Result of the A-League game of Sunday July 14th, 2002 between Toronto Lynx and Rochester Raging Rhinos played at York University at 6:00pm.
Toronto Lynx (white socks, shorts and shirts, black names and numbers, yellow & black shoulders)
..............................................22 Theo Zagar (cpt)
...............6 Milan Kolic...4 Joe Mattacchione...15 Adrian Serioux
10 Robbie Aristodemo...5 Shawn Faria...11 Nikki Vignjevic...9 David DiPlacido...3 Mauricio Vincello
.................................7 Niki Budalic...19 Irasto Knights
1 James Kryger (gk)...2 Steve Butcher (fwd)...8 Brian Ashton (mid)...16 Serio De Luca (mid)...18 Julio Penalillo (def)...20 Elvis Thomas (mid/fwd)...21 Matt Rosenfeld (def)
team officials:...head coach/general manager Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Les Anning...goalkeeping coach Paolo Silva...medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth.
Rochester Raging Rhinos (black socks, shorts, names and numbers, amber shirts)
...................................................24 Scott Vallow
....................16 Kalin Bankov...3 Craig Demmin...4 Scott Schweitzer
5 Yuri Lavrinenko...8 Tommy Tanner...23 Lenin Steenkamp...58 Carlos Zavala...11 Bill Sedgewick
..................................22 Dan Stebbins...9 Greg Simmonds
25 Pat Onstad (gk)...6 Mali Walton (def)...7 Temoc Suarez (mid)...13 Jamal Ballantyne (fwd)...15 Martin Nash (mid)...20 Jimmy Tanner (mid/fwd)...33 Ryan Dinunzic (mid)
team officials:...head coach Pat Ercoli...assistant coaches Franciso Escos and Frank Odoi.
Game Officials:...referee Domenic Rossetto...referee's assistants Frank Marciello and Zoran Kristo...fourth official Sylviu Petrescu.
Tonight's theme was Carib Fest. The Lynx players of Caribbean heritage or place of birth were reannounced. Adrian Serioux and Irasto Knights for Trinidad & Tobago and Elvis Thomas for Grenada. Cassidy Parlane sang the national anthems a bit out of time with the bad sound system here.
1st Half:...game starts 6:05pm...Lynx defend south end on this hot sunny day.
3 min...RRR Zavala freekick 25 yards from right, RRR player's backward header tipped from 7 yards that goalie tips with hand from left side of net.
4 min...RRR Simmonds run along right cutting in passing back to RRR player whose 15 yard shot is well over net.
5 min...Lynx Niki Budalic GOAL...Lynx Shawn Faria steals a ball near center line and passes to Lynx Aristo Knights who runs down left wing and crosses back to center, Budalic has time to knock down ball and put 18 yard shot into top left corner of net beyond RRR goalie Scott Vallow.
6 min...Lynx goalie slides out to make point blank save on RRR Steenkamp who's was in alone from 20 yards.
7 min...RRR Simmonds all alone on 12 yards on right post cips over goalie wide left.
11 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Vincello for knocking down RRR Tommy Tanner on sideline.
12 min...RRR Bankov freekick from 35 yards on right touchline is over box, sliding RRR player knocks it behind touch line.
14 min...Lynx Knights turns and bounces low 20 yard shot to goalie from left.
16 min...RRR Tommy Tanner injured on right sideline near Lynx 50 yard line.
17 min...RRR Steenkamp gets rolling pass along edge of Lynx 18 yard box and his low shot hits left post!
18 min...Lynx Vincello cross from left is caught by leaping goalie on right side.
21 min...Lynx Aristodemo runs along right wing, cross caught by charging RRR goalie.
26 min...Lynx Serioux long throw-in caught by RRR goalie.
28 min...RRR Demmin races back to kick ball back to goalie to beat Lynx Budalic to ball on left.
29 min...RRR player's long cross to right side of box is passed over to RRR Stebbins who steps and trips over ball!
30 min...Lynx player's 45 yard freekick rolls to goalie.
32 min...Lynx goalie catches long cross from left wing ahead of charging RRR Lavrinenko.
35 min...RRR Schweitzer long ball into box that goalie catches.
37 min...RRR Bankov pass to left for RRR Lavrinenko who crosses into Lynx box where RRR Stebbins can't quite turn 5 yard header and ball flies wide left.
38 min...RRR Tommy Tanner rolls cross, ball partially cleared and RRR Simmonds low 15 yard shot is blocked by Lynx goalie.
39 min...RRR Tommy Tanner cross after turn on right end line RRR Simmonds leaping header from 7 yards is wide left.
40 min...RRR Simmonds slides at 18 yards to deflect long low shot to goalie.
40 min...RRR sub...Ballantyne replaces Tommy Tanner.
41 min...Lynx Vignjevic freekick on right end line 20 yards, is back to 35 yard line Lynx DiPlacido low shot is deflected wide left for goalkeeper.
44 min...RRR Steenkamp 20 yard chips well over net.
45 min...RRR Lavrinenko from 35 yards on left is caught by goalie on right post.
46 min...half ends 6:51pm.
Halftime Entertainment: Clinton Jones and Tamika Jones performed a few songs separately. The Panmasters steel band played throughout the game.
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