Result of the Saturday June 19th, 2004 W-League game between Toronto Inferno and Rochester Ravens at The Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 7:00pm.

Toronto Inferno (all white, black numbers)

........................22 Anne Ogudele
7 Kanisha Campbell...4 Kim Moore...16 Sandi Potis...9 Keisha Garrick
28 Holly Lincoln...10 Heather Gallacher...19 Liz Williams...13 Melanie Booth
.................6 Lisa Collison...11 Naomi Eguchi

Subs:...1 Anne-Marie Witko (gk)...3 Jennifer Parker (def)...2 Katarina Bazos (mid)...17 Tiffanie Stewart (mid)...15 Kirsten Turner (fwd)
team officials:...coach Tom McManus...assistant coach Joe Nucifora...trainer Owen Picton...massage Therapist Doug Innis...general manager Tony Marmo

Rochester Ravens (all dark green, white numbers)

.......................1 Anna-Lesa Calvert
...........4 Leah Vieira...10 Kristi Woodworth...15 Lindsay Bach
16 Erin Mastrodonato...10 Kristi Woodworth...12 Jacquie Lacek...23 Jaclyn Burch...5 Brenna McJury
.....................22 Kelly Kuss...14 Nina Scalzo

Subs:...-- Katie Dry (gk)...3 Erynn Clapp (def)...11 Katherine Fredlund (mid)...21 Emily Russell (mid)...6 Shana Thomas (fwd)...13 Teran Tadal (mid)
team officials:...not listed.

Game officials:...referee Amato Deluca...referee's assistants Alex Mariona and Archie McPherson

1st Half:...game starts 7:19pm...Inf defend south end with the sun in the northwest and a wind from the north...all times are converted from my wristwatch.
7 min...Inf Garrick sends away a long clearance from defence, Inf Collison runs up middle, passes right to Inf Eguchi who rolls pass back and Collison 15 yard shot blocked by sliding goalie, Collison rebound from wide right is into side or net.
9 min...RR Lacek intercepts ball in middle, rolls pass to RR Scalzo and her weak 20 yard shot bounces to goalie.
10 min...Inf Collison rushes up middle and pass misses Inf Booth charging into box.
11 min...Inf Collison weak 30 yard roller from right is directly to goalie.
12 min...RR McJury runs down left and cross is behind net.
13 min...Inf goalie charges out to clear through ball before RR Scalzo can play it.
19 min...RR Scalzo 35 yard freekick is lobbed over Inf player wall but cleared.
19 min...RR Bach 25 yard shot spins off defender and double headed out of box by defenders.
23 min...Inf Lincoln in crowd of players has 25 yard shot hit crossbar, Inf Booth gets to loose ball and spins and fires 10 yard shot wide left.
25 min...RR Kuss fights off defender's block and rolls 20 yard shot to goalie.
28 min...Inf Collison runs down right and low cross through box, Inf Booth on left crosses into box and defender clears.
31 min...Inf Campbell 70 yard run and crosses from right defender clears.
35 min...RR sub...Thomas replaces Kuss.
............Inf sub...Bazos replaces Collison.
38 min...RR Vieira 20 yard shot to right of net and RR Thomas keeps ball in with short cross but goalie catches ball ending thirty seconds of RR pressure.
39 min...RR sub...Russell replaces Woodworth.
40 min...Inf Bazos runs on right and crosses too far forward for goalie and picks up ball.
45 min...RR Lacek 35 yard freekick has goalie palm ball off left post, goalie pushes loose ball wide left. RR Lacek took kick before referee's whistle while counting off the Inf player behind the ball. Play still counts.
46 min...RR Vieira rebounds Inf clearance from 20 yards well over net.
46 min...half ends 8:05pm.

