A-League game of Sunday June 6, 1998.
Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Long Island Rough Riders played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto at 4:00pm.
Toronto Lynx (all white, blue names and numbers, blue and yellow chevron shoulders).
..........................................22 Theo Zagar
..............16 Rick Titus......17 Daryl Holmes......3 Franco Spadafina
9 Elvis Thomas...6 Nikola Vignjevic...8 Brian Ashton...5 Ralph Golen...13 Kevin Holness
...........................11 Guiseppe Lanotte......15 Terry St Louis
Subs:...4 Peter Sarantopoulos (def)...24 William Giummarra (fwd)...23 Phil Caporrella (fwd)...19 David DiPlacido (mid)...18 Luca Centurione (mid)...20 Danley Johnson (def)...1 Hubert Busby (gk)...29 Paulo Silva (gk)
Long Island Rough Riders (all red, white names, numbers, trim and stripe).
................................................1 Manuel Carou
.............5 Tom Lips......4 Travis Rinker......13 Sal Leanti
11 Daniel Leon...6 Ronan Wiseman...20 Ben Hickey...8 Fernando Fernades...25 Rogerio Lima
............................9 Saul Martinez...........10 Gerry Lucey
Subs:...(I couldn't clear up in the press box which of these players were actually dressed but they had a longer bench than the Lynx)...19 John Palmer (gk)...22 Mike Mellis (gk)...27 Keith Arce (gk)...2 Eric Quinn (def)...16 Jim McElderry (def)...17 Laurence Piturro (def)...7 David Price (mid)...14 Carlos Ledesma (mid)...18 Joe Raguso (mid)...21 Ricky Justino (mid)...26 Hector Wright (mid)...12 Joe Naravino (fwd)...15 Cordt Weinstein (fwd)...23 Chris Dias (fwd)...24 Ernest Inneh (fwd)...3 Chris DeSilva..(???).
Officials:...Referee Al Perrera...Referees Assistants Zoran Christo and Neil Scofield, 4th official Manuel Oriano.
Game kicks off at 4:08pm on this overcast and rainy day.
1st Half:...Lynx defend North goal.
6 min...RR Lima corner kick from right caught by goalie.
7 min...RR Lucey crashes into Lynx goalkeeper and Thomas in box.
10 min...RR GOAL...Martinez sliding shot on through ball from 10 yards rolls into right corner of net. (Assist given to Leon).
15 min...RR Fernandes rolls through ball from 20 yards right to Lynx goalie.
16 min...RR Fernandes YELLOW card...for knocking down Vignjevic at midfield.
17 min...Lynx Vignjevic long freekick from right sideline 35 yards out. Lynx Holmes gets head to it on left side but wide left.
19 min...RR Martinez gets 20 yard shot from right of goal well over bar.
20 min...Lynx St Louis long run ends with shot from left edge of box deflected over net.
Light rain starts
23 min...Lynx goalie punches out cross.
28 min...Lynx Titus gets 30 yard rebound shot low that rolls to goalie near left post.
31 min...Lynx Ashton redirects low shot from 12 yards right to goalie.
31 min...RR GOAL...Martinez gets 20 yard point blank shot spins off goalie and into net. Martinez falls over goalie as he jumps over him but ball rolls into open net without needing a second touch.
36 min...Lynx St Louis header in box wide right although it looked like three Lynx were offside.
37 min...RR GOAL...Martinez steals ball from Lynx Holmes at 40 yards runs 15 yards then chips over charging goalie and ball bounces to center of net.
41 min...Lynx St Louis gets through ball near midfield but pulls up lame.
41 min...Lynx sub...Giummarra replaces St Louis.
42 min...Lynx subs...Caporrella replaces Lanotte.
...............................Sarantopoulos replaces Holmes.
44 min...Lynx goalie makes two point blank saves ending with getting back to catch header from RR Lima.
2nd Half:
Halftime sub:...Lynx DiPlacido replaces Ashton.
50 min...RR Leon short cross on right side to charging RR Lima whose header from 12 yards right to goalie.
56 min...RR Leanti after long run, 25 yard shot wide right of post.
60 min...Lynx Giummarra spins and takes 20 yard shot in crowd of four RR players.
62 min...RR sub...Wright replaces Lucey.
65 min...Lynx Titus gets 20 yard shot wide but goalie just slides left to save it anyway.
66 min...Lynx Giummarra crosses from left side that goalie bobbles as defender runs into him.
67 min...Lynx Holness is injured so team must play short for a few minutes.
..............RR Leon is injured when he crashes with Lynx DiPlacido.
67 min...RR sub...Weinstein replaces Martinez.
69 min...Lynx Vignjevic chips cross from left side of box that goalie catches.
73 min...Lynx Thomas loses race on edge of box as defender heads back to goalie.
74 min...Lynx Vignjevic or Giummarra receives pass in box gets shot from 5 yards saved by goalie on sliding save.
75 min...Lynx Vignjevic curls 30 yard from left of goal just high and wide of right post.
76 min...Lynx goalie catches 40 yard shot.
77 min...RR sub...Chris DeSilva replaces Lima.
78 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Vignjevic for 'escorting' injured RR Leon off field. This created a pushing fracas near the player benches.
79 min...RR Leon booed when dumped out of bounds. The fans continued to boo Leon whenever he got near the ball.
80 min...Lynx Giummarra gets behind head shot caught by goalie from 10 yards.
89 min...RR sub...Raguso replaces Hickey.
89 min...Lynx goalie makes point blank save on RR Weinstein.
90 min...Lynx Giummarra misses cross standing 10 yards from left side of net from Holness.
I was sure I remembered RR Leon being subbed or carded and walking back to the dressing room while the game was still on and the crowd booing and some fan shouting "Goodbye Leon" to great laughter.
Final Score......Toronto Lynx..........0.......Long Island Rough Riders.......3....
Attendance was announced as 1567. It wasn't just that there was a light downpour two or three times during the game but the threat of it all afternoon that may have kept the crowds away.
Well so much for the Rough Riders being softened up by losing in Rochester 2-1 on Friday night. Saul Martinez had all three goals today and all in the first half and all on similar 'through balls up the middle' plays. In the second half, the Rough Riders fell back into a tighter defence for their players to outnumber any Lynx threat and wait for a counterattack as the Lynx had to open up.
Rocket Robin
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