Result of the Friday July 16, 2004 W-League game between Toronto Inferno and New Jersey Wildcats played at the Ontario Soccer Centre in Vaughan at 7:00pm.
Toronto Inferno (all white, black numbers)
.....................22 Anne Ogundele
16 Sandi Potis...7 Kanisha Campbell...4 Kim Moore...9 Keisha Garrick
21 Heather MacDougall...14 Chiara Greco...2 Katarina Bazos...28 Holly Lincoln (cpt)
.................6 Lisa Collison...11 Naomi Eguchi
Subs:...1 Anne-Marie Witko (gk)...3 Jennifer Parker (def)...19 Liz Williams (mid)...5 Lyndsay Zeller (fwd)...10 Heather Gallacher (fwd) (cpt)...15 Kirsten Turner (fwd)
team officials:...coach Tom McManus...assistant coach Joe Nucifora...trainer Owen Picton...massage therapist Doug Innis...general manager Tony Marmo
New Jersey Wildcats (black socks, white shorts and numbers, blue shirts)
.......................1 Amanda Brown
..........3 Rochelle Willis...2 Beth McNamara...5 Kim Brandao
16 Bonnie Young...12 Kim Francis...7 Anne Makinen (cpt)...15 Maura Gallagher...9 Janine Willis
....................6 Kate Sands...11 Marinette Pichon
Subs:...18 Becky Wachsberger (gk)...23 Cara Hammond (def)...14 Marieke Van Tienhoven (mid)...26 Kaley Guthrie (mid)...20 Tasha St Louis (fwd)...25 Alli D'Amico (fwd)
team officials:...not listed
Game officials:...referee Peter Kalpouzos...referee's assistants Deb O'Hara and Lisa McNeil
1st Half:...game starts 7:05pm...Inf defend south...all times are converted from my wristwatch.
2 min...W Francis cornerkick from right is cleared by Inf Garrick, W Young 30 yard lob back into the box is caught by goalie.
7 min...W Francis long throw-in to W Makinen but she can't turn in Inf box.
8 min...W Rochelle Willis low cross on right is blocked by defender in box.
9 min...W Young cornerkick from right is blocked and cleared by Inf Potis.
10 min...W Gallagher or Sands 20 yard shot from left hits left post and W Pichone rebound well over net from 15 yards on left.
12 min...Inf Eguchi injured near center circle.
16 min...W Janine Willis cross from left cornerflag has goalie catch ball in crowd of players in box.
18 min...W Young cross from left after rush along left wing. W Pichon pokes ball from 7 yards on left but sends it wide left.
19 min...W Gallagher cornerkick from left touched to W Janine Willis who crosses ball in and defender clears from box.
21 min...W Janine Willis pushes ball forward to W Young who crosses from right to W Pichon to twist header from 5 yards over net.
24 min...W Pichon runs for bouncing through ball and heads down but 15 yard shot from right is into outside webbing of net.
25 min...W Young 20 yard poke of ball is caught by sliding goalie.
29 min...W Young cornerkick from right has leaping W Pichon miss header and ball is cleared.
31 min...Inf sub...Zeller replaces MacDougall.
34 min...Wildcats Marinette Pichon GOAL...W Anne Makinen rolls cross from left into box and Pichon boots in 5 yard roller into right corner of net.
36 min...Wildcats Marinette Pichon GOAL...Pichon 25 yard chip in crowd of players is from left and into right corner of net over goalie Anne Ogundele.
37 min...Inf player's cornerkick from right is headed down by Inf player but cleared by defender.
40 min...Inf Collison races down right and crosses to Inf Garrick who chests ball down but ball rolls to W goalie.
41 min...W Rochelle Willis 30 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
43 min...W Pichon can't get away shot in Inf box, W Francis 20 yard rebound that's caught by goalie.
47 min...W Makinen freekick from 20 yards is stopped low by W Pichon who can't turn and fire, Inf players clear.
47 min...half ends 7:52pm.
2nd Half:...starts 8:13pm.
halftime subs...W St Louis replaces Francis.
...........W D'Amico replaces Sands.
47 min...W YELLOW card...St Louis for tripping Inf Eguchi who is running into center circle injuring her.
