W-League game of Friday July 3, 1998.

Here are the results of the W-League game between Toronto Inferno and Boston Renegades played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 8:30pm. All Inferno games are considered exhibition games this season.

Toronto Inferno (navy socks and shirts, black shorts, white numbers)

.......................................22 Jessica Montagano
6 Gigi Cignini...2 Jennifer Nicholson...20 Jennifer Johnson...15 Jennifer Dillinger
...............4 Denise Hosey...3 Maari Scott...10 Nancy Lewis
...............7 Kristin Robertson...8 Helen Stombos...11 Andrea Johnston

Subs:...9 Jose Tucceri (fwd)...12 Megan Beckett (mid)...14 Denise Lowe (def/mid)
Team Officials:...head coach Tony Marmo, assistant coach Dave Ashfield, manager Michelle Comeau, team trainer Doug Innis.

Boston Renegades (red socks, shorts, and numbers, white shirts)

.......................................1 Allison Snooks
11 Marybeth Callahan...25 Amy Hesseltine (cpt)...16 Kristen Supko...15 Shelly Hull
..............13 Deborah Flaherty...10 Carrie Serwetnyk...20 Paulina Auveri
...............8 Laura Collins...19 Jenna Kurowski...6 Melissa McBean

Subs:...14 Gretchen Young (gk)...17 Tracy Kerr (mid)...18 Shelly Addison-Smith (mid)...21 Stephanie Hylan (mid)...Others not sure who else but they had a longer bench then the Inferno:...3 Kerry Connors (fwd)...4 Kristi Palmaccio (mid)...5 Nancy Slocum (def)...7 Kelly Martin (def)...9 Sue Gaudette (fwd)...12 Katie McMahon (fwd)...22 Karen Ferguson (mid)...23 Colleen O'Brien (mid)...24 Jan Mead (gk).
Team Officials:...head coach Rick Copland, assistant coaches Peter Counsell and Alan Heinlein, team trainer Kim Gillespie.

Referee Gord Arrowsmith, referee's assistants Harry Diciacca and Nick Fradelos.

1st Half:...game starts 8:33pm
1 min...BR Supko taps corner kick from left corner wide right.
3 min...TI Stombos dribbles 50 yards but 30 yard shot from right is wide left.
6 min...BR goalie catches 35 yard freekick on diving catch.
11 min...BR Collins receives long ball and 20 yard shot wide left of goal.
20 min...BR Auveri and Kurowski replaced by Kerr and someone else.
22 min...TI Hosey steps in front of long Inferno shot and BR goalie has to make tough save.
24 min...TI Lewis races to through ball but called back for pushing aside defender.
25 min...TI defenders prevent BR McBean from getting away shot in box.
30 min...BRs make two more subs.
31 min...BR GOAL...McBean picks up rebound and pounds 7 yard shot into top of net.
36 min...BR Hull 35 yard shot just wide left of net.
37 min...TI goalie beats BR McBean to pick up through ball.
39 min...BR Callahan from 35 yards dribbles in then 25 yard shot wide right of net.
41 min...BR Kerr 30 yard cross into box missed by two BR forwards.
42 min...BR Kerr turns and shoots 30 yard shot over bar.
45 min...TI Dillinger injured in TI box.

2nd Half:...started at 9:38pm.
Halftime sub:...BR Young replaces Snooks at goalie.
48 min...BR McBean crosses from right side and hits cross bar near left post.
50 min...TI Johnston takes shot after whistle but offside flag up.
52 min...BR GOAL...Collins 20 yard shot taken from a crowd of players from right just under bar.
56 min...BR Kurowski from right of net hits post with shot.
57 min...TI Johnston 20 yard shot from left side caught by BR goalie.
58 min...BR GOAL...Kurowski from left side receives cross from right of net and takes scissor kick to short left side of net.
60 min...BR YELLOW card...Hylan for argueing call.
63 min...BR Collins 15 yard shot from left curls wide right.
66 min...BR Auveri turns and fires 20 yard shot caught by TI goalie.
68 min...TI goalie palms shot over bar on shot near right touch line.
74 min...BR McBean 20 yard shot caught by goalie.
82 min...BR Kurowski 20 yard freekick kicked over bar.
To encourage the Inferno, the chairman led an Inferno chant...."Give me an 'I', Give me an 'N', etc." but drew big laughs for ending up spelling out "I-N-F-E-R-O" and five minutes later adding "Give me another 'N'".
83 min...BR Hylan 20 yard kick from left goes over bar.
85 min...BR Addison-Smith turns and fires 15 yard roller to goalie.
87 min...TI YELLOW card...Tucceri for tripping BR Gaudette.
89 min...TI player gets 15 yard kick wide right of net.

Final Score:...Toronto Inferno.......0.......Boston Renegades........3....

The Renegades looked better than the other teams Inferno has played this year. They were a class above the Inferno and by the 2nd half it was just wave after wave of their attacks in the Inferno end. This was not the night for the Inferno to have a short bench.

Attendance was announced as '488 paid'. This rather late 8:30pm start was to accomodate the Robbie Tournament for youth girls and boys teams playing that weekend.

Worst feature of Birchmount Stadium is that the scoreboard timer wasn't working. It could only count down from 45:00 to 44:50 and repeated that again and again. My times are based on my wristwatch.

Referee Gord Arrowsmith didn't yell like in the Canada Day July 1st men's CPSL game but he did give out two yellow cards. I made a comment on this and he said these ladies play rough. I also straightened up my confusion with the substitution rules with the Inferno chairman and Renegade assistant coach Peter Counsell which I have in a separate posting.

Peter Counsell also answered some questions about the Renegades. He said they are 8-1 in the regular season. There players are teachers, coaches, students, and grads from places like Duke, Yale, U of Michigan, an international from Finland and Carrie Serwetnyk a Canadian National team player who only played the first 10 minutes before agravating a hamstring injury. The two teams meet for another exhibition rematch on Sunday.

Rocket Robin
robing@clo.com

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