Result of the Wednesday July 21st, 2010 W-League playoff game between Toronto Lady Lynx and Laval Cometes played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 3:30pm.

Toronto Lady Lynx (yellow socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

...................25 Sabrina D'Angelo
26 Christine Exeter...4 Lexi Marton (cpt)...24 Rachel Melhado...3 Bryanna McCarthy
12 Tiffany Cameron...10 Alyscha Mottershead...22 Christabel Oduro...11 Allysha Chapman
............23 Kodee Williams...13 Carmelina Puopolo

Subs:...20 Giselle Mangal (mid)...8 Krystiana Clarke (fwd)...19 Zovel Hyre (def)...14 Olivia Mbala (def)...6 Vanessa Salerno (def) ...27 Kayla Afonso (def)
team officials:...head coach Danny Stewart

Laval Cometes (all white, blue numbers)

...................1 Cynthia Leblanc
13 Lora Lehr...18 Pascale Pinard...24 Courtney Maitland...15 Catherine Acton
10 Veronique Laverdiere...16 Catherine Delage...3 Cindy Walsh (cpt)...17 Anne-Marie LaPalme...8 Josee Busilacchi
..................7 Nkem Ezurike

Subs:...21 Genevieve Richard (gk)...4 Veronique Filion (def)...6 Sara Robbins (mid)...20 Chloe Belhumeur (fwd)...22 Constance Dumont (mid)
team officials:...none listed

Game officials:...referee Ihor Bokiy...referee's assistants (only one and I didn't catch his name)

1st Half:...game starts 4:19pm which was delayed because there were no game officials...TLL defend north end with a strong breeze from the north.
2 min...LC Ezurike cross from right end line through box unplayed.
7 min...TLL McCarthy 40 yard freekick from left sideline has LC Walsh head behind own net.
8 min...TLL Williams cornerkick from left is caught by goalie.
11 min...TLL Oduro gets 8 yard shot wide right of post when being pushed over on short pass forward.
12 min...Lady Lynx Carmelina Puopolo GOAL...TLL Kodee Williams cornerkick from right has ball drop into center of box and Puopolo one-touches 5 yard shot to right side of net.
13 min...TLL Oduro 15 yard shot down middle is high and wide left of net.
15 min...LC Delage 40 yard cross from right has goalie catch ball over head of LC player.
17 min...TLL McCarthy 40 yard freekick from left has ball sent wide right and not kept in play.
18 min...LC goalie beats TLL Puopolo to through ball at 30 yards to clear.
19 min...LC Laverdiere rush on right and 25 yard shot is well over net.
23 min...TLL Chapman short pass down field from 30 yards on left and TLL Oduro kicks 15 yard wide right.
25 min...Lady Lynx Alyscha Mottershead GOAL...TLL Lexi Marton 35 yard freekick from right has Mottershead charge into box and head 6 yarder into left side of net beyond goalie Cynthia Leblanc.
26 min...LC defender clears ball at LC 10 yards.
26 min...TLL sub...Salerno replaces Melhado.
26 min...TLL Mottershead pushes ball from center line to TLL Cameron on right and cuts in and 10 yard shot from right end line rolls for throw-in on left.
31 min...TLL McCarthy pokes ball away from LC Laverdiere who can't draw penalty kick on right side of TLL box.
33 min...TLL Marton chip 45 yard freekick down middle has TLL Williams pop up header and goalie catches drops but flag up.
34 min...TLL McCarthy injured at TLL 30 yards with face injury.
36 min...LC Delage 30 yard shot down middle after tap over on right is high and wide left.
37 min...TLL Oduro cross from 15 yards on left is high over net.
39 min...TLL Exeter rush on right and pass on sideline and TLL Pupolo shanks 15 yard shot in middle missing ball!
39 min...TLL Chapman 20 yard shot is wide right.
39 min...TLL McCarthy returns to the game.
40 min...LC Ezurike 30 yard roller is wide left of net.
42 min...TLL Exeter cross from 20 yards on right has TLL Oduro heads 12 yarder from from left and goalie dives right and catches ball.
44 min...TLL Oduro 20 yard shot is just over net.
46 min...LC Ezurike cross from near right cornerflag is behind LC player and ball is caught in the wind and cleared.
46 min...half ends 5:05pm.

