Lynx Boys starters
Result of the Wednesday July 19, 2006 exhibition game between Toronto Lady Lynx and the Toronto Lynx Academy Boys U-15&16 team played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 12:00pm.
Toronto Lady Lynx (black socks, shorts, names, and numbers, pink shirts)
..............................22 Anne Ogundele
6 Robin Rushton...13 Nicole Mailloux ...23 Catherine Marosszeky (cpt)...3 Sara Scharoun
4 Natalie Martineau...14 Finella Annand...11 Allysha Chapman...5 Melissa Bigg
....................7 Tessa Roche...9 Sylvia Forbes
Subs:...8 Chantelle Dugas (fwd)...20 Jennifer Williams (mid)
Team officials:...coach Pat Brodie
Toronto Lynx Academy Boys U15-16s (all black, yellow numbers and trim)
..........................71 Matthew Silva U-15
56 Adrian Williams U-16...73 Konner McNamara U-15...75 Michael Jan U-15...77 Clayton Vergeer U-15
80 Daena Moulton U-15...46 Anthony Doran U-16...78 Steven Fattore U15 (cpt)...68 Adrian Sikorski U-16
....................65 Jordan Reeve U-16...70 Macca Wilde U-15
Subs:...87 Matt Kwiatkowski U-15 (mid)...76 Daniel Ochocinski U15 (def)...83 Ashtone Morgan U15 (mid)...34 Darren Nigli U15 (gk)
Team officials:...coach Duncan Wilde
Game officials:...referee Afshin Korkorian...referee's assistants Dennis Phelps and Jay Lee...(yellow shirt, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 12:06pm...LL defend south end on this very hot and sunny day.
2 min...U Reeve 55 yard run down left beating defender and 18 yard shot is chipped wide right of net.
4 min...LL goalie beats U Wilde to through ball to make pick up.
5 min...U Wilde beats defender to keep through ball in play along right end line but no other U player to make play.
8 min...U-16 Jordan Reeve GOAL...U-15 Macca Wilde passes in LL box to left and Reeve taps in 5 yarder low to center of net.
10 min...U goalie charges wide to clear through ball.
11 min...U Fattore 20 yard shot that LL goalie pushes wide right on dive.
13 min...U Doran low 25 yard shot through crowd of players is wide left.
14 min...U sub...Morgan replaces Vergeer.
15 min...U Doran race for ball on right and crosses over players in box.
16 min...U Fattore low 30 yard shot is wide right.
16 min...LL sub...Dugas replaces Rushton who'd just been injured.
17 min...LL Forbes 30 yard shot is low and stopped by goalie.
18 min...U Wilde nutmegs LL Marosszeky on run into box and 20 yard shot bent to goalie on left side of net.
21 min...U goalie dives out to stop LL Dugas from getting to through ball.
24 min...U Fattore cornerkick from right has defender clear from edge of box.
26 min...U Wilde on left rolls pass to U Reeve and 5 yard shot on left post is wide left.
27 min...U Wilde cornerkick from right bends out of box.
27 min...U sub...Kwiatkowski replaces Moulton.
28 min...LL Forbes given through ball at 40 yards and races in and goalie charges to near edge of box for point blank save on 20 yard shot.
29 min...U sub...Ochocinski replaces Jan.
30 min...U Fattore 25 yard shot is wide left.
30 min...U Wilde pushed pass in LL box and his low 5 yard shot is blocked by sprawling goalie.
31 min...U Wilde cornerkick from left is partially cleared and U Doran blasts shot wide left.
31 min...LL sub...Rushton replaces Annand.
32 min...U Wilde 15 yard shot from left when he regained possession of ball is just wide right.
35 min...LL Chapman cross from left outside box has goalie duck/slip and ball sail just wide right.
37 min...U Doran long throw-in from right forward to U Kwiatkowski who chips 10 yarder from right onto top of net.
39 min...U Wilde rush down right and pass to U Reeve whose 8 yard shot is blocked by sliding goalie on left post.
41 min...LL Forbes 30 yard shot up middle defelcted by defender for goalie to make save wide left.
42 min...LL sub...Annand replaces Martineau.
43 min...U Wilde on trick freekick runs in and kicks 20 yard shot just wide right over net.
45 min...U Sikorski low 8 yard shot follow in on blocked shot is saved by fallen defender on goalline. I wondered if this was over the line.
47 min...half ends 12:53pm.
2nd Half:...starts 1:12pm.
halftime subs...hard to tell but the LL had Scharoun on bench and U had Doran, Williams and Sikorski on the bench.
46 min...U-15 Macca Wilde GOAL...A player crosses over from the left finds Wilde open and his 10 yard blast from the right is into the top side under bar leaving goalie Anne Ogundele no chance. (Melissa Bigg had gone unnoticed as being down injured on the Lynx end line on the left).
48 min...U Morgan cross from left end line has defender prevent shot in box.
50 min...U goalie slides out to cover through ball ahead of LL Dugas.
51 min...U Ochocinski blocks LL Forbes's shot with his head from 12 yards when Forbes was given cross.
54 min...U-15 Macca Wilde GOAL...When Melissa Bigg gives up on ball watching U-16 Jordan Reeve stop running, Wilde rushes to ball and is in all alone from 20 yards and his 10 yard shot is into low left side of net.
