A-League game of Tuesday June 22nd, 1999.
Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Lehigh Valley Steam played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto at 7:30pm.
Toronto Lynx (white socks, purple shorts and shirts, yellow numbers and chevron sleeves)
........................................1 Jim Larkin
...........6 Milan Kojic...2 Marco Reda...15 Adrian Serioux
8 Brian Ashton...9 Nikki Vignjevic...11 Gaucho...5 Ricardo Munguia...16 Rucy Doliscat
...........................27 Francisco Dos Santos...7 Lloyd Barker
Subs:...4 Joe Mattacchione (mid)...17 Tony Precci (mid)...19 David Diplacido (mid)...26 Kevin De Serpa (mid)
also listed...22 Theo Zagar (gk)...29 Paulo Silva (gk)...3 Ervin Ryta (def)...21 Stuart Black (def)...13 Kevin Holness (mid)...14 Edgar Bartolomeu (mid)...18 Carlo Arghittu (mid/fwd)...25 Chris Pozniak...20 Gentian Buzali (fwd).
head coach Peter Pinizzotto, assistant coach Armando Costa, goalkeeper coach Paulo Silva, equipment manager Carl Titus, medical coordinator Dr. Gringmuth.
Lehigh Valley Steam (all dark green, black numbers, white names and sleeves)
..........................................18 Tom Dutra
4 Dale Edwards...5 Erik Imler...3 Jeff Zaum...7 Manny Oudin
2 Stephen Franzke...17 Ian Checcio...6 Kerry Zavagnin...10 Khary Stockton
..........................14 Josh Henderson...19 Gabe Garcia
Subs:...1 Greg Zaffke (gk)...12 Brian Sentowski (mid)...21 Jeff Houser (mid)...9 Shane Watkins (fwd), 11 Brian Marshall (fwd).
also listed...15 Paul Welch (def)...20 Chris Jahr (def)...16 Peter Jexby (mid)...8 Jeff Knittel (fwd).
head coach Daryl Shore, assistant coaches Manny Oudin and Dale Edwards.
Game Officials:...referee Tony Comacho, referee's assistants Neil Schofield and Frank Marchiello, 4th official Al Perreira.
1st Half:...game starts 7:37pm...Lynx defend South goal.
2 min...Lynx Serioux 35 yard throw in from left, goalie tips ball wide for corner.
3 min...Lynx GOAL Kojic...Kojic heads in from 10 yards to top center of net after cross from right. Vignjevic earns assist on head flick from 6 yard box on right side to give ball to Kojic.
9 min...LV YELLOW card...Zavagnin for tips on Lynx Doliscat at midfield.
11 min...LV Oudin deked by Lynx Dos Santos who goes wide of goalie but weak shot stopped near line by recovered Oudin.
15 min...LV Franzke cross from right, caught by leaping Lynx goalie drifting to left.
19 min...Lynx GOAL Vignjevic...Serioux (earns assist) cornerkick from left, Vignjevic flicks ball in from 5 yards with his foot.
20 min...LV Stockton freekick from left edge of box, LV player crosses back but is high left back out of box.
24 min...LV Stockton 25 yard shot rolls to goalie.
28 min...LV Stockton cross from left, LV Edwards crosses from right but ball is easily cleared.
30 min...Referee advises LV Edwards and Lynx Barker to calm down in shoving incident near sideline.
33 min...TL Munguia prevents LV 2 on 1 by heading back to goalie.
37 min...LV Checcio freekick from right corner, Lynx concede header. LV Checcio corner from left is easily cleared.
38 min...LV sub...Sentowski replaces injured Imler.
39 min...LV YELLOW card...Edwards for lassoing Lynx Dos Santos who almost had a break. Dos Santos is injured on play but gets up before collapsing to gesture.
40 min...LV YELLOW card...Franzke chosen while in 6 man wall too close to freekick.
40 min...Lynx Vignjevic boots 35 yard freekick well over bar.
42 min...Lynx GOAL Vignjevic...Lynx Doliscat good run up the middle, Lynx Barker continues on right from 15 yards, Vignjevic chips ball in from 12 yards after ball tipped high by defender over goalie.
43 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Ashton for injuring LV Henderson at Lynx 35 yard line.
43 min...LV Zavagnin short freekick headed away by Lynx Kojic.
44 min...Lynx Munguia cross from left, Lynx Kojic heads from 12 yards just over bar.
Today was Seniors Day which didn't seem to add to the crowd at all. They had musak style music before and after the half and an aerobics instructor get people involved with a disco version of the song 'Day-O'.
2nd Half:
Halftime sub...LV Marshall replaces Checcio.
47 min...LV YELLOW card...Zaum for hand ball at 35 yard line which prevented Lynx breakaway.
48 min...Lynx Kojic injured behind LV endline.
50 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Dos Santos for pushing defender to get to header.
54 min...Lynx Barker good 50 yard run along right but cut off by two defenders.
56 min...Lynx Reda concedes corner to prevent LV clear 1 on 1 shot. Corner from right, LV player blasts 20 yard shot well over net.
57 min...Lynx Barker rolls cross from left 10 yards right across box.
58 min...LV Sentowski ends LV pressure with rebound shot 25 yard shot wide left.
59 min...Lynx Doliscat 25 yard shot from center batted down by goalie.
60 min...LV Stockton cross from left caught by goalie.
61 min...LV three shots pinball into Lynx box.
62 min...Lynx Barker good 20 yard run but rolls ball to goalie.
63 min...LV Checcio 20 yard shot pushed wide right by diving goalie for corner.
64 min...Lynx sub...Mattacchione replaces Gaucho.
..............Lynx sub...DeSerpa replaces Barker.
68 min...Lynx Serioux races back to head ball back to goalie preventing LV Stockton teeing up 5 yard shot.
69 min...Lynx Ashton 50 yard freekick from right caught by leaping goalie.
72 min...LV sub...Watkins replaces Henderson.
73 min...Lynx sub...DiPlacido replaces injured Doliscat on edge of Lynx box. Clock is stopped for this delay.
75 min...Lynx Vignjevic cross from right, Lynx Dos Santos side shot to left corner caught by diving goalie.
76 min...Lynx DeSerpa cross from right, defender concedes corner with header.
77 min...LV Houser replaces Checcio.
79 min...Lynx Munguia slides and tips through ball away from LV Garcia who's alone.
80 min...Lynx GOAL Vignjevic...Vignjevic steals ball off LV Zavagnin and chips ball from 12 yards over goalie into right corner of net.
81 min...Lynx sub...Precci replaces Vignjevic.
82 min...LV sub...Zaffke replaces Dutra in goal.
87 min...LV YELLOW card...Houser for tackle on Lynx Precci at midfield.
88 min...two LVs on corner of Lynx left post mess up header.
game ends at 9:29pm.
Final Score:......Toronto Lynx.........4........Lehigh Valley Steam........0......
Lynx earn the maximum 5 points (for winning, 4 points and 1 for scoring 3 goals).
Vignjevic scored 3 goals. New Lynx players Lloyd Barker and Rudi Doliscat who both used to play for Montreal Impact looked great. Lynx beat (1-9) Maryland on Sunday 1-0 and now Lehigh Valley (now 3-5) to improve their record to 3-8. Too bad they don't play 0-11 Sacramento in the West.
Attendance was announced as 1379 (but looked more like 379).
Rocket Robin
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