Result of the Saturday July 15, 2006 W-League game between Toronto Lady Lynx and Sudbury Canadians played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 7:30pm.

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

...............................1 Justine Bernier
6 Robin Rushton...13 Nicole Mailloux...23 Catharine Marosszeky (cpt)...3 Sara Scharoun
4 Natalie Martineau...14 Finella Annand...11 Allysha Chapman...5 Melissa Bigg
...................9 Sylvia Forbes...8 Chantalle Dugas

Subs:...22 Anne Ogundele (gk)...7 Tessa Roche (fwd)...15 Deana Everrett (fwd)...20 Jennifer Williams (mid)...25 Fyana Christopoulos (mid)
team officials:...head coach Danny Stewart...technical consultant Drew Murray...team manager Stephanie Rushton...medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth...medical assistant Dr Melanie Lopes

Sudbury Canadians (white socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

............................22 Katharine McNamara (cpt)
15 Renee Borkovich...4 Samantha Falcioni...17 Erica Duczeminski...14 Melynda Roach
8 Stacey Watson...6 Sally Parent...19 Renee Jacques...9 Megan Schutt
........................5 Claire Miller

Subs:...3 Natasia San Cartier (actually listed as a starter)...7 Stephanie Bell (mid)...[not actually here: 18 Marissa Izma (fwd)...16 Thalia Playford (fwd)...11 Jenna Roach (fwd)...20 Julia Boschetto (gk)...10 Cara Smith (mid)]
team officials:...head coach Frank Malvaso

Game officials:...referee Patricia Peebles...referee's assistants Edward Brown and Noccolo Cardarelli (all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 7:41pm...LL defend south end on this very hot evening with the sun still out and a strong breeze from the north.
50 sec...Lynx Bigg cross from left end line is over LL forward in box.
2 min...Lady Lynx Melissa Bigg GOAL...LL Natalie Martineau in SC box after run up right rolls ball to left and Bigg lofts 5 yarder over standing goalie Katharine McNamara into top center of net just under bar.
3 min...LL Bigg called offside receiving pass in SC box.
4 min...LL Martineau cross from right is over players in box.
6 min...LL Bigg 10 yard shot from left has goalie bat ball down.
6 min...SC Parent runs down right wing but sends cross behind net.
7 min...LL Dugas flubs 10 yard shot up middle rolling ball to goalie.
8 min...Lynx Marosszeky 40 yard shot from left over crowd on edge of box is through to goalie.
9 min...Lynx Forbes pops up 10 yard header after deflection and ball is caught by goalie.
9 min...SC goalie slides out to make point blank save on LL Martineau.
11 min...LL Chapman run into box on left and cross is wide right.
12 min...LL Dugas gets foot to tip shot from 5 yards to SC goalie.
13 min...LL Martineau on run up middle and stops and takes 20 yard shot just over bar.
14 min...LL Martineau 18 yard shot is low and caught by goalie.
15 min...LL Dugas rounds defender and shot from 15 yards tipped over net.
16 min...LL Bigg cornerkick from right is into box has furious in-box action.
17 min...LL Bigg 25 yard shot from left is well over goal.
18 min...LL goalie charges out to clear through ball ahead of SC Miller.
19 min...LL Bigg gets through ball on right and SC goalie makes two sliding foot saves on right post from 12 yards including rebound that's deflected for cornerkick.
20 min...LL Forbes called offside on rebound off post after cross from left finds offside player in box.
21 min...LL Martineau rush down right and cross over goalie and LL Forbes heads 6 yarder just over net.
23 min...LL Chapman rush down left and cross through box crossed back eventually but cleared.
25 min...SC player 25 yard shot wide right of net.
26 min...SC sub...San Cartier comes into game as the eleventh player on the SC side.
26 min...LL Marosszeky 40 yard shot bounces through to goalie.
27 min...LL Bigg cross from left has LL Dugas hook ball back in from right but ball rolls through box.
29 min...LL Bigg pushes through ball on 1 on 1 too far ahead so goalie makes the pick up.
30 min...LL Scharoun long run ends with cross deflected for cornerkick on left.
31 min...LL Rushton cornerkick from left has defender head ball away.
31 min...SC Schutt run on left blasts 20 yarder well wide left.
33 min...LL Forbes gets pass up middle and low 18 yard shot deflected wide left.
34 min...LL Rushton cornerkick from left rolls through top of box.
35 min...LL Dugas rush through left pops cross that LL Martineau kicks wide right from 5 yards.
36 min...LL Forbes given pass up middle and 20 yard shot is right at SC goalie to catch in chest.
37 min...LL Forbes 25 yard low blast up middle has goalie push wide left rebound and rolls wide left.
37 min...LL Rushton cornerkick from left is knocked out of box.
38 min...LL Dugas pops up 10 yarder shot wide right.
38 min...SC sub...Bell replaces Watson.
40 min...SC Miller pushes ball into box that goalie gathers up.
41 min...SC Falcioni runs back to check LL Forbes off ball in box.
43 min...Lady Lynx (Erica Duczeminski) own GOAL...LL player from 15 yards on extreme left rolls ball across box from left, SC Duczeminski puts foot back at 2 yards and redirects ball into own net.
44 min...SC player has low 20 yard shot is smothered by goalie.
45 min...half ends 8:26pm....

