Lady Lynx starters
Result of the Sunday May 30th, 2010 W-League game between Toronto Lady Lynx and Rochester Ravens played at Oshawa Civic Centre in Oshawa at 4:00pm.
Toronto Lady Lynx (yellow socks, numbers, and trim, black shorts and shirts)
...................1 Justine Bernier
26 Christine Exeter...14 Olivia Mbala...24 Rachael Melhado...27 Kayla Afonso
22 Christabel Oduro...10 Alyscha Mottershead...11 Allysha Chapman...20 Giselle Mangal
...........19 Adriana Leon...17 Nat Urbas
Subs:...18 Lisa Collison (fwd)...23 Kodee Williams (fwd)...6 Vanessa Salerno (def)...9 Kelsi Landry (def)...8 Caroline Szwed (mid)
...21 Carmelina Puopolo (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Danny Stewart...assistant coaches Joe Nucifora and Mark Stewart
Rochester Ravens (white socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
...................00 Allie Weiser
6 Lindsay Tegas...18 Brittany Godin...20 Chelsea Kuss...24 Bethany Allport
11 Jesssica Shufelt...12 Jacque Lacek...10 Mary Dewitte...8 Brooke Barbuto...13 Shaylyn Lawrence
.....................9 Eileen Coyle
Subs:...0 Natalie Lavigne (gk)...7 Sarah Henderson (def)...14 AnneMarie Farone (mid)...25 Amanda Sudore (mid)
team officials:...head coach Mak Honlett...assistant coach Bobby McColl and John Berardicurti
Game officials:...referee Lisa MacNeil...referee's assistants Heather Domenic and Rebecca Longland...no fourth official...(yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 4:00pm...TLL defend south end with a hot sun in the west.
1 min...TLL Leon given pass by TLL Chapman on left sideline and long run wins cornerkick after 10 yard cross is deflected out of play.
2 min...TLL Mbala cornerkick from left has TLL Melhado kick 12 yarder high and wide right of net.
3 min...TLL Urbas slides to get to cross at 5 yards but ball is rolled wide left of net.
6 min...RR player 35 yard freekick from left has TLL Melhado block on edge of box.
7 min...RR Lacek beats offside trap has goalie dive and knock away ball tripping RR Lacek. RR Coyle follows up on left with 12 yard shot over net.
10 min...RR Lacek 25 yard shot down middle is over net.
11 min...TLL goalie charges out of box to beat RR Coyle to through ball.
12 min...TLL Chapman long run on left and cross into box frrom 25 yards near left sideline has defender head ball away. TLL Mottershead blasts partial
rebound over net from 20 yards.
16 min...Lady Lynx Adriana Leon GOAL...Leon takes shot in crowd inside Ravens box down middle from 15 yards and shot is into left side of net
beyond goalie Allie Weiser.
17 min...TLL Urbas blasts 10 yarder from right end line that hits bar and deflects for goalkick.
19 min...TLL Afonso follows up on ball into box with 10 yard shot off top of bar for goalkick.
20 min...TLL Exeter run on right and low cross from 25 yards to three TLL players and TLL Mangal fires 10 yarder that's stopped point blank by
goalie at 5 yards.
22 min...TLL Oduro 20 yard shot up middle deflects to goalie on pop up.
23 min...TLL Exeter hurt in collision at TLL 52 yards on left with a face injury.
27 min...RR Tegas 35 yard shot from right bounces to goalie.
29 min...RR goalie beats TLL Mangal to pick up through ball down middle.
32 min...TLL goalie long punt downfield and TLL Urbas charges and has 15 yard shot that's blocked by defender.
34 min...TLL Mottershead on left rolls centering pass from right but defender clears from box.
35 min...RR goalie beats TLL Urbas to dive on through ball on right.
37 min...RR Barbuto 30 yard shot down middle over crowd of players and well over net.
39 min...TLL Exeter 45 yard freekick from right has defender in box clear. TLL Exeter sky ball from 50 yards is caught by goalie.
40 min...TLL YELLOW card...Afonso earns it for dissent at RR 45 yards.
43 min...TLL Urbas heads ball wide right of net from 8 yards redirecting cross pass from 15 yards.
47 min...game ends 4:47pm.
2nd Half:...game starts 5:04pm.
halftime sub:...TLL Collison replaces Urbas.
46 min...TLL Collison has 8 yard shot blocked by goalie after one-touch pass gets away.
47 min...TLL Exeter 35 yard cross from right is just over top right corner of net.
49 min...TLL Oduro cornerkick from left is bent behind players in box and chip into box is cleared.
52 min...RR YELLOW card...Godin earns it for pulling down TLL Mangal.
52 min...TLL Melhado 25 yard freekick from left has ball knocked wide left for goalkick.
53 min...TLL Leon low cross from 20 yards is through box popped up and defender heads over own net.
