Vignjevic replaces Hooper.
92 min...Lynx Serioux long throw-in form left headed over own bar by RF player resulting in injury.
93 min...RF YELLOW card...DeRosario for booting ball off Lynx crossbar when he's called offside.
94 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic cornerkick from left deflected out that Lynx Pozniak gets shot to and deflected up and ball deflects off cross bar and stays in play.
96 min...Lynx Nikola Vignjevic freekick from edge of box. He passes off to Lynx Nebrojsa Vignjevic who blasts ball well wide right from 20 yards.
96 min...game ends 9:43pm.
Final Score:........Toronto Lynx.........0.........Richmond Kickers...........1........
After the game, Dwayne DeRosario was mobbed by about 30 friends and family members who ran onto the field. He was a resident of the Toronto suburb of Scarborough. He is the star of the Kickers scoring 15 or the team's 40 goals. Two guys have five goals each. He was listed as a forward but took on the role of an overlapping midfielder so he could be in all the plays. This raises the question "Should he be a superstar in the A-League or just another benchwarmer on some European team?"
The Lynx don't clinch a playoff spot this weekend. The Impact won today 3-1 against the US Pro40 but the Lynx play them again on Wednesday.
I thought the Atlantic Division Kickers would have been a much better team but the Lynx beat them to the majority of the 50-50 balls.
Attendance was announced as 2480. It was East Meets West night but I didn't notice more Asians than usual.
Rocket Robin
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