2nd Half:...starts 8:27pm.
48 min...Inf Eguchi cross from right almost blows into top left corner of net but goalie palms ball wide.
49 min...RR McJury cross from left has RR Lacek not able to turn header from 12 yards on right.
50 min...Inf Bazos rushes on left, rolls 20 yard shot that diving goalie stops on right.
52 min...RR Kuss cornerkick from right is low and behind net.
55 min...RR Scalzo cuts back on Inf Potis and 25 yard shot just wide left of top corner of net.
57 min...Inf Bazos cornerkick from left is headed away and Inf Williams low blast through crowd of player is picked up by goalie.
59 min...RR sub...Fredlund replaces Mastrodonato.
59 min...Inf Williams 25 yard shot in crowd is well wide right of net.
61 min...Inf Bazos cornerkick from left charging Inf Gallacher in box can't quite turn header from 5 yards.
62 min...Inf Bazos rush on left runs on left eludes two RR players but cross into box cleared.
64 min...RR player's cornerkick from right is headed away and cleared.
67 min...Inf Bazos cornerkick from left is headed across box by RR defender.
68 min...RR Scalzo recovers long freekick and rolls 20 yard shot to Inf goalie.
68 min...Inf Booth low cross from left is blocked by sliding defender.
69 min...Inf Lincoln 35 yard freekick lobbed high over net.
72 min...Inf Bazos runs down left, centres pass to Inf Eguchi who one touches to Inf Lincoln for clear shot but 15 yard shot is wide left of corner of net.
73 min...Inf Lincoln long run down right and cross is caught by goalie.
74 min...RR sub...Tadal replaces Thomas.
79 min...RR player's long throw-in from right is headed away by defender.
80 min...Inf Gallacher long 40 yard cross from left has goalie catch with Inf players waiting for any bobble.
81 min...Inferno Holly Lincoln GOAL...Lincoln gets to long cross on right when RR Brenna McJury can't corral it and her 15 yard shot from right is into low left corner of net beyond diving goalie Anna-Lesa Calvert.
83 min...Inf on 2 on 1 has Inf Eguchi bumped off ball by defender.
85 min...Inf Booth cross from near left corner has goalie pick up ball.
86 min...RR sub...Clapp replaces Bach.
88 min...Inferno Naomi Eguchi GOAL...Inf Keisha Garrick bashes over RR player at center line when they both go for loose ball, Garrick passes to another Inferno player who pushes left to Inf Melanie Booth who runs towards goal and crosses from left that has Eguchi kick ball in from 7 yards to center of net.
89 min...Inf goalie catches long kick from 45 yards.
93 min...game ends 9:15pm.

Final Score:............Toronto Inferno..........2...........Rochester Ravens...........0......

Attendance was about 100 people on this cool evening with the temperature dropping quickly and the wind continuously from the north.

This was the Inferno's first win of the season and puts their record at 1-5. The Raven's are a good team this year and their record is 4-2. The Inferno had the luxury of having five substitutes this game but used only one. There was no tiring out this time and the Inferno goals came in the last ten minutes of the game. The Inferno had more of the chances but both teams had not much luck at getting to any available rebounds. Most crosses and cornerkicks were cleared without much difficulty. Inferno's Melanie Booth crosses the ball into the Raven box many times but there was always a defender there to clear it.

Holly Lincoln's goal was a second chance as she'd had the ball in almost the same place nine minutes earlier but the shot was just wide left of the post. Anne Ogundele earned the shutout preventing some potential shots by not being afraid to run out of her box to clear through balls.

Inferno's new signing Sandi Potis was solid on defense improving the backline. One fan proclaimed "She's like Diana (Matheson) only bigger". Right, they do have the same haircut. Diana Matheson should be with the visiting Ottawa Fury for their game against the Inferno tomorrow afternoon at 2:00pm at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York. Fury are 5-0 on the year (6-0 if they beat Sudbury Canadians this afternoon) but I no longer predict a Fury double digit victory.

I didn't notice a team bus for the visitors. I noticed Ravens players getting into personal cars driven by relatives for the long drive back to Rochester.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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