A-League game of Sunday July 5th, 1998.
Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx vs Staten Island Vipers played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto at 4:00pm.
Toronto Lynx (white socks, shorts, and shirts, blue numbers and names, yellow & grey chevrons on shorts sides and shoulders).
............................................22 Theo Zagar
................4 Peter Sarantopoulos...17 Daryl Holmes...16 Rick Titus
14 Dragan Ianosev...13 Kevin Holness...6 Nikola Vignjevic...8 Brian Ashton...9 Elvis Thomas
........................25 Isa Bulku...15 Brian Jeffrey
Subs:...29 Paulo Silva (gk)...11 Guiseppe Lanotte (mid)...19 David DiPlacido (mid)...23 Phil Caporrella (fwd)...Other possible subs:...1 Hubert Busby Jr (gk)...3 Franco Spadafina (def)...5 Ralph Golen (def)...20 Danley Johnson (def)...18 Luca Centurione (mid).
Team Officials:...head coach Peter Pinizzotto, equipment manager Sergio Grenci, medical coordinator Dr Gringmuth
Staten Island Vipers (white socks and numbers on shorts, black shorts, numbers and names on shirts, yellow shirts, 'Toyota' logo on chests).
...............................................22 Peter Pappas
16 Steve Cadet...3 Omid Namazi...18 Scott Henderson...4 John Diffley (cpt)
8 John Ball...24 Cris DaSilva...12 Vinny Marcotrigiano...14 Danny Mueller
............................9 Kevin Sloan...10 Flavio Ferri
Subs:...1 David Urbach (gk)...2 Kevin Daly (def)...5 Pablo Cortarelo (def)...6 Joe Mortarulo (def)...13 Kevin Birusingh (def)...21 Noel Staiano (mid)...25 Patrick Olalere (fwd).
Team officials:...head coach Andrew Gaitan, assistant coach J. Osorio, E. Kofie, S. Tarquinio
Officials:...Referee Manuel Orlano, Referee's assistants Zoran Christo and Glen Sharkey, 4th official Eric Evans.
1st Half:...starts 4:05pm. Lynx defend South end. Warm afternoon, sun in the west.
3 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Ianosev for knocking down Vipers Diffley at midfield.
4 min...Vipers Ball 40 yard shot from right drifts over bar.
7 min...Vipers goalie catches 2nd Lynx corner from right.
9 min...Lynx Sarantopoulos heads away Vipers low freekick from near right corner spot.
17 min...Vipers Namazi chased by Lynx Bulku pushes ball back to goalie who rush clears it off Lynx Jeffrey's hand for freekick.
19 min...Lynx Bulka 30 yard shot from bounce goes over net.
20 min...Lynx goalie stops weak bouncer kick from diving Vipers Sloan from 7 yards.
22 min...Vipers DaSilva injured in center circle away from play.
23 min...Lynx GOAL...Vignjevic 30 yard shot to top right corner of net.
23 min...Vipers sub...Olalere replaces injured DaSilva.
26 min...Lynx Holmes injured in center circle away from play.
28 min...4th official then referee talks to Vipers coach who keeps rushing from his bench to the sidelines for much of the first half.
29 min...Lynx defenders break up Vipers rush with sliding tackle. Lynx Ashton taps back to goalie for clearance.
31 min...Lynx Jeffrey gets rush for 30 yards then after check, cramps up on edge of Viper box.
31 min...Lynx sub...Lanotte replaces injured Jeffrey.
35 min...Vipers Marcotrigiano 25 yard rushed shot over net.
39 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Sarantopoulos for pushing down Vipers Olalere.
40 min...Vipers Ferri 25 yard shot well wide left.
45 min...Vipers Sloan hard shot from 15 yards blocked by Vipers Olalere who got in way of ball!
45 min...Vipers goalie catches 30 yard shot.
2nd Half:...starts at 5:10pm.
47 min...Lynx goalie catches corner kick from Vipers Mueller.
54 min...Lynx Lanotte injured on sliding tackle near Vipers end line by Vipers Henderson but both teams play on a full minute.
58 min...Vipers sub...Martarulo replaces Marcotrigiano.
59 min...Lynx sub...Caporrella replaces Bulku.
62 min...Lynx goalie pushes aside Vipers Olalere 15 yard shot on deiving save to left side of net.
63 min...Vipers YELLOW card...Ferri for full body trip on Lynx Holmes at midfield.
65 min...Vipers YELLOW card...John Ball for arm to face of Lynx Caporrella.
66 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Lanotte for push on Vipers Diffley (?).
68 min...Vipers Namazi 40 yard freekick straight into net with Lynx goalie standing with arm raised. Indirect kick had been awarded so Vipers just wasted this chance!
69 min...Vipers sub...Staiano replaces Cadet.
72 min...Vipers Namazi 35 yard freekcik over 6 man wall batted down by Lynx goalie for corner.
73 min...Lynx goalie palms ball over head wide from corner.
74 min...Vipers GOAL...John Ball races to through ball on right edge of box and lifts it over sliding Lynx goal.
82 min...Vipers GOAL Staiano...Vipers Olalere bashes around defender Lynx Ianosev and crosses to charging Staiano who boots it in from 7 yards.
84 min...Lynx sub...DiPlacido replaces Ianosev.
87 min...Lynx Caporrella 30 yard shot just high left of post.
88 min...Vipers sub...Birusingh replaces Ferri.
89 min...Lynx RED card...Lanotte 2nd YELLOW for tackle near sideline.
Final Score:.........Toronto Lynx.........1..........Staten Island Vipers.........2.....
Lynx let this game get away. Vipers leapfrog over the Lynx from 6th to 5th place. It is possible for the Lynx to make the playoffs finishing this low (but unlikely) in the Northeast Division standings as this year the eight playoff spots in the Eastern Conference are shared with the weak Atlantic Division.
Attendance was not announced today. [It was actually 1126]. There was no conflict with the World Cup games as the Quarter-Finals ended yesterday. Peter Pappas (Vipers goalie) drew loud cheers in the introductions as he is from the Toronto area.
Lynx have two new forwards, Brian Jeffrey and Isa Bulku. CoOwner Bruno Hartrell confirmed that Bulka is from London Ontario and is either 18 or 19 years old. He is of Albanian descent and there's been some German teams express some interest in him. Hartrell also said Terry St Louis had been cut as he had not scored in the eight games he played this season.
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