A-League game of Tuesday July 13th, 1999.
Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Pittsburgh Riverhounds played at Varsity Stadium at 7:30pm.
Toronto Lynx (white socks and numbers, black shorts and shirts, yellow chevrons on shoulders and sides of shorts).
............................................22 Theo Zagar
15 Adrian Serioux...6 Milan Kojic...5 Ricardo Munguia...21 Stuart Black
8 Brian Ashton...9 Nikki Vignjevic...11 Gaucho...16 Rudy Doliscat
..............................27 Francisco Dos Santos...7 Lloyd Barker
Subs:...1 Jim Larkin (gk)...3 Ervin Ryta (def)...4 Joe Mattacchione (mid)...14 Edgar Bartolomeu (mid)...19 David Diplacido (mid)...20 Gentian Buzali (fwd)...28 Platon Krivochtchekov (mid).
head coach Peter Pinizzotto, assistant coach Armando Costa, goalkeeper coach Paulo Silva, equipment manager Carl Titus, medical coordinator Dr. Gringmuth.
Pittsburgh Riverhounds (all white, black names and trim)
...........................................0 Randy Dedini
23 Nick Terlecky...20 Jaman Tripoli...18 Tenywa Bonseu...17 'Ezzy' Ihekoronye
4 Gary DePalma...6 Allen Eller...3 Justin Evans...7 Jacek Kot
..................................2 Phil Karn...8 Mike Butler
Subs:...19 Greg Velho (gk)...11 Bobby Meyer (def)...21 Miroslave Jaworski (def)...14 Edward Child (mid/fwd)...22 Steve Bell (mid)...10 Mike Apple (fwd)...13 David Flavius (fwd)
head coach John Kowalski, assistant coach Paul Child.
Game Officials:...referee Neil Schofield, referee's assistants Frank Marciello and Glen Sharkey, 4th official Mike Lambert.
The national anthems were sung by Police Constable John Wilson. He sang the American anthem from cue notes. Good jazzy voice.
1st half:...game starts 7:42pm...Lynx defend north end.
2 min...PR Evans 30 yard shot from left drifts over net.
4 min...Lynx Vignjevic corner from left, partially cleared by Lynx Ashton, 15 yard point blank shot blocked by Lynx defender.
5 min...Lynx Ashton 30 yard shot in traffic is wide left of post.
6 min...Lynx Vignjevic boots 25 yard freekick well over bar.
10 min...PR DePalma shot along right goalline hits side of net.
11 min...PR Karn chipped shot caught by goalie in box.
12 min...Lynx Dos Santos 20 yard shot deflected up and bounces to Lynx Vignjevic who boots over net from 20 yards.
13 min...Lynx Barker rolls 10 yard shot from left to goalie.
14 min...Lynx Vignjevic 30 yard freekick from left, Lynx Barker header from 15 yard just over net.
15 min...Lynx Doliscat 30 yard blast just over net.
18 min...Lynx Vignjevic upended by PR Tripoli at PR 20 yard line. Lynx Vignjevic freekick tipped from wall for corner.
18 min...PR Bonseu gets pass for 3 on 0 break after 4 on 1 but ball pushed too far ahead and Lynx goalie slides for save!!
19 min...Lynx goalie slides out to stop through ball on right side.
21 min...PR YELLOW card...Tripoli for preventing Lynx Vignjevic from getting by.
24 min...Lynx goalie leaps to punch out corner from right in crowd of players.
26 min...Lynx Munguia 60 yard freekick, headed by PR Ihekoronye but ball tipped backwards, Lynx Dos Santos 20 yard shot well above net.
27 min...Lynx RED card...Dos Santos for shoving match on edge of Lynx box when setting up freekick, both teams were pushing each other but referee Schofield only gave out one card.
28 min...PR Butler freekick from 20 yards, caught by goalie on leaping grab to right post.
33 min...PR GOAL Tripoli...PR Butler 15 yard from left tipped by goalie, Tripoli from 7 yards gets rebound to low center of net over fallen goalie.
35 min...PR Kot cross from left, PR Karn misses connecting on bouncer in Lynx box.
37 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Doliscat for complaining about being pulled down on edge of PR box.
38 min...Lynx Ashton elbows PR Kot at center line but this was unseen by referee.
42 min...Lynx Serioux cross from right crosses right over box.
44 min...PR cross from right, Lynx defender heads ball into own crossbar! PR Butler rebound 5 yard header caught by goalie.
45 min...PR Karn drops pass to PR Eller but goalie stops point blank shot.
45 min...PR GOAL Butler...PR DePalma (assist) cross from right, Butler takes diving header on left side about 2 feet off the ground from 10 yards to low right corner of net.
2nd Half:...start 8:47pm.
Halftime subs...Lynx Krivochtchekov replaces Ashton.
...........................PR Meyer replaces Tripoli.
51 min...Lynx Barker break on left side crosses across box right through other side.
52 min...Lynx Kojic header just over bar from 5 yards tipping Lynx Krivochtchekov header bouncer from 12 yards.
53 min...PR Bonseu 30 yard freekick low around wall goalie slides to middle of net to catch it.
54 min...Lynx Black 25 yard shot wide right.
56 min...PR Ihekoronye injured near center but he's ignored.
57 min...PR goal called back as two PR players were offside.
59 min...PR Karn on 2 on 0 receives pass but hits shot from 12 yards right side goalpost after cross from PR Butler.
62 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Kojic for knocking down PR player at center.
63 min...PR Karn blasts 30 yard shot over net.
64 min...Lynx sub...Bartolomeu replaces Black.
65 min...Lynx Munguia 40 yard rebound over net.
66 min...PR Meyer tips corner kick from right over net from 7 yards.
67 min...PR sub...Jaworski replaces Eller.
69 min...Lynx RED card...Doliscat draws 2nd yellow card even through Lynx were awarded freekick. PR Terlecky has knee injury.
69 min...Lynx Vignjevic 20 yard freekick hits crossbar.
71 min...PR sub...Apple replaces Karn.
71 min...PR two man offside backpass to PR DePalma who shoots wide right.
72 min...PR Meyer climbs on defender's back for header in box.
74 min...Lynx sub...Diplacido replaces Barker.
..............Lynx sub...Mattacchione replaces Gaucho.
76 min...PR Apple rolls ball into box.
78 min...PR Apple on edge of box, flicks to PR Evans but ball tipped wide right by goalie.
82 min...PR sub...Flavius replaces Butler.
83 min...PR Flavius 15 yard shot caught by goalie.
85 min...Lynx Diplacido and Bartolomeu lead bash through on a 2 on 7 rush and win corner kick.
86 min...PR GOAL Flavius walks around Lynx goalie for tap in.
86 min...PR Velho replaces Dedini in goal.
88 min...PR GOAL Flavius...PR DePalma long cross from right and Flavius scores on an 8 yard header from left side of goal.
Final Score:.........Toronto Lynx..........0..........Pittsburgh Riverhounds.........4.......
Tonight's theme was 'Referee's Night' and the star of the game was referee Neil Schofield.
Pittsburgh gets the max 5 points out of this win.
Lynx could have passed them in the standings with the win but Riverhounds have two games in hand.
A celebrity penalty (A-League rules) shootout was held at halftime and referee Nigel Johnson called back Melissa Matheson's (Miss CHIN Bikini) goal as she took more than the five seconds to score. How many of the announced crowd of 1853 hoped that she'd do a Brandi Chastain?
Lynx now have to do without scoring punch Dos Santos and Doliscat for their next game, an away game in Milwaukee.
Maybe next year their Referee Night can be held when the Lynx are out of town!
We couldn't see the impact of new signing Platon Krivochtchekov from Russia playing 9 vs 11. If they put the name on his jersey it will run down to his elbow!
Rocket Robin
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