A-League game of Friday September 5, 1997.
Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Montreal Impact played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto with an 8:30pm kickoff.
This was the first leg in the Semi Final of the NorthEast Division. The Lynx finished 4th and the Impact won the division.
Toronto Lynx (black socks and shorts, striped yellow & black shirts, white numbers, I haven't seen this kit before).
..............................................00 Roman Harapyn
5 Peyvand Mossavat....3 Franco Spadafina....16 Rick Titus....2 Ralph Golen
9 Elvis Thomas....6 Kevin Holness....12 Lei Gong....14 Martin Dugas
.......................15 Terry St Louis.................10 Paul Stalteri
Subs:...1 Pat Onstad (gk)...13 Carmen D'Onofrio (fwd)...18 Luca Centurione (mid)...10 Ryan Gamble (fwd)...23 Phil Caporrella (fwd)...24 Christian Lombardo (mid)....
Montreal Impact (blue socks and shorts, striped blue & black shirts, white numbers)
............................................1 Paulo Ceccarelli
8 John Limniatis (cpt)....7 Carl Fletcher....12 Patrick Diotte....6 Lyndon Hooper
2 Bruno Xavier....20 Mauro Biello....14 Giuliano Oliviero....3 Bill Sedgewick
.............................10 Onandi Lowe...............15 Darren Tilley
Subs:...5 Nevio Pizzolitto (def)...9 Grant Needham (fwd)...11 Lloyd Barker (fwd)...16 Darko Kolic (mid)...17 Nicola Corneli (fwd)...22 Ricky Tangredi (gk)....
Officials:...Referee Tony Comacho, Referee's Assistants Russ Hepworth and Glenn Silas, 4th Zoran Kristo....
1st Half: (Lynx defend South goal)
first three minutes I missed as there was a half hour delay on the subway and shuttle buses from the north of town.
8th min...Impact GOAL...Lowe (unassisted)...A kick from near left touch line looked like it went over stretching goalie's hands. Lowe hits underside of crossbar from 1 yard on hard blast and ball goes in.
13th min...Lynx GOAL...St Louis (Titus assist)...St Louis taps in header from 2 yards that Titus had headed from 3 yards out on left side of net.
13 min...Impact YELLOW card...Limniatis for argueing with referee before the restart.
15 min...Lynx goalie catches header popped up from Lynx defender in box.
16 min...Impact Xavier injured in leg in crash with Lynx St Louis.
18 min...Lynx goalie stops Impact Sedgewick bouncing shot from 20 yards.
20 min...Lynx Gong gets low blast to left corner of net. Impact goalie dives to stop it after pass back from Lynx Stalteri.
21 min...Impact Lowe jumping header from 3 yards, after corner kick, hits right post.
22 min...Lynx goalie catches high ball to beat Impact player taking header.
24 min...Impact goalie stops 15 yard bullet shot.
25 min...Impact RED card...Lowe for argueing call and then pushing referee! (Wow this Lowe guy is big!).
27 min...Lynx St Louis takes 25 yard shot just left of post.
29 min...Impact goalie grabs cross right off head of Lynx St Louis who was ready to pop it in.
31 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Mossavet for elbowing player.
32 min...Impact player puts header off crossbar, Lynx goalie catches it then gets pushed into net.
34 min...Lynx Golen shoots freekick wide left from 35 yards after Lynx St Louis chipped freekick waist high.
38 min...Impact can't turn header enough from left corner and it goes wide right.
41 min...Lynx goalie catches long freekick.
42 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Dugas for tackle from behind 40 yards from goal. Impact plays on and kicks ball over net!
43 min...Lynx RED card...Spadafina for tackling Impact Xavier from behind. This was about the third time that Xavier had been knoked down in last five minutes. Referee orders clock reset.
45 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Stalteri for not giving 15 yards on freekick.
Halftime: There were no halftime contests tonight.
2nd Half:
50 min...Lynx Holness has good 40 yard run up middle and ends it in weak shot rolling to goalie from 20 yards.
52 min...Lynx Dugas does good job riding out Impact player who got through ball.
54 min...Impact goalie catches ball being bounced around in box.
55 min...Lynx sub...D'Onofrio replaces Golen.
57 min...Lynx Holness tackled from behind. Ref RED cards Lynx coach Peter Pinizzotto for being on sideline.
59 min...Impact goalie runs out to scoop up ball after cross bobbled between players.
62 min...Impact GOAL...Biello (assist Xavier)...Biello gets ball that bounces over Lynx goalie's head on edge of box and he has easy tap in from 5 yards.
65 min...Lynx St Louis heads across box but a scissor kick misses.
69 min...Impact Biello injured in crash with Lynx St Louis.
72 min...Impact sub...Pizzolitto replaces Oliviero.
73 min...Impact shot from edge of box wide right.
73 min...Impact goalie runs out to scoop up Lynx Stalteri low cross from left.
74 min...Impact goalie tips up cross.
74 min...Impact goalie stops Lynx Holness shot from edge of box.
76 min...Impact Needham replaces Tilley.
80 min...Lynx Gong hard cross freekick headed on left edge of goal. Impact goalie stops it.
81 min...Impact defender heads ball over line to relieve pressure.
83 min...Impact Needham rolls ball wide right from 20 yards.
84 min...Lynx sub...Gamble replaces Mossavat.
86 min...Impact defender clears cross by Lynx St Louis over touchline.
86 min...Lynx Stalteri turns and fires on edge of box. Impact goalie smothers shot.
Impact coach Valerio Gazzola again threatens Lynx mascot which he's been doing the last few minutes as the guy in the cat suit is gesturing at the coach.
Final Score:........Toronto Lynx.....(1) 1.........Montreal Impact.......(1) 2.......
Attendance was 1284. The Lynx were down to their 3rd string goalie and he looked shakey. Pat Onstad was listed as a substitute but he is injured. Joe Ciaravino is sitting out a red card from last week's game against Hershey Wildcats.
Referee Tony Comacho called a lot of fouls and gave a lot of calls in this game. He was the star of the game like his refereeing of the Canada-Costa Rica friendly here in Toronto a few years ago. I thought when the Impact lost a player to a red card, the Lynx would eventually win but they lost a player as well in the 1st half. Toronto Lynx are in a great slump.
The team was trying to encourage fans to take a trip to Montreal for Sunday's rematch. Price was $55.00 and bus would leave at 8am from Lynx office and return by midnight. The team said they needed a minimum of 35 fans for the charter.
Also there will be a banquet on October 17th as a season ending dinner.
Rocket Robin
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