2nd Half:...starts 5:16pm and it's still windy.
46 min...TLL goalie steps forward to gather through ball ahead of charging LC Ezurike.
46 min...TLL McCarthy from left crosses through box to TLL Puopolo but play is called offside by referee behind the play (no referee's assistant at that end of the field).
47 min...LC LaPalme spins and takes 18 yard shot from right high and wide left of net.
47 min...LC Ezurike intercepts goal kick and shot from 25 yards is over net.
48 min...TLL sub...Afonso replaces McCarthy who is still suffering a bloody nose.
49 min...TLL Mottershead cross from 30 yards on right is caught by goalie in front of two players.
50 min...LC Ezurike shot from 15 yards on left is just wide right for cornerkick.
51 min...LC Busilacchi cornerkick from right is cleared by nearest defender setting up fast break.
51 min...TLL Williams blasts 30 yard shot well over bar.
53 min...LC Pinard 45 yard freekick from right sideline has LC Busilacchi on left head ball wide left of net from 10 yards.
54 min...TLL Oduro pushes first touch too far ahead and defender concedes cornerkick on right.
55 min...TLL Cameron first-touch of ball from 15 yards is pushed to LC goalie.
57 min...LC sub...Robbins replaces LaPalme.
59 min...TLL goalie catches bouncer into box from left in front of crowd of players.
61 min...TLL Afonso gets back to force LC Laverdiere to push ball over end line for goalkick on right.
64 min...TLL player's 10 yard shot is wide of post.
65 min...LC sub...Belhumeur replaces Delage.
66 min...TLL sub...Mangal replaces Salerno.
.........TLL sub...Mbala replaces Cameron.
67 min...TLL Oduro almost wins cornerkick on 1 on 3 on left end line.
68 min...TLL Chapman 25 yard roller from left through players picked up by goalie.
72 min...TLL Oduro pushes ball forward from 330 yards up middle and goalie kicks away.
74 min...LC Walsh 50 yard kick from right has defender partially clear. LC Ezurike 20 yard shot from right is well over net.
76 min...LC Ezurike gets pass from left and chips 25 yarder well over net as defenders catch her.
78 min...LC Belhumeur and LC Ezurike work 2 on 1 through defenders and Ezurike kicks 12 yarder wide left of net.
79 min...LC sub...Dumont replaces Busilacchi.
80 min...TLL YELLOW card...Oduro earns it for complaining about call.
80 min...LC Ezurike rolls ball past defender along right end line but out of play so it's a goalkick.
83 min...TLL Marton 30 yard freekick from right tapped over to center and shot is blocked by LC defender.
84 min...LC Oduro chips 25 yarder from left that goalie catches.
88 min...LC YELLOW card...Pinard earns it for pull down on TLL Oduro at LC 35 yards.
88 min...TL Mbala 35 yard freekick is low and into player wall.
90 min...game ends 6:01pm.

Final Score:.......Toronto Lady Lynx.........2...........Laval Cometes...............0.............

Attendance was about 50 people for this mid-afternoon game arranged on short notice when it was determined that Lady Lynx would host a playoff team by finishing second. Later that evening the Toronto Lynx (men's team) would host a regular season game against Michigan Bucks at 7:00pm. [Michigan won 3-1]. The Lady Lynx game was delayed until 4:19pm as there were no officials until then. The teams warmed up a second time after being prepared to start at 3:30pm. I'd initially heard the game would start at 3:00pm. The game was played with referee Ihor Bokiy and only one assistant. There were no glaring offside calls missed without a second--the referee just blew his whistle if it looked obvious. There were also no ball boys/girls so with over 30 yard endzones because it is a football field and there's a track around it, there were time delays when the teams ran out of game balls.

Sabrina D'Angelo earned the shutout for the Lady Lynx. Cometes lone striker Nkem Ezurike had a few second half chances but each time was either caught by a defender or shot the ball wide or over the net. Lady Lynx had most of their chances in the first half. Lady Lynx did have a goal called back after the restart when Bryanna McCarthy crossed a through ball to Carmelina Puopolo who shot it in from 8 yards but referee Bokiy well behind the play called it back.

Lady Lynx almost put the game out of reach in the first half by the chances of Christabel Oduro alone. At 11 minutes she received a short pass and sent an 8 yard shot wide right of the post while being pushed over by a defender. At 13 minutes her 15 yard shot down the middle was high and wide left of the net. At 23 minutes she was send a short pass downfield from 30 yards on the left and her 15 yard shot was wide right. Her shot from 20 yards at 44 minutes was just over the net.

The game was not particularly rough but Oduro needed a bandage on her jaw very early in the game and Bryanna McCarthy needed to have her nose plugged at 34 minutes. Referee Bokiy gave out one Yellow card to each team but only after the 80 minute mark.

Lady Lynx move on to play this Saturday at Niagara University in Buffalo to play the Buffalo Flash who won the Midwest Division with a 12 wins, 0 loss, 2 tie record. Lady Lynx first string goalie Justine Bernier (not here today) is supposed to play in that game. The Flash were to have played an exhibition game against the Lady Lynx back on July 7th at midday at Lamport Stadium but no-showed (well that's what Lynx team officials said) and left a crowd of about 150 summer camp kids disappointed. The Lady Lynx ended up playing a split squad-half field game. Ottawa Fury who won the Lady Lynx's Great Lakes Division play Midwest runner up Chicago Red Eleven. Winners play off for an invitation to the Finals round in California.

I left without seeing the Lynx game that followed for a drive downtown to get to BMO Field to watch Toronto FC play Bolton Wanderers in an exhibition game. The ticket prices were almost double a regular season game and I got to see nine players from the CSL League that I also follow hold their own against the visitors from the English Premier League.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Lady Lynx starters


Cometes starters


Cometes Cindy Walsh runs up the middle.


Cometes Catherine Acton takes throw-in.


Players paired up jump for header


Lady Lynx Allysha Chapman on rush.


Check just outside Cometes box.


Players await Lady Lynx freekick.

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