57 min...U-16 Jordan Reeve GOAL...Reeve takes ball off Lynx Nicole Mailloux and rushes on left and rolls shot to right corner of net just inside post.
59 min...LL Bigg injured in own end and needs to be helped off the field.
60 min...U subs...Sikorski replaces Reeve.
........................Nigli replaces Silva in goal.
.......................Williams replaces either Wilde or Doran.
................LL subs...Scharoun replaces Bigg.
......................Williams replaces Dugas.
65 min...U Williams rolls 10 yarder that hits right post when U Fattore pushes him through ball up middle for breakaway.
67 min...U Fattore cornerkick from right has LL Marosszeky head away.
68 min...LL goalie makes point blank save from 4 yards as low cross rolls through box.
69 min...U Morgan feeds cross from left on U pressure and defender knocks away for cornerkick.
70 min...U Morgan 15 yard shot through crowd of players in box has goalie make diving save.
71 min...U Sikorski 25 yard freekick from left has LL Marosszeky head ball away. U player's rebound is blocked on edge of box by defender.
74 min...U Morgan 25 yard cross from left bounced to goalie.
76 min...LL sub...Dugas replaces Rushton.
77 min...U Fattore short touch freekick to U Vergeer who blasts 20 yarder off head of defender.
78 min...U Wilde 40yard freekick from right has leaping U Morgan head ball wide right from 15 yards.
79 min...U Williams low 25 yard shot is wide left.
80 min...U sub...Reeve replaces Wilde.
82 min...U Reeve 40 yard freekick up middle is bounced wide left.
84 min...LL Chapman 20 yard shot from left is just wide.
85 min...U-16 Adrian Sikorski GOAL...U-16 Adrian Williams on left centers ball and Sikorski boots 7 yarder into low right corner of net.
86 min...U Morgan chips 8 yarder over net.
87 min...LL Williams 12 yard shot from right has defender save on slide on left post.
88 min...U Silva (?) 10 yard shot saved by goalie on shot up middle.
89 min...U Williams run up middle and cuts around defender and 18 yard shot is stopped by flying goalie.
91 min...LL player's cornerkick from right has defenders clear.
91 min...LL Roche 20 yard shot from left has goalie palm ball wide right.
92 min...LL Chapman cornerkick from right has balll knocked around and defender save on line.
92 min...game ends 1:59pm.
Final Score:.........Toronto Lady Lynx.......0.........Toronto Lynx Boys U-15/16 Team.........5..........
Attendance was announced as 3939 on this very hot sunny day. This was Youth Day and the young fans were from summer schools and clubs from around the area. It was the biggest crowd of the year. All the seats in the stands were filled (kids being smaller than adults) and the spill over crowd watched from the grassy hill on the east side.
This was scheduled since the beginning of the year as being the Lady Lynx against Oakville Storm of the OWSL. I wondered why and thought it might have something to do with the Lynx breaking their ties with the Oakville Soccer Club in the off-season. Everything set up until yesterday but the Storm informed the Lynx that they weren’t showing up. A press release yesterday didn’t name the opponents but I didn’t think about it. The opponents turned out to be a mix of the Lynx Boys Under 15 and Under 16 teams from their academy. The U-16s are first in their division playing against other USL team youth teams and the U-15s are in second place against their age group.
Both teams were short of substitutes with the Lady Lynx having only two and the Boys with four. Since it was an exhibition, some of the players returned to the game once or twice.
The Boys had the advantage in the first half but they dominated the second half with the game being played mostly in the Lady Lynx end. Melissa Bigg was injured again at the 59 minute mark and did not return to the game after being helped from the field but it wasn’t a rough game.
Matthew Silva and Darren Nigli shared the shutout for the Boys. Both play for the U-15 team. Nigli came in at the 59 minute mark. Nigli needed some help at the 87 minute mark and injury time with defenders backing him up making two saves on the goal line. Tessa Roche also had a good shot in time-added which Nigli palmed wide of the net. Lady Lynx Anne Ogundele was actually good despite the five goals as she was often left all alone as the Boys ended up with many through balls and she made some point blank saves. The Lady Lynx defence couldn’t cope in the second half.
The game was a good tune up for the Lady Lynx against their rivals Ottawa Fury who are once again holding first place this year. The Lady Lynx have one more league game this year and that’s against the Fury this Sunday. They learned more today than if they’d played Oakville which I’d assume might have been comparable to the calibre of Sudbury Canadians which had them dominate that team. The change in teams also had the kids more interested in the natural girls vs. boys rivalry.
It was a good opportunity for me to see the players of the Lynx development teams. Midfielder Anthony Doran and goal scorer Macca Wilde (Coach Duncan Wilde’s son) are leaving next week for a three week tryout with Tranmere Rovers of the English league. It’s the team where Canadian international Ian Hume plays. Midfielder Ashtone Morgan is currently a member of the National Training Centre.
More details of the Lynx Men’s team are that Matthew Palleschi is trying out in Sweden. Jeremy Sheppard broke is leg (compound fracture) and dislocated his ankle and is out for six months.
Rocket Robin
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Lynx Boys starters
Lady Lynx starters. Their third game jersey, worn today for the first time was pink which came in useful to tell them apart from the boys and the officials wearing their usual colours.
Lady Lynx called over for team photos
Lynx Boys lining up for team shot
handshakes after the game
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