2nd Half:...half starts 8:41pm...the sun is behind a hill and setting.
46 min...LL Dugas heads LL goalie's long punt upfield for SC goalie to catch.
46 min...LL Mailloux punt over players is caught wide left of net by SC goalie.
48 min...LL Bigg cornerkick from right is short and LL Rushton is pushed down.
48 min...LL Marosszeky freekick cross from near right corner flag is partially headed away.
49 min...LL Chapman 12 yard shot is wide right of net.
50 min...SC goalie picks up loose ball that SC defender had headed down in box in crowd of players on cross.
51 min...LL Marosszeky given back pass and 12 yard roller picked up by goalie.
52 min...LL Forbes cross from right has LL Bigg pop 5 yard header from left that's just over net.
52 min...LL sub...Williams replaces Dugas.
53 min...LL Williams touches pass to LL Forbes who bends 10 yard shot up middle that's caught by goalie.
55 min...LL Rushton and SC Miller hurt in collision in LL box as both playing a high cross.
57 min...LL Williams on right in box has pass cleared.
58 min...LL Williams pops shot on one touch over bar from 6 yards on cross on right.
58 min...LL Williams blasts 20 yarder that deflects just wide of goal.
59 min...LL Bigg cornerkick from right has defender head away.
59 min...Lady Lynx Sylvia Forbes GOAL...LL Finella Annand touches ball to Forbes and she blasts 15 yarder into top right of net.
60 min...LL sub...Christopoulos replaces Annand.
60 min...Lady Lynx Sylvia Forbes GOAL...Forbes given ball up middle and low 20 yard shot is to right corner of net.
61 min...LL Forbes ran off ball up middle when squeezed by defenders on edge of SC box.
62 min...LL Forbes 18 yard shot from right is into outside webbing of net.
63 min...SC Schutt 20 yard freekick from left end line is over players in box.
64 min...LL Forbes heads ball off bar from 7 yards and ball saved.
65 min...Lady Lynx Fyana Christopoulos GOAL...Christopoulos in crowd of players in box gets behind defenders and 5 yard shot is into right corner of net.
65 min...LL sub...Roche replaces Bigg.
67 min...LL Williams puts 25 yarder from right into box directly to goalie for catch.
68 min...SC player flicks header into box but easily saved.
69 min...LL Forbes rounds SC Falcioni and 15 yard shot from right is wide right.
70 min...LL Williams shot deflected and LL Roche rolls cross along right end line to goalie.
72 min...Lady Lynx Sylvia Forbes GOAL...LL Allysha Chapman rushes down left and cross from left low and Forbes flicks with foot 4 yarder behind goalie.
73 min...LL Roche rush on right has goalie stop 20 yarder.
74 min...LL Annand outmuscles defender to get away 12 yard bender that just misses top left corner.
77 min...Lady Lynx Jennifer Williams GOAL...LL Allysha Chapman cross into box has Williams charging in and one-touch shot from 5 yards into center of net over falling goalie.
78 min...SC goalie catches cross from right.
79 min...Lady Lynx Sylvia Forbes GOAL...Forbes gets ball loose and quick low 15 yard shot into low center of net beyond diving goalie who had been protecting left post.
81 min...LL Roche leans into header from 12 yards is just wide right.
82 min...Annand cross from right has defender head away.
82 min...SC Jacques and LL Annand both injured in center circle looking like both were cramping up.
86 min...LL Chapman bumps with defender and falls and gets up to roll 10 yard shot wide left.
87 min...Lady Lynx Allysha Chapman GOAL...Chapman on left on 3 on 2 break takes 16 yard shot from left which one bounces to right corner of net over diving goalie.
88 min...LL Williams rush down right and cross to box has ball blocked.
89 min...SC Schutt 25 yard blast up middlle is wide right.
90 min...LL Annand cramps up just outside SC box.
91 min...game ends 9:27pm.

