Originally posted to Voyageurs soccer news forum.

Toronto Inferno vs Chicago Cobras
by Rocket Robin

Results of the W-League game between Toronto Inferno and Chicago Cobras played at Birchmount Stadium in Scarborough at 3:00pm, Sunday August 1st/99.

13 min...Cobras GOAL Lindsay Hoelter...Cobras Ann Cook crosses from left to Hoelter who gets header in from 3 yards.
18 min...Cobras GOAL Charmaine Hooper...Hooper gets away 20 yard banana shot from left that curls under bar into right side of net.
25 min...Cobras GOAL Becca Myers...Myers taps in rebound from 7 yards after 45 yard CC freekick into box.
37 min...Inferno GOAL Tina Blaskovic...Blaskovic takes 35 yard freekick over 6 man wall and diving goalie that hits the high inside right post.

54 min...Cobras GOAL Charmaine Hooper...Hooper touches 3 yarder in from left after Cobras Staci Burt chips cross to her.
58 min...Cobras GOAL Becca Myers...Ann Cook cuts in cross from left, Myers scores from 3 yards with diving header to right corner.
66 min...Cobras GOAL Courtney Linex...substitute Linex scores 4 minutes after she comes on as she cuts in a shot to left corner of net while running right.
73 min...Cobras GOAL Charmaine Hooper...sub Cheri Skibski takes ball away from defender and cuts in a low cross from left, Hooper with one touch gets 15 yard shot to center of net.

Final Score:....Toronto Inferno.....1.....Chicago Cobras.......7

Attendance was about 225 persons, the largest crowd of the season despite the game time being moved up from 4pm to 3pm on short notice on this holiday weekend so the Cobras could catch a plane.

Charmaine Hooper scored three goals. The press in attendance changed their leads after Hooper's third goal as they were saying she had a bad game.

Chicago completes their season with a 14-0 record (that assumes they won their Friday game against Rochester Ravens, I couldn't find that result).

Inferno had no bench strength, just scraping by with 11 starters and Portia Barriffe who was injured as a sub so they tired in the second half.

I'll try to come up with an editorial of the Inferno season in the next week or so. I'll say I was the only reporter who saw all seven Inferno home games...so beware of all those reports you read by the journalist pros who judge a team after watching just one game!!

Rocket Robin
robing@clo.com