Result of the Saturday May 21st, 2005 W-League game between Toronto Lady Lynx and New York Magic played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 4:00pm.

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

.......................1 Stacey Van Boxmeer
2 Joanna Alexopolus...24 Ciara Gaizutis...20 Catharine Marosszeky...23 Holly Lincoln
8 Julia Ralph...11 Rosamaria Rago...10 Amanda Cicchini...13 Melanie Booth (cpt)
..................21 Kimberly Warner...15 Deana Everrett

Subs:...22 Nicole Mercer (gk)...25 Justin Bernier (gk)...3 Kristen Habenicht (mid)...5 Kristy Devries (def/mid)...7 Yuiko Konno (fwd)...19 Janet Liguori (fwd)...14 Ciara Grecko (mid)
team officials:...head coach Brett Mosen...assistant coach Joe Moscato...goalkeeper coach Marno Olafson...medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth...team manager Moya Lang

New York Magic (white socks and numbers, black shorts, red shirts)

..............................0 Ronale McKenzie
..............6 Eleri Earnshaw...3 Kanae Haneishi...4 Janine Cappello (cpt)
7 Annalie Andersson...12 Stephanie Bliss...14 Katherine Galaneck...11 Jayne Ludlow...16 Jennifer De La Hoz
......................15 Gretchen Miller...10 Noel Meeke

Subs:...22 Kristie Stapleton (gk)...23 Sandra Greene (mid)...18 Katie Gibenson (mid)...19 Jessica Panarella (def)...13 Brittany Conagatti (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Nino DePasquali...president Lyndelle Phillips

Game officials:...referee Claude Henoud...referee's assistants Vito Curalli and Pat Lennon...(all black uniforms)

In honour of today's theme Mother and Daughter Night, the ceremonial kickoff was taken by player Amanda Cicchini and her mother.

1st Half:...game starts 4:05pm...LL defend north end on this warm late afternoon with a bright sun from the north west.
1 min...LL player's weak 18yard kick from left bounces to goalie.
1 min 30 sec...LL Warner rush down right side and cross to center and LL Everrett charges and one touches ball over net from 8 yards while jostled by defender.
2 min...NYM De La Hoz cornerkick from left is into box but cleared.
3 min...LL goalie steps foward to catch cross into box.
5 min...LL Cicchini rollls 20 yard heard shot that goalie sprawls on and fumbles but recovers.
5 min...LL Cicchini one touches midair 7 yard shot over net.
7 min...LL Booth long run down left deking player and low 15 yard shot is blocked by goalie.
9 min...LL Booth run on left but pushes ball too far ahead and sharp cross on end line blocked by goalie.
10 min...LL Booth weak cornerkick from right is blocked by defender outside box.
15 min...LL Booth cornerkick from right dribble through box. LL Ralph on right recovers partial clearance and takes low 20 yard shot that's smothered by goalie on left post.
16 min...NYM Meeke run on left and curves 22 yard shot over net.
18 min...NYM Meeke cross from left and leaping goalie steps forward to catch ball.
18 min...LL Warner splits defense and rushes shot saved by goalie.
19 min...LL Deana Everrett GOAL...Everrett steps around goalie on left when she took ball away from defender and rolls 5 yarder into open net from extreme left after getting around goalie Ronale McKenzie.
20 min...NYM Meeke 30 yard freekick bent wide right.
21 min...LL Booth 25 yard freekick from right edge of box is well wide left on cross through box.
22 min...LL Booth rush down left and cross is pushed behine line by goalie.
25 min...LL Cicchini cornerkick from left is over players in box.
26 min...NYM Ludlow dekes defender through middle but trips up and dives on edge of box. Referee wisely makes no call.
29 min...LL Booth short cornerkick from right is passed around with LL Ralph but never gets cross into box.
29 min...LL Warner 15 yard shot over corwd of players over net.
30 min...LL Rago 30 yard shot over crowd is palmed over net by leaping goalie.
30 min...LL Lincoln 20 yard shot blocked by goalie on right post.
31 min...NYM Meeke 25 yard freekick is rolled into LL player wall.
35 min...LL Warner makes cross field run and passes off to LL Lincoln whose 20 yard blast that goalie blocks. Defender blocks rebound attempt.
36 min...NYM player's 40 yard freekick bounces wide left.
41 min...LL Lincoln run up left and low cross inside box is blocked by defender.
42 min...LL Melanie Booth GOAL...LL Cicchini cross from 50 yards on right finds LL Booth who steps behind defender at 30 yards on left side and rushes in alone and 12 yard shot rolled in to right side of net behind goalie playing her.
46 min...half ends 4:51pm.

The halftime entertainment contained the usual mini games but involving girls teams. 'Goofy' Tom Stewart entertained the crowd by erecting a mini soccer goal he'd invented by having a 'birthday' child count to 70. He'd done that at the last game. He wears a Goofy (Disney cartoon character) baseball cap.

