W-League game played Saturday July 7th, 2001 between Toronto Inferno and Cleveland Eclipse played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 7:30pm.
Toronto Inferno (white socks, names and numbers, navy shorts and shirts)
.......................................22 Sarah Buckland
5 Heather Forsyth...15 Laura Glasspoole...6 Gigi Cignini...17 Rochelle Willis
13 Maggie Mason...4 Tanya Frank...3 Robyn Brady...9 Jane Lea
..........................7 Tina Blaskovic...12 Jo Hinks
Subs:...1 Leisha Alcia (gk)...10 Amy Apps (mid)...14 Janine Willis (mid)...11 Jill Unsworth (def)...16 Shaza Zikra (mid)...18 Maria Giannotti (def)...20 Candace Chapman (mid)
team officials:...head coach Tony Marmo...assistant coach Joe Nucifora...athletic therapist Melanie Banina.
Cleveland Eclipse (yellow socks and numbers, blue shorts, white shirts)
.......................................0 Patricia Cooke
21 Shanta Harsa...2 Katie Kruse...17 Stephanie Heller...5 Jill Sluga
11 Alison James...19 Chrissie Abbott...27 Devon Haskell...14 Joany Cundey
.......................8 Kristen Arnott...16 Judi Aschenbrener
Subs:...10 Georgina Adams...4 Keri Guminey...15 Maureen Pentz
team officials:...co-coaches Mike Besu and Jon Felton.
Game Officials:...referee Steve Mortimer...referee's assistants Gord Arrowsmith and Isaac Raymond...fourth official Gary Prentice.
Cleveland wore the worst uniforms I've ever seen with yellow numbers on white shirts. I
couldn't identify the players beyond 30 yards. This report has a lot of 'Cleveland player' because I couldn't tell who was shooting. Fortunately the Inferno dominated the game.
1st Half:...game starts 7:44pm...Inf defend north end.
4 min...CE Sluga 45 yard freekick picked up by Inf goalie.
8 min...Inf Blaskovic steps up middle and 25 yard shot is caught by goalie on left side of net.
9 min...CE forward crosses from right but ball drifts behind Inf net.
11 min...Inf Cignini 45 yard freekick, Inf Frank boots 12 yard shot from left that CE goalie blocks on left post.
12 min...Inf Forsyth crosses in from right corner that goalie catches on left side.
14 min...CE Arnott runs on left wing and crosses over box.
15 min...CE GOAL Kristen Arnott...CE player shot from 25 yards on right. CE player at 7 yards on left post extends foot but may have missed ball. Inf goalie dove left but missed ball.
22 min...CE Sluga 50 yard freekick bounces to Inf goalie.
24 min...Inf GOAL Jo Hinks...Inf Forsyth pushes 40 yard shot from right into box.
Hinks shoots 12 yard shot over sprawling goalie.
27 min...Inf Blaskovic runs across edge of box and 20 yard shot is pushed wide right by flying goalie.
28 min...CE Cundey gets through ball on left, cuts around charging Inf Forsyth and 20 yard shot caught by Inf goalie about 5 yards out.
30 min...Inf Frank pushes ball down middle, Inf Forsyth 15 yard shot palmed over net by leaping goalie.
31 min...Inf Blaskovic gets cornerkick from left and hard 20 yard blast spins off defender 10 yards out and momentum spins to line where another CE defender heads off line.
32 min...Inf Rochelle Willis 40 yard shot on CE partial clearance is caught by goalie on right post.
34 min...Inf Glasspoole cross from irhgt 40 yards out, Inf Brady twists header from 20 yards caught by goalie.
36 min...Inf goalie catches 45 yard freekick from right over head of CE forward.
38 min...Inf defender heads away ball to end pressure including diving goalie being deked on far right.
40 min...Inf Blaskovic 25 yard freekick batted down by CE goalie.
43 min...Inf goalie charges out and slides to beat two CE forwards to through ball on edge of box.
44 min...CE Arnott boots ball after crossing box to left, Inf goalie gets hand to it but Inf defender clears it off line.
45 min...CE Cundey 25 yard shot is caught by goalie.
47 min...half ends 8:31pm.
2nd Half:...starts 8:44pm.
49 min...CE James ends pressure by rolling 20 yard shot wide left which included Inf goalie bobbling cross while diving for it and forward taking ball away.
50 min...Inf Cignini 40 yard freekick on left, Inf Mason shoots just over net from 5 yards on right.
53 min...Inf GOAL Laura Glasspoole...Inf Forsyth cornerkick from right that goalie and defenders miss ball. Glasspoole on left side blasts 12 yard shot to top right corner of net.
56 min...Inf goalie picks up 15 yard shot from left.
58 min...Inf Brady crosses from 25 yards on left, Inf Blaskovic twists header from 7 yards that goalie smothers on right post.
60 min...CE Kruse 45 yard shot is wide right of net.
61 min...Inf Hinks cuts into middle and 20 yard shot palmed over bar.
61 min...Inf Blaskovic misses getting up for tap-in on left post after cornerkick on right squeezes though box.
62 min...Inf Rochelle Willis 30 yard shot on left caught by goalie on line.
64 min...CE goalie catches ball ending pressure which included falling goalie partially deflecting falling Inf Blaskovic shot from 5 yards with CE defender saving on line.
65 min...CE Arnott break with a CE player on left booting 20 yard shot over Inf net.
66 min...Inf sub...Apps replaces Frank.
66 min...CE Abbott 35 yard shot on right is wide right.
72 min...Inf Apps dribbles along but weak 25 yard shot on right is caught by goalie.
74 min...Inf sub...Unsworth replaces Forsyth.
76 min...Inf sub...Giannotti replaces Hinks.
77 min...Inf goalie catches 25 yard shot.
78 min...Inf Cignini 50 yard freekick on right caught by CE goalie.
80 min...CE Haskell (?) can't turn header when cross in from left and she was open 2 yards from goal.
86 min...CE Haskell 25 yard shot over net.
88 min...CE player gets long 45 yard freekick into box is whistled down for pushing in box.
88 min...CE 30 yard freekick on extreme left which defender heads out.
89 min...CE Abbott 30 yard shot from right is caught by Inf goalie on left.
90 min...game ends 8:29pm.
Final Score:..........Toronto Inferno.........2........Cleveland Eclipse.........1........
Attendance was about 120. There had been a sprinkling of rain about an hour before the game but it didn't rain again. The field was slippery.
Eclipse put on some pressure near the end of the game and a few good scoring chances.
This game didn't count for the Inferno in the standings but it did for the W-2 Eclipse. The league has done this scheduling in the past because sometimes these games end up counting if there are any cancelled games.
Rocket Robin
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