TORONTO LYNX MEDIA RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE LYNX ROAR TOWARDS 2010 WITH RELEASE OF PDL SCHEDULE THURSDAY FEBRUARY 4, 2010(TORONTO, CANADA) The Toronto Lynx will begin their fourteenth United Soccer Leagues (USL) season on Wednesday, May 26th with a School Day derby against Forest City London at Centennial Park Stadium at 11:00 AM. The two teams will then meet in the back end of the home-and-home all-Ontario series two nights later in London as both clubs begin their respective Great Lakes Division schedules. The matches will be the first of sixteen games for the Lynx in their fourth season of Premier Development League (PDL) play, the elite amateur player development league within the USL. Toronto will host seven other matches in 2010, five more at their home base of Centennial Park Stadium, and two at the Hershey Centre in Mississauga. The team will try to rebound after a disappointing 2009 season in which they missed the post-season after cracking the playoffs in 2008. Head Coach Duncan Wilde expects a number of players from his highly successful U20 Junior Lynx squad, which reached the North American Super 20-League finals the past three seasons, to make the jump to the senior squad and challenge for starting positions. “We had a tough season last year, but the quality of players who will be progressing from our Junior Lynx teams into the Lynx PDL team will allow us to grow and become successful this season and beyond. We have an excellent development system in place and we fully expect to reap the rewards of this at the PDL level.” said the veteran coach. The Lynx continue their regular season home schedule following their opening match versus FC London when the Chicago Fire visit Centennial on Wednesday, June 16 at 7:00 PM. Toronto will also welcome visits by the Indiana Invaders (Sunday June 27 at 1:00 PM at the Hershey Centre) and newcomers the Dayton Dutch Lions (Sunday July 11 at 7:00 PM at Centennial). The club will once again host their annual Youth Day matinee match at Centennial, with the Cleveland Internationals making the trek to Toronto for an 11:00 AM kick-off on Wednesday July 14. The match kicks off a hectic final twelve days of the regular season for the Lynx, which sees them travel to Michigan the next night for 7:00 PM encounter with the powerful Bucks. The team then returns to wrap up the season with a three-game homestand with matches against the Cincinnati Kings (Sunday July 18 at the Hershey Centre at 4:00 PM); a return match against the Bucks (Wednesday July 21 at 7:00 PM at Centennial) and the regular season finale against the Kalamazoo Outrage on Sunday July 24 at 6:00 PM at Centennial. Season tickets and tickets for all 2010 Toronto Lynx and Lady Lynx games are available starting Monday February 8 by contacting the Lynx ticket hotline at 416-251-4625 x 23 or by emailing tickets@lynxsoccer.com. The full schedule is listed below, and is available at www.lynxsoccer.com. 2010 TORONTO LYNX SCHEDULE HOME WEDNESDAY MAY 26 FOREST CITY LONDON CENTENNIAL PARK STADIUM 11:00 AM WEDNESDAY JUNE 16 CHICAGO FIRE PREMIER CENTENNIAL PARK STADIUM 7:00 PM SUNDAY JUNE 27 INDIANA INVADERS HERSHEY CENTRE 1:00 PM SUNDAY JULY 11 DAYTON DUTCH LIONS CENTENNIAL PARK STADIUM 12:00 PM WEDNESDAY JULY 14 CLEVELAND INTERNATIONALS CENTENNIAL PARK STADIUM 11:00 AM SUNDAY JULY 18 CINCINNATI KINGS HERSHEY CENTRE 4:00 PM WED JULY 21 MICHIGAN BUCKS CENTENNIAL PARK STADIUM 7:00 PM SATURDAY JULY 24 KALAMAZOO OUTRAGE CENTENNIAL PARK STADIUM 6:00 PM AWAY FRIDAY MAY 28 @ FOREST CITY LONDON TBA 7:30 PM SUNDAY JUNE 6 @ INDIANA INVADERS Indiana Invaders Soccer Complex 7:30 PM FRIDAY JUNE 11 @ CINCINNATI KINGS Town and Country Sports Complex 7:30 PM SATURDAY JUNE 12 @ DAYTON DUTCH LIONS TBA 7:30 PM SATURDAY JUNE 19 @ KALAMAZOO OUTRAGE Loy Norrix Soccer Stadium 7:30 PM MONDAY JUNE 21 @ CHICAGO FIRE PREMIER Toyota Park 7:00 PM SATURDAY JULY 3 @ CLEVELAND INTERNATIONALS Pinnacle Sports 7:30 PM THURSDAY JULY 15 @ MICHIGAN BUCKS Ultimate Soccer Arenas 7:30 PM -30- FOR MORE INFORMATION, CONTACT: ROB IRWIN, DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS TORONTO LYNX SOCCER CLUB 416-251-4625 x 23
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