2nd Half:...starts 4:10pm.
48 min...LL Rago 25 yard shot is just over net.
49 min...LL Booth run on left and cross through box.
49 min...LL Ralph one touches 10 yard shot over net.
50 min...LL Booth crosses low from left and through box.
50 min...NYM Meeke cross from left is caught by goalie.
54 min...LL Alexopolus shot is caught by goalie.
55 min...LL sub...Konno replaces Ralph.
57 min...LL Alexopolus cross from right that two LL players in box miss kicking in.
60 min...LL YELLOW card...Marosszeky for pulling down NYM Ludlow when beaten on right sideline and falls grabbing Ludlow's ankle.
60 min...NYM Earnshaw from 30 yards on right, NYM Bliss pops up header on left and ball bounced through box.
63 min...LL Everrett rush down left and cross deflected over line by defender.
64 min...LL Cicchini cornerkick from left is short and back and corsses over box, LL Marosszeky pops up 5 yard header wide right.
65 min...NYM Ludlow 3 yarder over net after NYM Meeke rushes down left and crosses to Ludlow with open net to shoot at!
67 min...NYM Ludlow clips LL Gaizutis just outside center circle.
69 min...LL Booth rushes to ball on left and cross caught by goalie on left post.
70 min...NYM forward chips over goalie into net but she was well offside so goal called back.
71 min...LL player's freekick from right 25 yards is headed away by defender.
72 min...NYM goalie catches cross from right.
73 min...LL Warner passes back to LL Rago who shoots over crowd and over net from 20 yards.
74 min...LL sub...Habenicht replaces Cicchini.
75 min...LL Rago chips cross from right just wide left of goal.
75 min...LL Lincoln run up left and cross on endline, LL Everrett knocks yard shot on left behind net.
78 min...LL YELLOW card...Everrett for foul in midfield. Must have been unsportsmanlike conduct.
79 min...NYM Ludlow 25 yard high bouncing shot wide left.
81 min...NYM Earnshaw 45 yard freekick from right is headed away from left edge of box.
86 min...LL Everrett rush up left and passes through ball to charging LL Warner, Warner under pressure from defender shooots 12 yarder that's caught by goalie.
87 min...LL sub...Grecko replaces Rago.
88 min...LL Warner leads 3 on 3 rush on right but shot from 10 yards is into short right side webbing of net.
89 min...NYM goalie beats LL Everrett to ball into box smothering 35 yard freekick.
89 min...LL Warner rush to though ball but goalie grabs it before she could get to it.
90 min...LL Lincoln 30 yard shot from right is just over bar.
92 min...game ends 5:57pm.

Final Score:.........Toronto Lady Lynx.............2............New York Magic.............0.............

Attendance was announced as 2171. I'd heard on Thursday at the CPSL press conference that 1800 tickets had been sold. The number in attendance was by my estimate about 900 people. It was the middle of a holiday weekend in Toronto. I've heard there's a great effort by Oakville Soccer Club to publicize these games to the soccer community. That is so much better that the 2004 Toronto Inferno crowds. The demographic was more female than a Toronto Lynx game. These aren't near the numbers of the Whitecaps/Canadian National Team or Ottawa Fury yet but I don't think the crowds have peaked yet. Two home wins is a good way to get things started.

The Lady Lynx dominated this game. Kim Warner was again the faster player on the field. Melanie Booth had some good runs and took a high percentage of the cornerkicks and freekicks. Goalie Stacey Ban Boxmeer once again didn't have much to do.

While Kim Warner didn't play on the Toronto Inferno in 2004, she has in previous years. I know that technically the Lady Lynx are a new team but I don't think her biography in today's program insert should have not mentioned it. I saw three Inferno execs from last year watching the game today.

New York Magic could have used their 2004 W-League U-19 player of the year, defender Nicole Krzysik who wasn't on the roster today; neither was fellow defender, Irish International Delores Deasley. Welsh International Eleri Earshaw played in defence. Recent signing Jayne Ludlow, from Arsenal FC of the Premier League was a right-in on the roster at midfield. Ludlow should really have scored at 65 minutes when she missed an open net from 3 yards. It certainly would have made the game a nail biter. I didn't like goalie Ronale McKenzie's early play to start the game as I thought she was coughing up too many rebounds but the Lady Lynx couldn't capitalize. The Magic logo of the New York skyline still features the silhouettes of the Twin Towers. I suppose the team has been questioned enough in the last four years and it makes a constant reminder to "Never forget".

Lynx men's coach Hubert Busby Jr visited the press box. I asked him how the Lynx were going to get to their game this Thursday in Thunder Bay Ontario for a friendly against PSL team Thunder Bay Chill. In the press box someone estimated it was a 14 hour drive by car. The Lynx then have a home game on Saturday night. Busby says the team will fly. Team owner Bruno Hartrell said this team can score and joked that he should sign some for the men's team. I laughed more for thinking how the humour impaired on the Voyageurs web site would cringe from such a statement.

Next Lady Lynx game is Sunday June 5th against Vermont Lady Voltage at 4:00pm.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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