A-League game of Sunday July 27, 1997.
Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Montreal Impact played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto with a 7:00pm kickoff.
Toronto Lynx (white socks and shirts, black shorts, purple numbers, yellow names)
.......................................................22 Joe Ciaravino
16 Rick Titus....2 Ralph Golen....3 Franco Spadafina....14 Martin Dugas
12 Lei Gong....9 Elvis Thomas....6 Kevin Holness....11 Tommy Kouzmanis
............................10 Paul Stalteri...........21 Michele Gioia
Subs:...1 Don Ferguson (gk)...4 Ian Carter (def)...5 Peyvand Mossavat (def)...24 Christian Lombardo (mid)...13 Carmen D'Onoferio (fwd)...Danley Johnson (def)...
Montreal Impact (blue socks and shorts, navy and black striped shirts, white numbers)
.......................................................1 Paulo Ceccarelli
12 Patrick Diotte....8 John Limniatis (cpt)....5 Nevio Pizzolitto....4 Nick DeSantis
2 Bruno Xavier....20 Mauro Biello....6 Lyndon Hooper....7 Carl Fletcher
............................9 Grant Needham............15 Darren Tilley
Subs:...22 Ricky Tangredi (gk)...3 Bill Sedgewick (def)...14 Giuliano Oliviero (mid)...16 Darko Kolic (fwd)...11 Lloyd Barker (fwd)....
Officials:...Referee John Jerome...Referee's Assistants Steve DiPierre and Denise Daleman.
1st Half: (Lynx defend North goal in 1st half on mild sunny evening).
I missed the first 15 minutes of the game driving through traffic from the CNSL game I was reporting so I've put the first part of this summary together from watching the tv rebroadcast on Rogers Cable 10.
2 min...Impact DeSantis sends freekick rebound from 20 yards just over bar.
7 min...Lynx Gioia takes 25 yard freekick from left wing well over net.
9 min...Lynx GOAL...Stalteri (assist Gong)...After Gong's chip pass Stalteri spins and fires 25 yard shot to high of net just under bar.
11 min...Impact Pizzolitto heads freekick cross wide left of net.
12 min...Impact Tilley gets weak header from 10 yards after long freekick near center.
18 min...Lynx goalie knocks down Impact Fletcher when racing for cross.
20 min...Impact Xavier rolls ball through box and Lynx Titus clears corner from right side past Impact DeSantis.
24 min...Impact defender DeSantis almost clears cross into own net.
25 min...Lynx Holness shot over net from 15 yards.
26 min...Lynx Stalteri takes low shot from 15 yards right to goalie.
27 min...Lynx Titus gets 45 yard shot that rolls to goalie.
30 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Thomas for argueing hand ball call.
31 min...Lynx Kouzmanis injured.
32 min...Impact goalie grabs through ball header.
33 min...Impact Tilley downward header from 5 yards saved by goalie.
34 min...Impact Hooper sideways bicycle kick after cross from right wide of left post.
35 min...Lynx Thomas chips ball over sliding goalie (who was injured on the play), defender clears behind for corner.
36 min...Impact goalie catches corner kick by diving off line.
36 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Ciaravino (goalie) for catching shot on edge of box and steps outside box.
Impact DeSantis blast shot into wall.
Lynx YELLOW card...Spadafina for moving in wall.
Impact Pizzolitto blasts shot wide right of post.
39 min...Lynx Thomas races 40 yards with ball but Impact Limniatis pressures for weak shot rolled to goalie from 12 yards.
40 min...Impact YELLOW card...Xavier for ?????
40 min...Lynx sub...Carter replaces Kouzmanis.
42 min...Impact DeSantis has 20 yard blast hit right post.
43 min...Lynx Gong catches goalie off line but 35 yard shot caught by backpedalling goalie.
Halftime:...A ball girl comes closest to the $10,000 Kick to Win contest.
It was also announced it was Lynx player Elvis Thomas' birthday.
2nd Half: starts at 8:15pm.
46 min...Lynx Gong 40 yard freekick headed wide left by Lynx Stalteri.
50 min...Impact flicks cross wide left.
51 min...Lynx Holness gets 25 yard shot from right side wide left.
53 min...Lynx GOAL...Stalteri (assist Holness)...Stalteri tees up cross from 20 yards with one bounce blasts ball to top right corner beyond leaping goalie.
55 min...Impact goalie dives to push Lynx Gong 20 yard shot from right side for corner.
59 min...Lynx goalie runs out to catch cross.
61 min...Impact goalie comes out to make sliding save to break up 3 on 2.
62 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Gioia for argueing delayed foul whistle.
62 min...Impact sub...Oliviero replaces Pizzolitto.
63 min...Lynx sub...D'Onoferio replaces Gioia.
64 min...Lynx Thomas turns and fires 15 yard shot over bar.
66 min...Impact goalie catches Lynx Carter cross from left wing.
67 min...Impact goalie stops point blank shot from Lynx Thomas through ball.
68 min...Impact sub...Barker replaces Tilley.
69 min...Lynx goalie punches out Impact DeSantis freekick through 6 man wall.
70 min...Impact GOAL...Barker (assist Sedgewick)...Barker on header from 3 yards after headed pass by Sedgewick.
71 min...Lynx sub...Johnson replaces Gong.
72 min...Impact Needham turns and fires shot from ground that's tipped for corner. Lynx Dugas injured on play.
75 min...Impact Oliviero shoots over bar from 20 yards.
78 min...Lynx goalie catches Impact Xavier low cross on right side. A rush by Lynx ends up over bar.
80 min...Lynx goalie catches popped up header from 15 yards.
81 min...Lynx Thomas injured and is dragged behind net.
Lynx sub...Mossavat replaces Thomas.
82 min...Lynx Carter knocks down cross with foot but rolls weakly to goalie.
84 min...Impact Sedgewick injured.
Impact sub...Kolic replaces Sedgewick.
85 min...Referee waves off Impact offside goal.
86 min...Lynx Johnson dikes goalie but Lynx D'Onofrio shot cleared by defender.
87 min...Lynx goalie grabs high cross.
88 min...Lynx survive goalmouth scramble.
89 min...Lynx goalie catches last long shot from 35 yards after throw in.
Final Score.......Toronto Lynx.......(1) 2.......Montreal Impact........(0) 1.....
Attendance was announced as 1874 which is the largest crowd of the season. Cheerleading was provided by Martingrove Collegiate. This win flipped the Lynx into 2nd place in the division over Rochester in the standings while Montreal is well enough in the lead not to be too upset. Impact almost had tieing goal but Lynx hang on.
Rocket Robin
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