A-League game of Sunday May 31, 1998.
Here are the results of the A-League game between the Toronto Lynx and the US Pro 40 Selects played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto at 4:00pm.
Toronto Lynx (black socks, shorts, and shirts, white numbers and names, yellow stripes on sleeves and shoulders)
...........................................1 Hubert Busby
16 Rick Titus...3 Franco Spadafina...5 Ralph Golen...17 Daryl Holmes
........6 Nikola Vignjevic.......8 Brian Ashton........13 Kevin Holness
........9 Elvis Thomas...........15 Terry St Louis.......11 Guiseppe Lanotte
Subs:...22 Theo Zagar (gk)...4 Peter Sarantopoulos (def)...14 Dragon Ianosev (def)...18 Luca Centurione (mid)...19 David DiPlacido (mid)...23 Phil Caporrella (fwd)
US Pro 40 Selects (black and white hooped socks, white shorts and shorts, black numbers and shoulders, no names)
............................................1 Matt Jordan
7 Carlos Parra...12 Edmundo Rodrigues...9 Leo Squadrone...13 Ben Parry
6 Diego Gutierrez...8 Tyrone Marshall...3 Brian Johnson...5 Danny Care
.....................20 Juan Sastoque.............16 Josh Wolff
Subs:...22 Barry Swift....also a number 2 and 11 (the press box couldn't give me their names as roster didn't have numbers of subs.
Officials:...Referee Tony Comacho...Assistant referees Steve DiPiero and Frank Marciello...4th official Steve Cahoon
Game kicks off at 4:04pm on this both cloudy and sunny day. Strong gusts of wind at different times of the game.
1st Half: (Lynx defend North end)
3 min...US Sastoque gets shot in box that rolls to goalie.
6 min...US goalie slides out of box to block shot, ball did not hit his hands, Lynx forward tumbles over him.
10 min...US goalie punches out 15 yard shot from Lynx Thomas who'd broken through along left wing.
13 min...US freekick from 20 yards, US forwards hop around to block goalie's view but shot into wall.
14 min...US corner kick into box booted around trickles wide for another corner.
20 min...US Yellow card...Parra for knocking down Lynx Lanotte on left wing.
21 min...Lynx goalie recovers well from misplaying ball by catching ball while rushing back to goal as US player who deked him crosses ball around defender.
22 min...Lynx Vignjevic corner kick from left corner caught by leaping goalie.
23 min...US Gutierrez receives cross but boots ball over net from 15 yards.
25 min...Lynx goalie slides into ball awkwardly to deprive US forward.
28 min...US Yellow card...Parry for clutching and elbowing Lynx St Louis on break on right wing.
32 min...Lynx GOAL...Lanotte slides in 12 yard shot under US goalie. US Parry made a huge blooper as he backpassed a 35 yard shot from right wing sideline that US goalie did a good job to head it down but that left a huge rebound for charging Lanotte.
39? min...US Yellow card...Squadrone at midfield for foul at midfield that injured Lynx player (Vignjevic?).
45 min...Lynx Yellow card...Thomas on edge of box for clutching US Gutierrez. Time was frozen at 8 seconds. Freekick from left of box cleared by defenders.
2nd Half: started at 5:09pm...(a gusty wind from the North started up)
Halftime sub...US Swift replaces Sastoque.
46 min...Lynx goalie has to make diving save for stop and punches ball for corner.
49 min...US Gutierrez gets ball in box and blasts ball hight from 12 yards.
50 min...Lynx Lanotte short cross put out by sliding defender.
51 min...Lynx Vignjevic corner from left headed into bar by charging St Louis from 10 yards.
55 min...Lynx Yellow card...Spadafina for sliding into ball to block shot and it hits his hands on edge of Lynx box.
56 min...US GOAL...Wolff gets sliding shot under Lynx goalie from 20 yards as freekick tapped around and hopped over by other US players. Wolff is just right of wall but straight in front of net.
56 min...Lynx sub...Ianosev replaces Golen.
63 min...US Wolff chest corner kick down in box but Lynx goalie picks it up.
64 min...US goalie slides out for save to beat pass to Lynx Ashton.
65 min...US Parra blasts ball into US Gutierrez's face in box, Lynx Vignjevic had taken ball in face 20 seconds earlier.
67 min...US Rodrigues receives corner kick and blasts bouncer off crossbar, kicked around and US Parry shot caught by Lynx goalie.
69 min...Lynx sub...Caporrella replaces Lanotte.
71 min...US Gutierrez slides ball wide left of goal from 12 yards after US player redirects shot.
73 min...US goalie comes out to bobble Lynx Holness centering shot from left wing but gathers it on bounce.
76 min...Lynx Thomas weak shot from right side from 15 yards to goalie rather than pass.
77 min...US Parra gets centering pass but shoots over net from 15 yards.
78 min...Lynx Holmes diving header back to goalie to beat US Gutierrez to ball.
80 min...Lynx Ianosev for knocking down US Swift.
83 min...US Yellow card...Marshall for pulling down Lynx player in box.
..............US Red card...Parra for argueing call.
..............US Red card...Squadrone for argueing call.
The crowd gets into it by catcalling "Goodbye Leo" as Squadrone walks back to dressing room.
84 min...Lynx GOAL...Spadafina on Penalty kick as with wind blowing against him he blasts shot to top left corner, goalie dives right.
85 min...Lynx goalie knocks down US Gutierrez corner from right.
86 min...Lynx sub...Sarantopoulos replaces Vignjevic.
Final score:......Toronto Lynx........2.......US Pro 40 Selects............1.......
Attendance was 1732. The weather hours earlier looked like there'd be a real downpour.
The nomadic US Pro 40 team had been beaten 5-0 in Montreal on Friday night. Today there was a good chance that they could win. They weren't as young as I thought they'd be. They looked good on set plays as their freekick goal proved but they lacked disipline shown on the backpass blooper goal and losing two guys for their 2nd yellow card each for argueing the same call.
The team programs were ready for this game. They'll probably be used for the rest of the year with just a game insert being different. I was there the day of the team picture being taken (while attending a CPSL press conference) but the right page of the picture looks out of focus.
I didn't hang around after the game because I drove to drive up to Aurora for the initial CPSL game that started at 7:00pm (just one hour after this game ended).
Rocket Robin
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