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A-League pre-season...Toronto Lynx vs Rochester Raging Rhinos
by Rocket Robin

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

30 min...Lynx Kristian Grzetic GOAL...Grzetic heads in 7 yarder to right corner of net while redirecting 30 yard freekick by Lynx Miles O'Connor from center of field.

61 min...RRR Carlos Parra GOAL on Penalty Kick...Parra blasts penalty kick to left of goal as Lynx goalie Tom Zawislan jumps right.

78 min...RRR Jamel Mitchell GOAL on Penalty Kick...Mitchell rolls shot over slumping goalie into center of net.

81 min...Lynx Chris Pozniak GOAL...Pozniak rolls 10 yard shot into right corner of net after a Lynx player touched him a short pass just inside box.

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 full game report will follow in a day or so but it won't be much better. The Rhinos wore unmarked gray t-shirts (ok they had small numerals on their chests). 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.

Lynx starters were: goal Tom Zawislan (Theo Zagar is still involved in the indoor league), defenders Brian Ashton, Joe Mattachione, and Chris Pozniak, midfielders Robbie Aristodemo, Caswain Mason, Lyndon Hooper, Miles O'Connor and Waldo Sponton. forwards Kristian Grzetic and Juan Arango.

David DiPlacido, Kaska Walker, Daryl Gomez, Aaron Benjamin and Bobby Rendhawa came in at halftime and Alex Lopez, Courtney Dennis, and Ervin Ryta replaced more of the Lynx starters later in the second half.

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

Posted on Apr 14, 2001, 3:16 PM
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