Result of the USL game of Sunday May 15, 2005 between Toronto Lynx and Montreal Impact played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 4:00pm.
Toronto Lynx (white socks and shirts, black shorts and names and numbers)
..............................22 Theo Zagar
18 Josue Mayard...23 Jeremie Piette...2 Rick Titus (cpt)...8 Rumba Munthali
11 Sean Fraser...16 Niels Dekker...9 David DiPlacido...13 Jamie Dodds
..................10 Conrad Smith...19 Ali Gerba
Subs:...1 Richard Goddard (gk)...15 Dave Simpson (fwd)...24 Huffman Eja-Tabe (mid)...14 Alain Njima (mid)...12 Urbain Some (mid)...21 Robin Hart (def)
team officials:...head coach Hubert Busby Jr...assistant coach Lyndon Hoooper...goalkeeper coach Poalo Silva...meidcal co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth...equipment manager Tony Flammia
Montreal Impact (all blue, white numbers and names, white and red trim)
...............................1 Greg Sutton
9 Lars Lyssand...5 Nevio Pizzolitto...8 Gabriel Gervais...6 Mauricio Vincello
..............17 Mesut Mert...15 Patrick Leduc...10 Ze Roberto
...............12 Eduardo Sebrango...20 Mauro Biello (cpt)...11 Kevin Wilson
Subs:...22 Andrew Olivier (gk)...13 Adrian Cann (def)...24 Abraham Francois (def)...16 Masahiro Fukasawa (mid)...27 Matondo Sitatoty (mid)...25 Darko Kolic (fwd)...30 Nicola Lesage (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Nick DeSantis...assistant coaches Peter Pinizzotto, Andrea DiPietrantonio and Youssef Dahha...team manager Mike Moretto
Game officials:...referee Dominic Rossetto...referee's assistants Zoran Kristo and Neil Schofield...fourth official Sylviu Petrescu...(all black uniforms)
newspaperman George Gross takes the ceremonial first kick. The Lynx are late getting out of the dressing room. An omen?
1st Half:...game starts 4:10pm...Lynx defend south end on this windy afternoon with the threat of rain. A swift wind in from the north west.
2 min...Lynx freekick from 30 yards on right is headed away by defender.
7 min...Lynx Gerba rush up right wing but cross rolled to defender.
8 min...Imp Leduc freekick from near right flag into box hits Imp player's arm.
9 min...Imp goalie and defender confused and Lynx Gerba 10 yard blast stopped point blank by goalie.
10 min...Imp Roberto races in alone on left and 15 yard shot knocked by sliding goalie who'd cut the angle out for cornerkick.
13 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Dekker for complaining about referee awarding of freekick when he was all over Imp Leduc on rush near center line.
14 min...Imp Pizzolitto injured near center line sideline. He's holding the back of his head.
15 min...Imp Roberto 50 yard ball into box caught by goalie on left.
15 min...Imp goalie catches high bouncer in traffic.
22 min...Imp Sebrango gets to long pass up right and low cross deflects off Lynx Titus for cornerkick.
23 min...Imp Leduc cornerkick from right is over players in box.
27 min...Imp Leduc 40 yard freekick from left is into box. Imp Biello bounces 15 yard shot wide right from 12 yards.
28 min...Lynx Munthali 50 yard freekick from right is caught under bar by goalie.
29 min...Imp Roberto 18 yard shot from left is blocked by flying goalie.
29 min...Lynx goalie dives for loose ball in box.
30 min...Lynx goalie slides to left to beat Imp Biello to through ball.
33 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Gerba for knocking Imp Pizzolitto when he was clearing ball in Imp end near sideline. Pizzolitto has to leave the game.
35 min...Imp sub...Cann replaces injured Pizzolitto.
36 min...Lynx Gerba 28 yard freekick in middle is easily caught by Imp goalie.
38 min...Imp Mert cross from right is over players.
39 min...Lynx Dekker blasts midair partial clearance over net from 20 yards.
40 min...Imp Roberto rolls ball up middle from 25 yards directly to goalie.
40 min...Lynx goalie leaps in crowd on edge of box to catch high ball.
41 min...Lynx goalie catches high cross into box.
41 min...Lynx Mayard 40 yard cross from left caught by goalie.
45 min...Imp Lyssand 40 yard shot from right is caught by goalie.
46 min...Lynx Dodds freekick from 40 yards on right ball popped up, Lynx Fraser heads across edge of box and Lynx DiPlacido quick kick wide right in crowd of players.
47 min...half ends 4:57pm.
shots on goal Lynx 4 Impact 3
halftime entertainment: beside kiddy soccer mini games, former Lynx player (7 year veteran) Brian Ashton was introduced. The teen band "Preconfused" played a set. We'd seen them before the Lady Lynx game and between games.
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