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Details of the Sunday June 11th, 2006 USL game between Toronto Lynx and Montreal Impact played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 6:00pm.

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

........................1 Richard Goddard
...........17 Chris Williams...6 Andres Arango...3 Rick Titus
20 Robbie Aristodemo...4 Joe Mattacchione (cpt)...13 Jamie Dodds...9 David DiPlacido...12 Marko Bedenikovic
................8 Kevin Jeffrey...2 Damien Pottinger

Subs:...22 Theo Zagar (gk)...11 Darren Baxter (mid)...15 Matthew Palleschi (fwd)...16 Niels Dekker (mid)...19 Jamie Shepherd (fwd)...21 Neto (mid)...23 Gordon Chin (mid)
team officials:...head coach Duncan Wilde...assistant coaches Billy Steele, Joe Mattacchione, and Theo Zagar...medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth...trainer Matt Daher...equipment manager Jim Healy

Montreal Impact (all blue, white numbers, names, pinstripes and trim)

......................22 Andrew Weber
3 Adam Braz...5 Nevio Pizzolitto...8 Gabriel Gervais...6 Mauricio Vincello
20 Mauro Biello (cpt)...23 Antonio Ribeiro...9 Lars Lyssand...10 Ze Roberto
..................14 Joel Bailey...11 Maricio Salles

Subs:...7 Jason Ditullio (def)...13 Daniel Antoniuk (fwd)...15 Patrick Leduc (mid)...16 Masahiro Fukasawa (mid)...17 Mesut Mert (mid)...24 Simon Gatti (mid)...27 Massimo Di Ioia (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Nick De Santis...assistant coaches Peter Pinizzotto, Gil Orriols-Jansana, and Youssef Dahha

Game officials:...referee Kevin Duliba...referee's assistants Joe Fletcher and Isaac Raymond...fourth official Steve De Piero.....(all black uniforms)

1st Half:...game starts 6:07pm...Lynx defend south end. The weather is cool and overcast with a strong wind from the north.
2 min...Lynx Mattacchione 40 yard freekick from right has Lynx Titus knock down but defender partially clears. Lynx Dodds 22 yard blast from left deflects off defender wide left for cornerkick.
3 min...Lynx Pottinger 12 yard header after cornerkick from left lands on top of net.
5 min...Lynx Pottinger pops up 10 yard header on cross from right and goalie catches it just off goalline.
6 min...Lynx DiPlacido 22 yard shot up middle has goalie smother.
8 min...Imp Vincello 30 yard bouncer to goalie from left.
11 min...Lynx Dodds good run up right, centers to Lynx DiPlacido whose 22 yard shot is blocked by defender.
12 min...Lynx Pottinger long cross from right end line is over box and cleared.
15 min...Lynx Dodds gets to long through pass and roll 10 yard shot from right is wide left.
18 min...Imp Biello good cross to Imp Bailey all alone on left side of box but he can't block ball.
18 min..Lynx goalie charges out to beat Imp Salles to ball high up middle.
20 min...Lynx Mattacchione 30 yard freekick from left has Lynx player double-heads pop up and second one deflects off defender for cornerkick.
20 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from left has Imp goalie catch ball in crowd of players on right side of box.
22 min...Imp Biello pass back on right for Imp Braz to 22 yard blast that Lynx Titus heads through box to wide left for cornerkick. Cornerkick wasted.
24 min...Imp Ribeiro cornerkick from right has defender on right head ball away.
26 min...Lynx Dodds gets to ball as defender trips on ball and his low 18 yard shot is just wide right of post.
Wow the Lynx goalie is booting huge kicks into the wind.
28 min...Lynx Mattacchione makes sliding all-ball tackle to prevent cross attempt on left end line.
35 min...Lynx Dodds long run on left and cross over box has defender step in front of Lynx Aristodemo's 15 yard header attempt on right.
36 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Mattacchione for sliding tackle on Imp Biello at Lynx 25 yard line.
37 min...Imp Salles bends 22 yard freekick that leaping goalie palms over net.
38 min...Imp Ribeiro cornerkick from left has Lynx Titus head ball off Imp forward over net.
42 min...Lynx sub...Dekker replaces Bedenikovic.
43 min...Imp Bailey rush into left side of box but sliding Lynx Arango prevents cross and ball deflects for goalkick.
45 min...Lynx Pottinger pushes through ball to charging Lynx Jeffrey on left and he bends 12 yard blast just wide left.
46 min...half ends 6:53pm.

