May 31, 2005 USL Toronto Lynx vs Rochester Raging Rhinos (from Rochester Democrat and Chronicle)
Rhinos 5, Toronto 3
Scoring: 1, Rhinos, Frankie Sanfilippo (Tenywa Bonseu) 4th minute; 2, Rhinos, John Ball (Jonathan Bolanos) 13th; 3, Rhinos, Kirk Wilson (Anthony Rougier) 14th; 4, Rhinos, Wilson (unassisted) 17th; 5, Toronto, Jamie Dodds (free kick) 41st minute; 6, Rhinos, Wilson (Ball) 43rd minute; 7, Toronto, Sean Fraser (Huffman), 73rd; 8S, Toronto, Urbain Some (unassisted), 83rd.
Shots: Rhinos 10, Toronto 12. Corner kicks: Rhinos 4, Toronto 5. Saves: Rhinos 1, Toronto 4. Fouls: Rhinos 16, Toronto 15. Yellow cards: Rhinos 2 (Mladenov, 45; Sedgewick, 82), Toronto 0. Red card: Rhinos 1 (Mladenov, 81, second yellow).
Rhinos lineup: goalie Dusty Hudock; defenders Bill Sedgewick, Tenywa Bonseu (Scott Palguta, 78), Frankie Sanfilippo, Scott Schweitzer (Stoian Mladenov, 32); midfielders Rene Rivas, Pato Aguilera (Jonny Steele, 87), John Ball, Kirk Wilson; forwards Anthony Rougier (Jamel Mitchell, 68), Jonathan Bolanos (Shaun Tsakiris, 88).
Attendance: 3,988.
Wilson hat trick lifts Rhinos past Lynx
Team beats Toronto by scoring five goals for the first time in seven years
Staff report
(June 1, 2005) — What a difference 48 hours made for the Rochester Rhinos.
They woke up Sunday riding a three-game losing streak and in 11th place in the 12-team USL First Division.
But they earned a tie at defending champion Montreal on Sunday, then blasted the Toronto Lynx, 5-3, at Centennial Stadium on Tuesday, scoring four times in the first 17 minutes and getting three goals from midfielder Kirk Wilson.
The three-point victory gave Rochester (2-4-1, seven points) four out of a possible six points from its road swing through Canada, and Rochester now finds itself tied for ninth in the USL First Division, but just a point out of sixth place, with two home matches up next. The first is Friday against fourth-place Portland (3-0-3, 12 points).
"We just played superbly in the first half, some of the best soccer I've seen from any team in this league,'' said coach Laurie Calloway. "We just toyed with them. Everything we touched went in.''
It was also the first time in seven years that the Rhinos, a team that struggled to score last year and early this season, scored five goals in a match. Rochester had scored five goals in its first six matches this season. It had that many in the first half Tuesday, up 5-1 at intermission.
Toronto goalie Theo Zagar, who played for Rochester last year, was pulled midway through the first half in favor of former Roberts Wesleyan College keeper, Richard Goddard.
"Theo had no chance on the first goal and their defense was just awful the first 30, 40 minutes,'' Calloway said.
Rhinos defender Frankie Sanfilippo scored from about 10 yards off a rebound after a free kick in just the fourth minute to get Rochester rolling. Nine minutes later, newly acquired midfielder John Ball took a pass from Jonathan Bolanos and chipped a shot over Zagar from about 18 yards.
"Wilson was fantastic. John Ball was great. Our wingers were playing the way they should,'' Calloway said.
Wilson, a fifth-year Rhino known more for his tireless work rate than his scoring touch, finished an easy chance in front to make it 3-0 in the 14th minute. Three minutes later, it was 4-0 after he cleaned up a rebound on a shot by forward Anthony Rougier.
Wilson's 43rd-minute goal — which produced Rochester's 11th hat trick but first since Fred Commodore's in 2003 (also against Toronto) — was a header off a pretty pass from Ball. It answered the Lynx's first strike, which came on a free kick by Jamie Dodds in the 41st.
But it wasn't all good for the Rhinos. Forward Doug Miller strained his hip during warm-ups and couldn't play and could miss Friday's match, Calloway said. Even more devastating could be a calf injury to defender and team captain Scott Schweitzer, who went down in the 32nd minute.
"He said he thought it went on him,'' Calloway said, meaning Schweitzer may have torn the muscle and could be out a few weeks.
That probably means Rene Rivas will move back to take Schweitzer's central defender role, just as the veteran from Brazil did Tuesday. "We need some experience back there,'' Calloway said.
Midfielder Stoian Mladenov also received two yellow cards, the second in the 81st minute, so Rochester had to play a man down. As a result, Mladenov will be suspended for Friday's match.
Calloway was annoyed with Rochester's second-half letdown. It allowed goals in the 73rd and 83rd minutes.
"Being a former defender, I get very angry when we give silly goals away like that,'' said Calloway, whose club was actually outshot, 12-10. "We've gotta learn how to make a 4-0 (score) into 6-0. We were never in danger, but I'd rather it be 4-0 than 5-3.''
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