Originally posted to Voyageurs Soccer Talk forum.

Pre-Season Toronto Lynx vs Brampton Hitmen (CPSL)
by Rocket Robin

Result of the pre-Season game between the A-League Toronto Lynx and the Brampton Hitmen of the CPSL played Saturday April 28th, 2001 at Lamport Stadium in Toronto at 1:00pm on a cool and sunny afternoon.
The Hitmen were a substitute for the OSL team Sora Lazio.

Lynx wore unnumbered gray sweatshirts, Hitmen wore black socks and shorts, orange shirts with white numbers.

Lynx starting lineup:

................Theo Zagar (although it might have been Tom Zawislan)
Adrian Serioux...Marco Reda...Mauricio Vincello
Robbie Aristodemo...Brian Ashton...Lyndon Hooper...David DiPlacido...Waldo Sponton
........Kristian Grzetic...Juan Arango

7 min...Lynx GOAL Arango...Grzetic rushes down right side and crosses from 25 yards in deep corner, ball is headed in on redirection by charging Arango to short right side from 5 yards.

23 min...Lynx GOAL Ashton on a Penalty shot...Ashton rolls shot to right corner of net.

40 min...Lynx GOAL Grzetic...Grzetic taps in ball after Benjamin in box flubs a shot as he's falling, Sponton had crosses ball in from left.

2nd Half:...during this half, Lynx subbed Bobby Rendhawa for an injured Grzetic, goalie Yuri Elkaim for Zagar, Caswain Mason for Hooper, somebody for Sponton, and Robert Fran and another defender for Serioux and Reda.

72 min...Lynx GOAL DiPlacido... DiPlacido is pushed a short pass 20 yards out in middle of filed and he rushes in 5 yards and slides shot to low left side of net beyond sprawling goalie.

83 min...Lynx GOAL Benjamin...Benjamin slides in 5 yard shot in empty net after Mason (?) fast break down right side from sideline and crosses ball into box.

Final Score:...Toronto Lynx.....5....Brampton Hitmen...0

Two injuries to Lynx players: The Hitmen's defender #6
kicks high after ball rolls by him and kicks Arango in the face just inside the box which referee immediately awarded a penalty kick at 20 minutes. Arango was helped from the field and subbed by Benjamin.

50th minute...Grzetic was injured when the Hitmen goalie slid out to make a save and Grzetic flips over him injuring his ankle.

The Hitmen goalies were outstanding in each half stopping a few breakaways each. Gary Fleming was in for the first half and Adrian Trucido for the second.
Their coach Paul Kitson has not joined the team yet. This was their first game ever! They're still having tryouts but I would drop them into the middle of the pack of last year's CPSL teams playing a team of the Lynx calibre and I can see them getting better.

This game was another closed door session but about 15 Ultra fans watched the game of total fans of 30.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca