A-League pre-Season game-- Toronto Lynx vs Rochester Raging Rhinos

Result of the A-League pre-Season game between Toronto Lynx and Rochester Raging Rhinos played Saturday April 14th, 2001 at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 2:00pm.

Toronto Lynx (black socks and shorts, yellow shirts with black stripes on shirts, white numbers--1997 vintage)

....................................1 Tom Zawislan
..................2 Brian Ashton...4 Joe Mattachione...13 Chris Pozniak
10 Robbie Aristodemo...16 Caswain Mason...7 Lyndon Hooper...19 Miles O'Connor...23 Waldo Sponton
.....................................6 Kristian Grzetic...20 Juan Arango

Substitutes:...5 Ervin Ryta (def)...9 David DiPlacido (mid)...12 Daryl Gomez (def)...14 Bobby Rendhawa (mid)...24 Yuri Elkaim (fwd)...17 Alex Lopez...25 Courtney Dennis...15 Kaska Walker
Not in today's lineup:...Theo Zagar (gk)...Marco Reda (Captain) (def)...Mauricio Vincello (def)

Rochester Raging Rhinos (black socks and shorts, gray t-shirts with Umbro emblem on backs instead of numbers)

.....................................1 Billy Andracki
........................4 Fuseini Dauda...2 Andrew Restrepo
15 Martin Nash...5 Carlos Parra...7 Nate Daligcon...8 Tommy Tanner...11 Bill Sedgewick
.....................9 Jamel Mitchell...17 Dan Annan...37 Brian Hinky
(approximate positions)

Substitutes:...3 Scott Schweitzer (def)...21 Kirk Wilson (mid)...24 Scott Vallow (gk)...36 Mario Cristofori (fwd)...29 Anthony Tata (fwd)...16 Ryan Trout 9 (mid)

Game Officials:...referee Manual Orellano...referee's assistants Steve DiPiero and Sylvu Petrescu...4th official Wayne Sharpe

1st Half:...game starts 2:13pm...Lynx defend south end on this mild sunny day
3 min...Lynx Sponton runs through middle passes off Lynx Grzetic who turns and fires low roller from 18 yards.
7 min...RR Nash crosses from right,, RR Hinky rushes forward and heads ball from 7 yards off left post.
10 min...RR Nash 25 yard freekick from left and ball sails wide left of post.
14 min...RR Nash 25 yard freekick from left, RR Mitchell steers 7 yard shot wide right.
15 min...RR Nash scissor kicks 20 yard rebound shot that bounces to Lynx goalie.
17 min...Lynx Mason cross from right, Lynx Arango twists 12 yard header just over bar.
18 min...Lynx Arango boots 15 yarder over bar.
22 min...Lynx Arango curves 20 freekick from left that RR goalie bats down and gathers in near left post.
28 min...Lynx Sponton corner kick from right flies into box but headed away.
30 min...Lynx GOAL Grzetic...Grzetic heads in 7 yarder to right corner of net while redirecting 30 yard freekick by Lynx O'Connor from center of net.
32 min...RR Hinky gets head to ball while two RRs charging thropugh middle but goalie tips away ball by charging out and making move but play was blown offside.
36 min...RR Nash crosses freekick into box from 30 yards on far right but ball cleared away.
44 min...RR Parra cornerkick from right into box and headed through left side of box.
45 min...RRs inside Lynx box but Lynx goalie able to rush forward to force shot, RR pass off and shot rolled wide right.
45 min...half ends 2:58pm.

Halftime Lynx subs...DiPlacido replaces O'Connor, Walker replaces Sponton, Gomez replaces Hooper, Benjamin replaces Arango, Rendhawa replaces Mason.
Halftime RR subs:...Trout replaces Nash, Wilson replaces Tanner.
It's possible both teams changed their goalies at halftime but we weren't sure.

2nd Half:...starts 3:11pm.
49 min...Lynx Grzetic diving header from 10 yards, ball rolls wide left of RR goal.
53 min...RR goalie rushes out to catch cross from left.
55 min...RR sub...Cristofori replaces Sedgewick.
56 min...Lynx Annan replaces Vega.
57 min...Lynx Benjamin deflected shot from 20 yards rolls to RR goalie.
61 min...Lynx Mattachione trips up RR player on breakaway just inside Lynx box. Penalty kick called.
61 min...RR GOAL Parra on Penalty kick...Parra blasts shot to left of goal as goalie jumps right. The ball blasts through the back of the net.
64 min...Lynx sub...Courtney replaces Mattachione.
65 min...RR sub...Tata replaces Hinky.
.............RR sub...Schweitzer replaces Annan.
68 min...RR goalie rushes forward to scoop up ball that deflected too far ahead off charging Lynx player.
70 min...Lynx Ryta replaces Ashton.
72 min...Lynx goalie rushes forward to grab bouncer into box ahead of jostling RR forward.
73 min...RRs on 2 on 1 rush finishes with RR player receiving pass but heading of defender wide left for corner kick.
77 min...RR corner kick into box headed away, RR player charges into box and is pulled down. Penalty kick called.
78 min...RR GOAL Mitchell on Penalty kick...Mitchell rolls shot over sprawling goalie into net and through webbing.
79 min...Lynx Pozniak deflected shot from 20 yards rolls to RR goalie.
81 min...Lynx GOAL Pozniak rolls 10 yard shot into right corner of net (through webbing) although Lynx player touched him a short pass just inside RR box.
84 min...Lynx Walker 35 yard shot from right is well wide left.
88 min...RR 35 yard freekick from left, Lynx defender steps in front of RR forward to stop pass.
90 min...game ends 3:55pm.

Final Score:......Toronto Lynx.........2.........Rochester Raging Rhinos............2..........

Attendance was around 250 people. The Toronto Ultras saved the day when technical difficulties prevented the playing of the Canadian National anthem after the US anthem went through ok. The new fan club sang 'O Canada' themselves.

My comments about the Rhinos plays don't name the players because the Rhinos wore unmarked gray t-shirts (ok they had small numerals on their chests and the Umbro diamond logo on their backs; just like last year's exhibition game). The Lynx wore their vintage 1997 uniforms...white numbers on yellow shirts. I don't recognize them by their haircuts this early in the season (Brian Ashton is no longer a bleach blonde).

Martin Nash played the first half for Rochester and got in some good crosses. Both Rhino penalty kicks were earned as the last defender back made the desparate challenge on charging Rhino players. Referee Manuel Orellano gave out no cards in the game.

Lamport Stadium is astroturf and it looks like the webbing of the nets weren't tied down because the last three goals all rolled out the back of the net.

Canadian men's team national coach Holger Osieck was spotted in the crowd.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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