A-League game of Sunday August 3rd, 1997.
Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Raleigh Flyers played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto with a 7:00pm kickoff.
Toronto Lynx (white socks and shirts, black shorts, purple numbers, yellow names)
...................................................1 Pat Onstad
17 Daryl Holmes....2 Ralph Golen....3 Franco Spadafina....4 Ian Carter
9 Elvis Thomas....14 Martin Dugas....13 Carmen D'Onofrio....6 Kevin Holness
...........................10 Paul Stalteri...............21 Michele Gioia
Subs:...5 Peyvand Mossavat (def)...15 Terry St Louis (fwd)...18 Luca Centurione (mid)...20 Danley Johnson (def)...22 Joe Ciaravino (gk)...24 Christian Lombardo (mid)...
Raleigh Flyers (all blue, white shoulders and numbers)
..................................................1 David Allred
4 Daniel Cagle III....14 Aidan Murphy....8 Wendell Muldrow....17 Arnold Siegmund
11 Adam Duff....2 Marlow Campbell....5 Ed Pinon....16 Christopher Padget
...............................13 Carson White.............12 Brian Hunter
Subs:...3 Kevin Scott (def)...6 Eduardo Pereira (mid/fwd)...9 Alberto Montoya (mid)...15 Darren Powell (mid)...22 Jim Cekanor (gk)...
Officials:...Referee Glen Silas, referee's assistants Al Perreira and Steve Cahoon, 4th official Manuel Oriano.
1st Half: (Lynx defend North goal in 1st half on this mild overcast evening with the threat of rain any minute but it never happened).
1 min...Lynx Stalteri weak shot from 20 yards rolls to goalie.
6 min...Lynx Thomas kicks ball into right side of net on attempted cross from touch line.
in 8th min...Flyers GOAL...White slides 15 yard shot to left corner beyond diving goalie after Flyers Hunter pass from center tips off foot of Lynx Holmes that springs White past Lynx Spadafina.
9 min...Flyers White gets another break but Lynx Holmes catches him from behind preventing a shot and ball rolls wide left for a corner.
12 min...Lynx Holness gets 20 yard shot saved by goalie and then recovers rebound while on his back as Thomas bears in on him.
14 min...Lynx Thomas heads across high of bar over defender and goalie from 7 yards after centering cross from Dugas.
16 min...Flyers Cagle puts 25 yard shot wide left.
20 min...Lynx Holness hooks shot from right side high and wide of left post.
24 min...Lynx Thomas blasts shot off heel of Stalteri deflecting wide left after goalmouth scramble.
27 min...Lynx Stalteri on edge of box stops pass and fires weak low shot wide right.
28 min...Lynx Gioia one touches shot from 20 yards that rolls to goalie after cross from Stalteri.
29 min...Flyers Siegmund freekick wide of right post from 25 yards.
31 min...Lynx goalie covers up Flyers three man breakout that two defenders close up.
32 min...Flyers goalie catches high shot from D'Onofrio on edge of box who was blasting failed clearance.
in 33rd min...Lynx GOAL...Thomas (assist Stalteri)...Stalteri chip from right edge of box gets Thomas a five yard header low to center of net.
35 min...Lynx Carter weak shot against grain just outside box rolls right to goalie.
37 min...Lynx goalie smothers Flyers White low cross.
39 min...Flyers goalie stops Lynx Gioia point blank blast after centering through pass from Dugas.
in 40 min...Lynx GOAL...Stalteri (assist Gioia) blasts through ball to low right corner over sliding goalie after overlap with Gioia.
44 min...Lynx goalie stops freekick cross from 20 yards on left side.
45 min...Lynx Gioia crosses from right wing to charging Holness who is pushed ahead by defender he's beaten but no call. Flyer goalie punches out shot after cross from left side as ball still in play.
2nd Half:
Halftime subs:...Lynx Mossavat replaces Holmes.
...........................Lynx St Louis replaces D'Onofrio.
...........................Flyers Montoya replaces Padget.
48 min...Flyers freekick from 25 yards played into box and Lynx Thomas misses clearing ball as it bounces by him and Flyers player tips it over net.
50 min...Lynx in goalmouth pressure action as Thomas crosses to Gioia who turns in box and chips to Holness who's cross pops up from 3 yards and cleared.
in 54 min...Flyers GOAL...Montoya (assist Hunter)...Montoya slides ball under goalie from 15 yards. Lynx defensive miscue as Dugas hooks bouncer but kicks it behind himself and tips ball off charging Flyer Hunter (maybe his arm) as he lets ball bounce.
56 min...Lynx Gioia chips into wall from left edge of 6 yard box with wall on goalline and headed for corner. Elbow to Stalteri set up freekick.
57 min...Flyers sub...Pereira replaces Campbell.
59 min...Lynx St Louis gets point blank shot at goalie after Gioia steps over kick as cross through box by Lynx Holness.
60 min...Flyers goalie catches long cross by Lynx Golen on right wing.
63 min...Lynx Holness blasts pass from 15 yards wide left of goal.
64 min...Lynx sub...Centurione replaces Carter.
65 min...Flyers Muldrow rolls ball straight to Lynx goalie from right edge of box after receiving backheel pass.
in 66 min...Lynx GOAL...Thomas (assist Gioia)...Thomas on 3 yard header to top left corner after Gioia chips from right side as they both charge towards goal and Thomas passes to Gioia.
68 min...Lynx Thomas blasts ball from 15 yards on right wing that goalie gets hands on.
69 min...Flyers sub...Scott replaces Duff.
70 min...Lynx Centurione rolls 15 yard shot wide of right post as he broke through defense.
73 min...Lynx goalie comes off line to catch cross.
77 min...Lynx Gioia shoots wide left of post on short side from 10 yards after Lynx Stalteri gets him away on through ball.
79 min...Lynx goalie punches out cross and this sets up Lynx breakout of St Louis and Gioia who crosses to Stalteri who tees up through ball off his arm and kicks ball over net.
84 min...Flyers YELLOW card...Muldrow for kicking ball away when freekick awarded against them.
85 min...Flyers Scott kicks 40 yard freekick straight to goalie as it was ahead of Flyers trying to head it.
86 min...Flyers YELLOW card...Hunter for dissent.
87 min...Lynx sub...Johnson replaces Holness.
87 min...Flyers RED card...After long consultation with linesman who was threatened (?) by goalie 80 yards away. Flyer Cagle gets red carded for sucker punch or kick (?) on Stalteri. Incident must have taken place in box as penalty shot awarded.
87 min (A-League stop clock)...Lynx GOAL...Centurione scores on shot low left to corner of net as goalie dives to wrong post on penalty shot.
88 min...Flyers Muldrow shoots freekick into six man wall and headed away for corner.
Final Score..........Toronto Lynx.....(2) 4..........Raleigh Flyers..........(1) 2...........
Paid attendance was announced as 1463. This was a holiday weekend in Ontario and the threat of rain might have kept the attendance down. Lynx looked a lot better than the Flyers but were victims of the counter attack and some moments of sloppy defense. Raleigh had been in Rochester the night before and won a shootout so they helped the Lynx out on two counts. That pattern may be repeated next week when Connecticut does a Friday-Sunday road trip.
Rocket Robin
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