Final Score:......Toronto Lady Lynx.........9.........Sudbury Canadians.......0.........

Attendance was about 1000 people on this extremely hot and humid evening with a breeze from the north and a bright sun in the first half.

I was expecting the Lady Lynx would have trouble in this game because they were missing regulars Amanda Cicchini, Loredana Riverso and Vonya Beckles who are all playing for the U20 National team camp in Prince George BC (the program listed Sylvia Forbes out there as well but she was definitely playing for the Lady Lynx tonight). Deana Everrett is out of the line up with an injured shoulder. That feeling changed when we counted that although Sudbury listed six subs, they only had ten players at the start of the game and no reserves at all. From the Rogers TV crew and my talking to the bus driver and some of the players after the game, there was an accident—not to the players on the bus, but to some players who were already in Toronto. The Canadians now have a long bus trip for a game in Laval tomorrow. They hadn’t played in 16 days but they are short of players due to injury.

At 26 minutes, the Canadians had two more players so Natasia San Cartier came into the game immediately to have a full eleven players. The Canadians then used up their substitute at 38 minutes when Stephanie Bell replaces Stacey Watson. I suspect the team just tired out in the second half chasing the Lady Lynx rushes with often came through one wing or the other.

The Lady Lynx out shot the Canadians 21 to 2 in the first half and held a 4-0 advantage in corners as they dominated play however it was the own goal just before the second half that was the backbreaker. Sylvia Forbes turned it on in the second half with four goals to become the team’s scoring leader with 14 goals but she could have had four in the first half too on missed chances.

Justine Bernier earned the shutout for the Lady Lynx but didn’t have much to do. The team filled their missing roster with forward Tessa Roche and Fyana Christopoulos both who had not played for the Lady Lynx in any league matches. Midfielder Finella Annand also earned her first home start as she debuted for the Lady Lynx at the beginning of the month when she debuted on the road against Rochester. She’s a Scottish international from Inverness.

The Lady Lynx last game of the regular season is against the division leaders Ottawa Fury next Sunday at 6:00pm. Only two teams from the Northern Division make the playoffs and it’s almost assured that Ottawa will finish first. The Lady Lynx do have a game scheduled on Wednesday at 12:00pm for Youth Day with Oakville Storm of the OWSL. This one has been listed on their schedule all year.


Sudbury starters--oh oh they're short a player to start the game.


Lynx starters


Rogers TV crew...hosts Dan Dunleavy and Stephanie Rushton

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