53 min...TLL Leon cornerkick from left has TLL Mottershead head 22 yarder into box but ball cleared.
54 min...RR Shufelt 18 yard shot on right is over net while surrounded by defenders.
55 min...TLL Chapman pushes ball forward for TLL Mangal on left and 12 yard shot is saved by diving goalie on left post.
56 min...RR YELLOW card...Barbuto earned it for sliding tackle/trip preventing TLL player from breakout at TLL 40 yards.
58 min...TLL goalie charges to pick up long throw-in from right.
59 min...TLL sub...Williams replaces Mangal.
61 min...TLL Mbala 35 yard freekick from 30 yards on right has TLL Williams shoot 10 yarder over net from left.
62 min...RR Shufelt rush on left and rolls cross but RR Coyle too far away to play it.
64 min...RR sub...Farone replaces Lawrence.
.........TLL sub...Szwed replaces Oduro.
65 min...TLL YELLOW card...Melhado earns it at TLL 10 yards for something.
66 min...TLL Collison can't get away shot when cutting along edge of box running on right wing.
67 min...TLL Exeter 25 yard shot from far right is well high and wide right of net.
69 min...TLL Mottershead rush up right but low cross is into box unplayed.
72 min...RR Barbuto 40 yard freekick from right is caught just under bar.
74 min...TLL sub...Landry replaces Mottershead.
75 min...TLL Exeter long throw-in from right has TLL player knock right and TLL Collison 10 yard shot blocked by goalie.
77 min...RR sub...Sudore replaces Coyle.
77 min...RR Shufelt on rush 30 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
78 min...TLL Collison misses 6 yard blast on cross into box and defender knocks ball for cornerkick.
79 min...TLL sub...Puopolo replaces Leon.
79 min...TLL Mbala chips partially cleared cornerkick from right well over net from 25 yards.
81 min...TLL Puopolo pushes ball too far forward on left and goalie dives on it.
84 min...TLL Exeter cross from 35 yards on right has TLL Puopolo head 12 yarder to goalie up middle.
86 min...TLL Williams bumps through defender to fcross from left and goalie slides out to block TLL Collison 10 yard blast before she can get away
good shot.
87 min...TLL Exeter cross from right is through box and TLL Williams one-touch pop up to RR goalie from 8 yards.
88 min...RR Lacek cross on sideline hits TLL Exeter in the face injurying her.
90 min...TLL sub...Salerno replaces the injured Exeter.
91 min...RR Szwed cross from right end line on rush is caught by goalie.
93:45 min...Raven Chelsea Kuss GOAL...Ravens Brooke Barbuto cornerkick cross from right has Lady Lynx goalie Justine Bernier punch the ball
forward. Ravens Jessica Shufelt has 12 yard shot blocked. Kuss kicks in 10 yard rebound through crowd of players and into net.
94:15 min...game ends 5:53pm.
Final Score:.......Toronto Lady Lynx.............1.............Rochester Ravens...............1.................
Attendance was about 60 on this hot and sunny day. This was the 3rd Annual Durham Region 'Women in Soccer Day' but most of the crowd that was there earlier in the day for the tournament and exhibition events had already left before the game started.
The Lady Lynx were certainly not hanging on to their lead in the second half but their momentum was broken up by being called offside about eight or nine times during that period. I could see the nightmare goal setting up on in effect the last kick of the game. Ravens only other good chance the entire game was at 7 minutes when Jacquie Lacek beat the LL offside trap and had the goalie dive out and knock away the ball tripping up Lacek but the Ravens Eileen Coyle followed up on the left with a 12 yard shot over the open net.
There's been a big changeover in players for this season. The only names I recognize from that squad are goalie Justine Bernier, defender Kayla Afonso, midfielders Alyscha Mottershead and Allysha Chapman, and forward Nat Urbas. This year's forwards are Adriana Leon, Nat Urbas, and Lisa Collison. This years team has a lot of physically tall players. I didn't like the cornerkicks that Lynx players took as many seemed to be high and deliberately drift outside the box for chip ins. If they practice more headers on these set pieces they should be able to tower over their opponents.
Lisa MacNeil was the referee for the game and gave out a few Yellow cards in a fairly played game.
The Lynx started off last year with tieing games they should have won and ended up finishing out of the playoffs. Their next game is a home game at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 2:pm on Sunday June 6th against Quebec City Amiral. That team was an expansion team last year that displaced the Lynx from a playoff spot despite a 6-4-4 record. Last year's Ravens team didn't even get organized until a week before the season began and the city risked losing their franchise and finished with an 0-13-1 record.
Rocket Robin
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Lady Lynx starters
Ravens starters
Lady Lynx player on a run.
Ravens player with the ball.
Lady Lynx players runs up the middle.
Lady Lynx Olivia Mbala lines up freekick.
Mbala gets away freekick.
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