50 min...W Gallagher runs down left and crosses over players in Inf box.
51 min...W St Louis rushes down right, cross to W Pichon whose 15 yard shot is well over net.
52 min...W Makinen cornerkick from right is kicked around in box and cleared.
54 min...W St Louis sends 30 yard pass through middle and charging Pichon rushes 35 yards and her 15 yard shot is stopped point blank by goalie.
57 min...Inf sub...Gallacher replaces Greco.
.............Inf sub...Williams replaces injured Eguchi.
60 min...Inf goalie comes out of box to beat W St Louis to controlling through ball.
61 min...W sub...Hammond replaces Young.
61 min...W Young rushes on left wing and cross from 10 yards is caught by goalie.
65 min...W Pichon 30 yard freekick is pushed wide right by goalie.
65 min...W Makinen cornerkick from right is palmed over net by goalie but no cornerkick given.
66 min...Wildcats Marinette Pichon GOAL...Pichon gets bounced ball from Rochelle Willis and turns and fires 20 yarder into right side of net.
67 min...W Makinen cornerkick from right, W St Louis leaps and heads ball over net.
68 min...W sub...Guthrie replaces Pichon.
69 min...W St Louis boots 20 yarder that deflects and ball is cleared off line by Inf Campbell.
70 min...W player's cornerkick from right is headed away by defender.
74 min...Inf sub...Parker replaces Zeller.
75 min...Wildcats Cara Hammond GOAL...Hammond one-touches pass (from St Louis) from 15 yards low into low left side of net.
77 min...Inf goalie dives forward to catch cross into box.
79 min...W Van Tienhoven replaces Makinen.
81 min...W St Louis rushes down right and cross is behind net.
85 min...Wildcats Marieke Van Tienhoven GOAL...Van Tienhoven boots in rebound from 5 yards after goalie had made diving save in furious in-Inferno box action.
87 min...W Van Tienhoven gets pass from right and 20 yard shot is caught by goalie.
89 min...Wildcats Maura Gallagher GOAL...Gallagher shot from left while leading rush and it looked like Inferno defender sliding back towards goalie puts ball into the roof of their net.
93 min...game ends 9:01pm.
Final Score:..........Toronto Inferno..........0...............New Jersey Wildcats............6........
Attendance was about 200 on this warm sunny evening. This was the home finale of the Inferno's 2004 season. Their record falls to 3-8.
This game was a total mismatch. Amanda Brown earned the shutout for the Wildcats without making a save while Anne Ogundele had to be sharp for the Inferno to keep the score from being into double digits. When the Inferno did venture over their own side of center in the second half, the Wildcats would counterattack getting many 3 on 2 breaks. If the Inferno wanted to keep the score down, they could have played eleven men back.
As the Inferno press release stated earlier in the week: "New Jersey's lineup features seven players who also suit up for England, Finland, France, Holland, Ireland, Trinidad & Tobago and the United States respectively at the World Cup level. The Wildcats' roster also includes four members of the United States' Under-21 squad and one member of its Under-19 team." While not every country was represented in tonight's game, France's Pichon scored the games first three goals and missed chances to double her effort. Tasha St Louis from Trinidad came in the second half and drew the game's only Yellow card when she knocked Inferno forward Naomi Eguchi out of the game by hacking her leg from behind in the center circle. Finnish winger Anne Makinen took many of the cornerkicks. If the WUSA gets started again next year, many of these players should drift up to that higher calibre league.
A pleasant surprise was seeing the Willis twins again, Rochelle and Janine. These players played the Boston last year and for the Inferno before that. They were in the Canadian national team and Under 19 player pool a few years ago but could never get enough time off school to go to the tryouts. They are now both enrolled in Princeton and studying Socialogy and Physiology (?) and plan on law school after one more year at Princeton.
Wildcats remain undefeated at 12-0 and move on to Sudbury to play the 0-11 Canadians. As a rep from the W-League taking in the game mentioned, the schedules were made at the beginning of the season based on last year's results. True the Wildcats record was only 7-7 in 2003. Undefeated Ottawa Fury plays host to the Inferno on Sunday. It looks like a Wildcats-Fury match will have to wait until the W-League playoffs.
Rocket Robin
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