A-League game of Wednesday August 6th, 1997.
Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Montreal Impact played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto with a 7:30pm kickoff.
Toronto Lynx (white socks and shirts, black shorts, purple numbers, yellow names)
................................................1 Pat Onstad (cpt)
16 Rick Titus....2 Ralph Golen....3 Franco Spadafina....17 Daryl Holmes
12 Lei Gong....9 Elvis Thomas....6 Kevin Holness....14 Martin Dugas
.............................21 Michele Gioia............15 Terry St Louis
Subs:....4 Ian Carter (def)...13 Carmen D'Onofrio (fwd)...18 Luca Centurione (mid)...20 Danley Johnson (def)...22 Joe Ciaravino (gk)...24 Christian Lombardo (mid).....
Montreal Impact (blue socks and shorts, navy & black striped shirts, white numbers)
...............................................1 Paulo Ceccarelli
7 Carl Fletcher....12 Patrick Diotte....5 Nevio Pizzolitto....3 Bill Sedgewick
14 Giuliano Oliviero....20 Mauro Biello....6 Lyndon Hooper....4 Nick DeSantis
.............................11 Lloyd Barker..............15 Darren Tilley
Subs:....2 Bruno Xavier (def)...9 Grant Needham (fwd)...16 Darko Kolic (mid)...17 Nicola Corneli (fwd)...22 Ricky Tangredi.....
Officials:...Referee Tony Comacho...Referee's Assistants Russ Hepworth and Frank Mancuso, 4th Steve Cahoon.
1st Half: (Lynx defend North goal in 1st half with temperature about 60F 16C, kickoff 7:37 pm)
1 min...Lynx Spadafina injured in chippy play.
3 min...Lynx goalie blocks Impact Tilley from 5 yards on right side.
6 min...Lynx Thomas hooks ball over net from 10 yards through crowd of players.
13 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Gioia for knocking down Impact Biello.
15 min...Lynx goalie pulls ball away from dribbling Impact Biello.
17 min...Impact DeSantis tries to catch goalie off line with 35 yard shot from left wing.
21 min...Lynx Gong pushes weak shot through crowd from 15 yards.
23 min...Impact Oliviero takes 25 yard rebound shot just over net.
25 min...Impact Hooper almost hooks ball in from 5 yards but wide.
28 min...Impact Barker can't direct header from 10 yards after short pass.
30 min...Lynx goalie grabs cross from right wing.
34 min...Impact play on two minutes after Impact Barker injured in collision.
37 min...Impact Tilley can't get control of pass at 5 yards and rolls ball wide right off his body.
41 min...Impact goalie grabs pass Lynx Holness threads to box ahead of Lynx St Louis.
42 min...Impact DeSantis hits 25 yard shot high and right of net. Impact Oliviero shoots 40 yard shot well over net.
Halftime: 4 pizza coupons are won by the three contestants in the Kick-To-Win contest as 4 of the six 35 yard kicks hit the net but nothing through the holes in the money boards.
2nd Half:
47 min...Impact DeSantis blasts 35 yard shot well over net.
50 min...Lynx Gong curves 40 yard freekick wide right as not Lynx break for it.
55 min...Impact Oliviero for sideswiping Lynx Dugas near midfield.
56 min...Impact sub...Xavier replaces Oliviero.
58 min...Lynx sub...D'Onofrio replaces St Louis.
59 min...Impact DeSantis rolls ball through box right to goalie as no forward gets to it.
61 min...Impact YELLOW card...Pizzolitto for flattening Lynx Thomas as he passes him with ball near edge of box.
62 min...Impact goalie tips freekick wide left.
64 min...Impact goalie gets to through ball outside box but clears it off Lynx D'Onofrio who can't quite control it.
65 min...Impact sub...Needham replaces Tilley.
67 min...Lynx goalie grabs through ball in box.
68 min...Impact goalie catches Lynx D'Onofrio header after long cross.
71 min...Lynx Dugas cuts by Impact Xavier and bounces 25 yard shot to goalie.
72 min...Lynx Thomas blasts 30 yard freekick wide right.
75 min...Impact DeSantis gets pass back and from 20 yards blasts low shot just wide right of post.
76 min...Impact Xavier curls 25 yard shot wide left.
77 min...Lynx Titus steps up and blasts 25 yard shot wide right through box.
78 min...Lynx D'Onofrio tips 15 yard header over defender but caught by goalie.
79 min...Lynx goalie catches Impact Xavier shot.
80 min...Impact goalie slides up to beat Lynx forwards to ball.
82 min...Impact Pizzolitto blasts 15 yard shot wide left.
83 min...Impact YELLOW card...DeSantis for argueing freekick.
84 min...Impact goalie stops Lynx Gioia bicycle kick in box set up by nice cross from Lynx Titus.
86 min...Impact Diotte blasts 20 yard shot over net.
87 min...Lynx sub...Centurione replaces Gong.
89 min...Impact Pizzolitto gets 25 yard shot from left side wide right.
Overtime:...(Starts at 9:34pm. Lynx defend South end, 15 minute golden goal rule).
Overtime subs:...Lynx Johnson replaces Gioia.
.............................Lynx Carter replaces Golen.
92 min...Titus heads corner pass along goalline.
93 min...Impact goalie tips 15 yard shot headed for top right corner.
97 min...Lynx goalie catches popped up header that Lynx Thomas blocks.
98 min...Impact Sedgewick pops up 15 yard shot well over net.
99 min...Impact goalie pokes out ball for corner on through ball.
103 min...Lynx goalie catches through ball roller.
104 min...Impact GOAL...Needham in scramble after Impact Barker shot stopped on header and rebound resulted in blast to right side of net.
There was 27 seconds left on the clock but the players just let the time run off.
Final Score.......Toronto Lynx.....(0) (0) 0......Montreal Impact.....(0) (0) 1......
Paid attendance was announced as 1651. The Impact end the season with a 2 win-2 loss record against the Lynx and gain some revenge for an earlier 1-0 Lynx win this season that also went to extra time.
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