Special Scrimmage of May 11th, 1999. (Game 1).
Here are the results of the special scrimmage between the Toronto Lynx and the North American based players of the Canadian National Team played at Victoria Park in Brampton Ontario at 4:00pm.
Toronto Lynx (white socks, purple shorts and shirts, yellow numbers and chevrons on shoulders)
............................................22 Theo Zagar
21 Stuart Black...6 Milan Kojic...15 Adrian Serioux...5 Ricardo Munguia
13 Kevin Holness...8 Brian Ashton...11 Gaucho...12 Edu
..............................20 Gentian Buzali...25 Chris Pozniak
Subs:...29 Paulo Silva (gk)...3 Ervin Ryta (def)...4 Joe Mattacchione (mid)...14 Edgar Bartolomeu (mid)...17 Tony Precci (mid)...19 David Diplacido (mid)...9 Jefferson...18 Carlo Arghittu (fwd)...23 ?????????...24 Kevin DeSerpa
Canadian Nationals (all red, white numbers and trim)
................................................1 Pat Onstad
6 Nick DeSantis...5 Carl Fletcher...3 Nevio Pizzolito...4 Marco Reda
7 John Limniatis...8 Robbie Aristoddemeo...10 Mauro Biello...9 Geoff Aunger
..........................12 Dominic Mobilio...11 Niall Thompson
Subs:...none listed but would have had the second game team to draw on.
Game Officials:....Referee Neil Schofield, Referee's Assistants Manuel Orellana and ?????, 4th official ??????
Game starts at 4:04pm. The stadium clock is not turned on so all times are from my watch. Canada defends East goal, bright sun in west, breeze from the south west on this mild late afternoon.
4 min...Can Thompson 25 yard shot deflected up off Lynx Kojic for easy catch by Lynx goalie.
6 min...Lynx goalie catches easy cross.
9 min...Can Mobilio short 10 yard pass through and Can Thompson bullet shot from 15 yards blocked and steered wide right by Lynx goalie.
11 min...Can Thompson gets through ball and short centering pass almost steered in by Lynx defender for own goal.
12 min...Can goalie picks up bouncing cross from Lynx Holness.
14 min...Can Limniatis corner from left caught by Lynx goalie.
17 min...Can goalie beats Lynx Pozniak to through ball on edge of box.
26 min...Can Aristodemeo blast after good pass and run from 20 yards blocked on left corner by Lynx goalie.
27 min...Can Biello cross from right caught by Lynx goalie.
28 min...Lynx Gaucho 30 yard freekick blocked by charging Can DeSantis.
Half ends at 29 minutes.
2nd Half:...starts at 4:41pm.
Lynx subs:...#23 ????? in at forward replaces Buzali.
...................Black replaces Edu.
31 min...Can Biello cross from right headed well over bar by Can Mobilio from 12 yards.
35 min...Lynx Holness roughly ridden off ball as he tried for breakthrough.
36 min...Lynx Pozniak 35 yard shot well over net after teammate made good steal of ball.
38 min...Lynx Ashton receives low cross and 20 yard shot curls low wide left of goal.
39 min...Lynx goalie makes good sliding clearance on through ball.
45 min...Lynx Ashton corner from right is blasted from charging Lynx Gaucho is deflected wide right.
47 min...Can Biello cross is deflected wide right for corner kick.
48 min...Can Biello dribbles 20 yard shot wide right.
54 min...Can Reda pulls down Lynx Pozniak on right edge of box.
...........Lynx Gaucho fakes freekick, Lynx Edu curls shot in that goalie grabs as Lynx charging forward can't lunges for but just out of reach.
56 min...Lynx Ashton 35 yard shot rolls wide left of net.
57 min...Can Arstodemeo cross from right, Can Aunger flicks weak header that Lynx goalie catches.
57 min...Can GOAL...Mobilio gets ball at 20 yard line and dekes to right around goalie and slides it in from 7 yards.
60 min...Lynx DeSerpa into game.
game ends at 61 minutes.
Final Score:.......Toronto Lynx......0.......Canadian Nationals.......1.....
The Canadian squad for this scrimmage was made up of North American based players mainly fellow A-League teams Vancouver 86ers and the former Montreal Impact. Marco Reda is actually on the roster of the Toronto Lynx.
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