A-League of Sunday May 30th, 1999.
Here are the results of the A-League game between the Toronto Lynx and the Jacksonville Cyclones played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto at 6:00pm.
Toronto Lynx (white socks, purple shirts and shorts, yellow numbers and names)
..............................................1 Jim Larkin
15 Adrian Serioux...6 Milan Kojic...2 Marco Reda...21 Stuart Black
26 Kevin de Serpa...8 Brain Ashton...11 Gaucho...13 Kevin Holness (cpt)
..........................20 Gentian Buzali...9 Nikki Vignjevic
Subs:...3 Ervin Ryta (def)...4 Joe Battacchione (mid)...14 Edgar Bartolomeu (mid)...17 Tony Precci (mid)...19 David Diplacido (mid).
head coach Peter Pinizzotto, assistant coach Armando Costa, goalkeeper coach Paulo Silva, equipment manager Carl Titus, medical coordinator Dr Gringmuth.
Jacksonville Cyclones (blue socks, shorts, and shirts, red and white pinstripe bibs on chests, black numbers in a white box on back of shirts)
...............................................00 Brian Casola
5 Victor De Los Santos...14 Brad Schmidt...15 Villy Vilhjalmsson...21 Jesus Ledesma
6 Maricio Guevara...20 Paul Tomaro...10 Alejandro Gonzalez...11 Keith Caven
...............................9 Luis Nunez...16 Mangea Cozier
Subs:...2 Chris Caladek (def)...25 Brian Nickerson (def)...19 Diallo Bryan...24 Peter Santora...8 Kevin Campbell
head coach Vinny Gill, assistant coach Stanley Flanagan.
Officials:...referee Zoran Kristo, referee's assistants Neil Schofield and Bill Teeuwen, 4th official Domenic Rosetto.
Game kicks off at 6:08pm on this hot sunny evening with the sun setting in the north west. Lynx defend North goal.
3 min...JC goalie catches Lynx Serioux 30 yard throw-in on edge of box.
5 min...Lynx GOAL...Vignjevic scored from 15 yards on the right of box and curls a low shot into the left corner of net beyond the diving goalie. DeSerpa had an assist on his short 10 yard pass from right wing.
8 min...JC goalie catches Lynx DeSerpa's 20 yard cross from right.
9 min...Lynx Buzali curls 20 yarder wide left of net.
16 min...Lynx Vignjevic chips 25 yard freekick into box but defenders clear.
17 min...Lynx Ashton rolls 25 yard shot wide right of net.
20 min...JC Tomaro corner kick from left, Lynx goalie leaps to catch it in a crowd of players in box.
22 min...JC Yellow card...Guevara for hand in face as Lynx Vignjevic got by him 25 yards from goal.
23 min...Lynx freekick taken by Vignjevic after a few taps he takes shot that tips shot off wall wide left for corner.
24 min...JC goalie catches 20 yard shot from left by Lynx Holness or Black.
30 min...JC Nunez finishes freekick rebound with deflected shot that golaie leaps to grab on right side.
32 min...Lynx De Serpa finishes off Lynx Vignjevic cross box pass with 20 yard high sky ball wide right.
33 min...Lynx Holness pounds 25 yard shot that goalie grabs after Lynx Vignjevic cross from left wing is missed on bicycle kick by another player.
34 min...JC Caven runs into Lynx De Serpa from behind at midfield but just gets a warning from referee.
36 min...JC GOAL Ledesma...Nunez back heels pass to Ledesma on edge of box. Ledesma tucks ball on tough angle under sprawling Lynx goalie on short left side of net.
36 min...JC YELLOW card...Ledesma for wasting time celebrating his goal. After starting downfield back to own end, he suddenly bolted back to the Lynx goal where he squated like a dog and cocked his leg.
36 min...JC sub...Nickerson replaces Guevara.
42 min...Lynx Vignjevic 35 yard freekick into box, Lynx Reda header smothered by JC goalie.
43 min...JC Nunez nudges header but caught by Lynx goalie.
43 min...Lynx Buzali can't turn header from long cross from left into box and ball rolls wide right.
2nd Half:...starts 7:10pm.
49 min...JC goalie picks up through ball.
52 min...JC goalie races out to dive for through ball on edge of box.
53 min...Lynx De Serpa 25 yard shot high and wide right of net.
57 min...JC GOAL Cozier...Nunez gets short 10 yard pass that gave Cozier through ball and he tips it over sprawling Lynx goalie from 7 yards.
58 min...Lynx cross actually hits JC cross bar and tips back into play.
62 min...JC YELLOW card...Caven for tackle on Lynx player about 25 yards from JC goal.
63 min...Lynx Serioux takes long 40 yard throw-in but play whistled down in box because Lynx player climbed defenders back.
64 min...Lynx sub...Mattacchione replaces Ashton.
64 min...JC Nunez turns and blasts 30 yard shot well over net.
65 min...JC has goal called back on offside when linesman keeps flag up.
66 min...JC YELLOW card...Tomaro for argueing with referee at midfield at next whistle for not allowing previous goal to stand.
67 min...Lynx sub...Precci replaces Serioux.
68 min...Lynx Vignjevic pops header over bar from 12 yards.
69 min...JC GOAL Cozier...Cozier 15 yard shot on right gets through diving Lynx goalie to short side.
71 min...Lynx Reda pops header from 5 yards just over bar.
73 min...JC Caven 30 yard shot rings off right post.
75 min...JC goalie palms ball through box on Lynx corner kick from right.
78 min...Lynx subs...Diplacido replaces Buzali.
..................................Bartolomeu replaces De Serpa.
80 min...JC goalie catches Lynx Vignjevic cross from left.
81 min...JC sub...Caladek replaces Nunez.
85 min...JC Cozier 20 yard shot stopped by diving Lynx goalie.
85 min...JC sub...Campbell replaces Gonzalez.
87 min...Lynx Black ends Lynx rally by chipping ball from 15 yards well over bar.
87 min...Lynx GOAL Mattacchione...Mattacchione gets away 35 yard shot to left corner of net through crowd.
89 min...JC Ledesma boots ball into short side of net on left when Lynx are caught short at the back.
Final Score:........Toronto Lynx........2........Jacksonville Cyclones.........3.....
Jacksonville earn 5 points, 4 for the win in regulation and 1 for scoring at least three goals. Toronto gets 0 points and continue to trail the league.
Attendance was 3122 which I believe is their biggest home attendance in their three year existance.
Rocket Robin
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