A-League pre season game of Thursday April 9, 1998.
Here is the result of the A-League pre season game between Toronto Lynx and Rochester Raging Rhinos played at The Soccer Centre in Woodbridge with an 8:15pm kickoff.
Toronto Lynx (white socks and shorts, purple shirts, yellow numbers).
..............................................1 Hubert Busby
4 Peter Sarantopoulos...16 I. Dragan Gabriel...3 Franco Spadafina...17Daryl Holmes
9 Danley Johnson...6 David DiPlacido....20 Phil Ionadi....13 Goran Grubic
....................10 Ryan Gamble..............11 Phil Caporrella
Subs:...1 Joe Ciaravino (gk)...2 Tony Donia (def)...12 Bryan Ashton (mid)...19 Muss Ante (mid)...18 Luca Centurione (mid)...24 Edmond Lezha (mid)...14 Alan Caporsi (???)...
Rochester Raging Rhinos (black socks and shorts, gray teeshirts, black numbers).
...............................................12 Pat Onstad
24 Kirk Dietrich...17 Fuseini Dauda...3 Craig Demmin...20 Nate Daligcon
2 Mauro DaSilva...15 Ezekiel Alamo...9 Mike Britton...27 Tim Hardy
......................23 Lenin Steenkamp.............11 Darren Tilley
Subs:...1 Josh Freeman (gk)...16 Chris Kennel (def)...21 Joe Mercik (def)...28 Rob DaSilva (def)...22 Michael Domm (fwd)...
Officials:...Referee Andrew Drazinsky?...Referees Assistants Zoran Kristo and Frank Marciello
1st Half: (Lynx defend south goal)
7 min...RR Mauro DaSilva's corner centered into crease then ball headed around in crowd.
9 min...RR sub...Domm replaces injured Tilley.
11 min...Lynx Sarantopoulos lobs freekick from 30 yards and it's blasted on the fly by Gabriel over net from 15 yards.
14 min...Lynx Gamble lobs shot from 15 yards smothered by goalie.
15 min...RR sub...Tilley replaces Domm.
22 min...Lynx Holmes steps in front of RR pass and gets away 35 yard curling shot that goalie catches.
23 min...Lynx Sarantopoulos YELLOW Card...for hand ball as he's down and grabs ball to stop RR forward.
25 min...RR Number 8?? blasts ball from 15 yards over net.
26 min...Lynx GOAL Caporrella...RR defender makes bad backpass to goalie and Onstad has to clear shot and hits Caporrella's chest and deflects in. Onstad swipes at ball but refs assistance rules it has already crossed line.
28 min...RR Hardy takes freekick right over goalie's head from 25 yards and it dips just wide.
29 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Johnson for tackle from behind on RR Britton near midfield.
32 min...RR Steenkamp centering cross from right goal line cleared by Lynx Holmes.
33 min...Lynx Gabriel injured by RR Hardy at midfield.
34 min...Lynx sub...Ashton replaces Gabriel.
35 min...Lynx Ionadi's 30 yard freekick is wide left.
39 min...Lynx goalie stops 40 yard roller through crowd.
40 min...RR YELLOW card...Hardy.
42 min...RR goalie stops point blank shot from Lynx Caporrella 10 yards to right of net.
43 min...Lynx goalie rushes up to bundle up ball ahead of charging RR player.
2nd half:
Lynx subs:...goalie Ciaravino replaces Busby, Centurione replaces Gamble, ...also Donia, Ante, Lezha replace Johnson, Ionadi and DiPlacido.
RR subs:...Freeman replaces Onstad in goal, there may have been more subs at this time.
54 min...RR sub...Rob DaSilva replaces Duada.
55 min...RR goalie punches out corner cross than catches ball in crowd.
59 min...RR goalie catches 40 yard lobbed shot.
60 min...Lynx Centurione breaks through as he's jostled by defender, the ball pops over goalie buy Centurione outruns it. The ball bounces off defender's arm but not called.
64 min...Lynx centering pass by Centurione is outrun by two Lynx (Caporrella and Ashton) who had tap-in's if they could get to it.
65 min...Lynx goalie smothers low 15 yard shot.
66 min...RR sub...Kennel replaces Dietrich
..............RR sub...Domm replaces Steenkamp
67 min...Lynx goalie dives out to cover loose ball.
68 min...Lynx Centurione on break pushed down by defender.
69 min...Lynx Caporrella gets break with two defenders joustling him. His point blank shot from 15 yards stopped by goalie 10 yards out.
69 min...Lynx sub...Caporsi replaces Grubic.
70 min...RR GOAL Domm...Domm bounces ball over goalie from 10 yards after goalie could only palm cross out into crowd of players.
74 min...RR Alamo's 35 yard shot caught by goalie.
75 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Caporella for wrapping arm around RR Britton's neck. This freekick call became a yellow card when Caporella flicked ball with his hand and it hits referee's head.
77 min...Lynx Caporrella's 20 yard blast hits defender and ball rolls to goalie.
78 min...Lynx sub...Ionadi replaces Lezha.
79 min...Lynx Sarantopoulos injured when he slides to stop Tilley on breakaway and Tilley steps on his back.
82 min...RR Tilley shot from 15 yards to left of goal goes wide left of post.
83 min...Lynx sub...Johnson replaces Caporella.
..............RR sub...Dietrich replaces Tilley.
85 min...Lynx goalie makes sliding save on RR Domm breakaway deflecting it wide left.
86 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Centurione for dissent(?) on RR freekick.
88 min...RR Mauro DaSilva rushes to pass on open right side and blasts ball wide left.
89 min...RR corner from left goes behind net.
Final Score:.......Toronto Lynx........(1) 1..........Rochester Raging Rhinos......(0) 1....
Attendance was about 200 people. The fans stand along a railinged catwalk surrounding the field about 15 feet above the playing surface in this indoor facility. The field is artificial turf.
The game saw frequent substitutes with players taken out of the game then being put back in later. This made it difficult to judge who was in the game at any one time. Also the Rhino players gray shirts sweated up before the game and made the black numbers very difficult to see from a distance.
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