Originally posted on Voyageurs Soccer Talk message board.

PreSeason Toronto Lynx vs Toronto Croatia (CPSL)
by Rocket Robin

Result of the preseason game between the A-League Toronto Lynx and the CPSL Toronto Croatia played Saturday May 5th, 2001 at 1:00pm at Lamport Stadium in Toronto.

Lynx starters:

............Theo Zagar
Adrian Serioux...Marco Reda...Mauricio Vincello
Robbie Aristodemo...Joe Mattacchione...David DiPlacido...Waldo Sponton
Kristian Grzetic...Aaron Benjamin...Juan Arango

16 min...Lynx GOAL...DiPlacido takes 20 yard shot off left post and deflects in after receiving short pass from the right.

26 min...Lynx GOAL...Benjamin pushes shot to left corner of net from 10 yards after receiving short cross header from Reda.

2nd Half:
Lynx subs...Tom Zawislan in goal. Miles O'Connor is in midfield and Chris Pozniak replaced Sponton. Francisco Dos Santos is in at forward replacing Aaron Benjamin.

51 min...Lynx GOAL...Arango redirects ball into low right of net, Pozniak had pushed ball ahead to him while leading rush.

55 min...TC gets their first shot at the net!

57 min...Lynx GOAL...Arango taps in from 3 yards on left post as Aristodemo rushes down right side and crosses low just before ball rolls behind touch line.

61 min...Lynx GOAL...Grzetic on shot from 10 yards that hit the underside of the crossbar and deflected into net. Serioux led rush and crossed from right into box, a header by Pozniak set up Grzetic.

other Lynx subs in 2nd half
Bobby Randhawa played at midfield. Ervin Ryta replaced Serioux, Caswain Mason was up front, Robert Fran (who played last year with Toronto Croatia) replaced Vincello. The only players not in the game were the injured Lyndon Hooper and the absent Brian Ashton.

80 min...Lynx GOAL...Dos Santos picks left side fo net from 7 yards as DiPlacido taps him a 3 yard pass in box.

Final Score:....Toronto Lynx....6....Toronto Croatia (CPSL)...0

If you read that carefully, you'd notice that Francisco Dos Santos played for the Lynx. He just signed a two year contract with the team.

Attendance at this closed door session was about 40 with about 12 Ultras members.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca