W-League game of Sunday June 17th, 2001 between Toronto Inferno and Springfield (Massachusetts) Sirens played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 4:00pm.
Springfield won in Rochester last night and were an undefeated 8-0 this season. Inferno were 2-1-1.
Toronto Inferno (white socks, numbers and names, navy shorts and shirts)
............................................1 Leisha Alcia
5 Morgan Murrell...17 Jill Unsworth...6 Gigi Cignini...15 Laura Glasspoole
3 Candace Chapman...4 Tanya Frank...9 Jane Lea...14 Robyn Brady
.................................12 Jo Hinks...7 Tina Blaskovic
Subs:...22 Sarah Buckland (gk)...8 Julie Pigozzo (mid)...10 Amy Apps (mid)...13 Maggie Mason (mid)...16 Shaza Zikra (mid)...18 Maria Giannotti (def)
team officials:...head coach Tony Marmo...assistant coach Joe Nucifora...athletic therapist Melanie Banina.
Springfield Sirens (white socks and shirts, orange shorts, names and numbers, black stripe on side of shorts and sleeves)
............................................1 Julie Podhrasky
3 Tiina Saario...16 Tasha Taiste...13 Jennifer Bhaila...22 Patricia Woodson
15 Melissa McBean...2 Heather Langone...10 Hege Lauvik...7 Martha Conover
................................6 Rachel LeDuc...5 Brooke Bartlett
Subs:...4 Elizabeth Pilicy (mid)...11 Sena Maziarz (fwd)...14 Jenny Petronis (mid)...17 Katie Dempsey (def)...18 Jenn Amaral (mid)
team officials:...head coach John Amaral...assistant coach Bob Oliveira.
Game Officials:...referee Isaac Raymond...referee's assistants Steve Mortimer and Nick Fradelos.
1st half:...game starts 4:15pm...Inferno defend north goal on this hot day with sun in the west.
2 min...Inf Murrell 40 yard shot from right is just wide of top right corner.
4 min...Inferno GOAL Jane Lea...Lea sends a 30 yard shot form the left into top right corner of net over leaping Spr
goalie.
7 min...Spr goalie slides to edge of box to gather in through ball.
10 min...Spr Bartlett races through middle and boots 15 yarder over net when she gets no support.
12 min...Inf Cignini 35 yard freekick from left, Inf Frank 3 yards off right post can't quite turn header.
14 min...Spr goalie catches Inf Glasspoole bouncing cross into box from 30 yards on left.
16 min...Spr Lauvik 25 yard roller wide left when Spr player passes back to her.
17 min...Inf goalie slides out to beat Spr forward to through ball on right.
19 min...Inf Murrell slides to take ball off Spr Conover 7 yards off left post conceding corner, Spr Conover cornerkick wasted by someone on Spr pushing defender in box and play whistled down.
20 min...Inf Blaskovic just can't twist header enough and so wide left when Inf Chapman gives her long cross from right on long rush.
22 min...Inf goalie catches Spr Conover cornerkick from left.
23 min...Inf Cignini short 40 yard freekick on right boots forward to Inf Murrell who races down right and 15 yard shot is chipped over net.
25 min...Spr sub...Petronis replaces Langone.
27 min...Inf Chapman freekick from near right end line headed in box but rolls wide right beyond sprawling goalie.
30 min...Inf Murrell 25 yard cross from right is wide left.
32 min...Inf Murrell cross from right into Spr box where Inf Blaskovic just can't get to header.
37 min...Inf YELLOW card...Hinks for corralling Spr player in front of Spr players bench.
39 min...Inf Chapman races along right and sharp angle 12 yard shot is blocked by Spr goalie.
40 min...Inf Frank 30 yard shot is bounced to goalie.
42 min...Spr LeDuc cuts 30 yard shot that bounces to Inf goalie.
44 min...Inf goalie catches bouncer even though Spr Conover bashes into her.
45 min...Spr player gets another bash in on Inf goalie in box.
46 min...Inf Lea bounces 35 yard shot from left to Spr goalie.
46 min...half ends 5:01pm.
2nd Half:...starts 5:14pm.
47 min...Spr Petronis 45 yard freekick from right is whistled down in box and Spr player gets YELLOW card for protesting or jostling.
48 min...Inf Frank 35 yard shot is caught by Spr goalie.
50 min...Spr Bartlett cornerkick from left is headed away by Inf Cignini.
52 min...Spr LeDuc heads ball that Inf deflects for corner.
53 min...Spr Bartlett cornerkick from right, Spr players smash Inf goalie and Spr McBean blasts ball into short right outside of net.
54 min...Spr Saario 35 yard kick rolls wide left of net.
55 min...Spr Bartlett gets ball on right and shoots wide right of net from 20 yards.
56 min...Inf Hinks long run on left and 20 yard shot is wide left of goal.
61 min...Spr sub...Pilicy replaces Saario.
62 min...Inf Hinks taps through ball from 25 yards directly to Spr goalie.
63 min...Inferno GOAL Jo Hinks...Inf Brady races along left and passes forward to left to Hinks who cuts in and takes 12
yard shot to top left corner of net past defender and goalie.
65 min...Inf Frank heads from 10 yards that Spr goalie catches.
66 min...Inf Blaskovic cross from extreme right across box almost curls into Spr net.
68 min...Spr Petronis 25 yard shot from right is wide right.
71 min...Inferno GOAL Tanya Frank...Frank takes 35 yard shot from center of field and deflection over sliding Spr defender Taiste and charging goalie.
73 min...Spr sub...Dempsey replaces Bartlett.
73 min...Inf Brady slots low cross from left on edge of box that Inf Hinks shoots too-gentle roller directly to Spr goalie.
74 min...Spr LeDuc 30 yard shot that Inf goalie palms over bar.
76 min...Spr Lauvik 40 yard freekick from left is wide right.
77 min...Spr goalie catches cross from right.
78 min...Spr sub...Amaral replaces LeDuc.
................Inf sub...Giannotti (?) replaces Unsworth.
79 min...Spr cross from right is behind Inf net.
81 min...Spr Petronis runs deep on right to get to ball but crosses behind Inf net.
81 min...Inf sub...Mason repalces Blaskovic (at about this time).
84 min...Spr Conover cross from left, Inf goalie gets hand on it and Spr Petronis header from 5 yards is over net.
85 min...Spr Bhaila crosses into box from 30 yard on right is caught by charging Inf goalie.
86 min...Inf Apps (when did she come on?) passes right to charging Inf Mason who shoots wide left.
86 min...Spr Amaral 20 yard shot is wide left.
87 min...Spr Petronis low cornerkick from right is blocked by defender. Spr Petronis gets rebound chance and shoots wide right.
89 min...Spr Petronis cornerkick from right, Spr Conover blasts 30 yard shot on left well wide right.
90 min...Inf Brady injured just inside Inf box.
91 min...Inf sub...Pigozzo replaces injured Brady.
91 min...Inf Apps 35 yard shot is wide left.
92 min...game ends 6:01pm.
Final Score:...........Toronto Inferno...........3..........Springfield Sirens...........0..........
Great goals just like we'd wish the Lynx could hit! When I saw how many players the Inferno were short and the perfect record of the Sirens, I thought the score would be reversed at the start of the game.
Attendance was about 110 although the USL web site put it at 212. Such a shame for such great entertainment.
Inferno were short players on Canadian National team duty Rochelle Willis (U-20 team) and her twin sister
Janine Willis (full WC team), Kim Warner and Alison Kelly (both U-20 team).
Springfield have international players Tiina Saario from Finland, Jen Bhalla (Canada, who brought her family and friends from Toronto), Hege Lauvik (Norway) and Tammie Thornton (Australia).
Mr Burns couldn't buy them a win today though. Springfield fans were about 35
but no Homer and Marge Simpson. "Don't have a cow man". Maybe they're from Springfield Illinois :)
The next Inferno home game has been moved up to Friday June 29th at 8:00pm against Rochester
Ravens that's the day before the Canada-USA international. (originally scheduled
for Sunday night July 1st).
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
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