2nd Half:...starts 6:09pm...Now it's even colder, with the wind still strong from the north which should help the Lynx.
45 min...Lynx Dodds gets to bouncer through two defenders and turns as he's falling and his 5 yard shot is stopped point blank by goalie.
47 min...Imp Bailey low weak shot from 22 yards rolls to goalie.
47 min...Imp YELLOW card...Vincello for pulling down Lynx Jeffrey on the right.
48 min...Lynx Dekker 30 yard freekick from right has defender head ball through left of box.
49 min...Lynx goalie charges out to kick away 2 on 1 rush that defender had deflected.
49 min...Imp Salles heads ball wide from 8 yards on left as Imp Biello crosses ball over box from right.
51 min...Lynx Jeffrey 22 yard shot has defender block at Imp 15 yard line.
52 min...Imp Ribeiro 30 yard freekick from right has two Imp players miss connecting on left.
53 min...Lynx DiPlacido cross from right over box, Lynx Dodds heads ball back to left and Lynx Pottinger heads wide left.
54 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Arango for sliding tackle on Imp Salles near sideline.
55 min...Imp defender pops up 10 yard heaader that goalie stops.
56 min...Lynx goalie leaps to swat out popped ball crossed into box from right.
57 min...Imp Braz cross from right caught low by goalie diving forward with crowd of players in box.
59 min...Imp Roberto has Lynx Dodds steal ball off him and run in for 20 yard shot that's well over Imp net.
61 min...Lynx DiPlacido weak 25 yard shot up middle when he's centered ball and goalie picks up near left goal post.
63 min...Lynx goalie charges out to clear through ball.
64 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from right over Lynx Jeffrey and defender heads ball away.
65 min...Lynx Jeffrey deflects ball off chest at Imp 15 yard line but ball bounces through to Imp goalie.
66 min...Imp Bailey dribbles and 22 yard shot rolls wide left.
66 min...Imp sub...Antoniuk replaces Salles.
67 min...Lynx goal kick flies right to edge of Imp box (obviously wind aided).
68 min...Lynx sub...Neto replaces Jeffrey.
69 min...Imp Ribeiro 25 yard freekick from left is to right and has Imp Antoniuk get to knocked down ball and his 6 yard shot hits bar and Imp Biello 10 yard shot has goalie save point blank while diving to left side.
70 min...Imp Biello can't draw a penalty kick with fall in Lynx box.
71 min...Imp Ribeiro 22 yard freekick up middle is blocked in player wall. Imp Ribeiro rebound blocked in wall as well and ball deflects wide right and goalie saves ball from being a cornerkick.
73 min...Lynx Aristodemo 20 yard blast has Imp Roberto make block at Imp 8 yard line.
75 min...Lynx sub...Baxter replaces Mattacchione.
76 min...Imp sub...Fukasawa replaces Bailey.
77 min...Lynx sub...Shepherd replaces Pottinger.
78 min...Lynx goalie's long punt, Imp defender lets ball bounce to Imp goalie.
80 min...Lynx Dekker runs up right wing but his cross drifts over box and behind net.
80 min...Lynx Titus has freekick called against him for bicycle kick clearance in own end as he's running for ball ahead of two Imp forwards.
81 min...Impact Ze Roberto GOAL...Imp Antonio Ribeiro has 27 yard freekick up middle which he lofts into box where Roberto connects on header from 6 yards into left side of net beyond goalie Richard Goddard.
84 min...Imp goalie gets to through ball on right side of box to grab it.
85 min...Imp sub...Leduc replaces Biello.
86 min...Lynx sub...Palleschi replaces Arango.
86 min...Lynx Dekker long throw-in into box has defender clear ball away.
87 min...Lynx Palleschi 20 yard shot sved by diving goalie on right post.
87 min...Lynx Aristodemo freekick from center has defender head ball away.
88 min...Imp defender in box clears Lynx cross from right.
91 min...Imp YELLOW card...Ribeiro for clip on Lynx Aristodemo at center line.
91 min...Imp defenders block header into box.
92 min...Imp cornerkick worked out by two players to waste time on right.
93 min...game ends 8:57pm.

Final Score:...Toronto Lynx.........0............Montreal Impact..........1..............

Attendance was given out as 1885 on this cool blustery evening with a strong wind blowing the whole game from the north. Attendance was twice as good as last week meaning there might have actually been 1000 people here. It’s probably just a blip because it was archrival Montreal in town for this game and attendance will continue to slide. The Lynx game program insert mentions the Lynx last week extended their winless streak to 19 games stretching back to last season. Gee, even I’d forgotten it had grown that long!

Lynx caught a break when the Impact had to put untried Andrew Weber in net because national team goalie Greg Sutton had broken a finger in practise. It looked like it was the index finger on his left hand so it would make the hand gesture “We’re Number One” easy to do.

Weber was listed as from Phoenix Arizona and was on the roster of DC United of the MLS. He was tested early even though the Lynx were running into the wind in the first half as the Impact defence was surprisingly shaky early in the game.

The Lynx couldn’t score yet again. They had some good chances early out shooting the Impact 7 to 2 in the first half. At 2 minutes, Joe Mattacchione sent in a 40yard freekick from the right that had Lynx Rick Titus knock the ball down but a defender partially clear and Jamie Dodds took a 22 yard blast from the left that deflected off a defender wide left of a cornerkick. On the Lynx cornerkick, Damien Pottinger headed a 12 yarder that landed on the top of the net. Pottinger then popped up a 10 yard header on a cross from the right that Weber caught just off the goal line. David DiPlacido had a 22 yarder up the middle that the goalie smothered at 6 minutes. At 15 minutes, Dodds who was playing a central midfielder tonight got to a through pass and he rolled a 10 yard shot from the right wide left. At 26 minutes a defender tripped on the ball and Dodds gets a low 18 yard shot that’s just wide right of post.

Impact got a great chance at 37 minutes when Mauricio Salles bent in a 22 yard freekick that a leaping Goddard palmed over the net. At 45 minutes, Lynx Pottinger pushes a through ball to a charging Kevin Jeffrey on the left and he bends a 12 yard blast just wide left.

Just after the break, the Lynx got their best chance when Jamie Dodds got to a wind aided bounced between two defenders and he turned as he was falling in the Impact box and his 5 yard shot is stopped point blank by Weber. Dodds also stole the ball off Ze Roberto at 59 minutes and run in for a 20 yard shot that was well over the net.

Richard Goddard aided his team’s cause a few times by charging out of his box to kick away through balls before an Impact could get to them. He also made two big plays at 56 and 57 minutes when he first leapt to swat out a ball popped up when crossed from the right side and he had a big save diving forward to catch Adam Braz’s low cross from the right. In the first half kicking into the wind, Goddard could kick beyond the center line which was further than Weber but in the second half his kicks could bounce right through to Weber on a bounce as his boomers could reach the edge of the Impact’s box. At 69 minutes, Antonio Ribeiro’s 25 yard freekick from the right has Daniel Antoniuk get to a knocked down ball and his 6 yard shot hits the bar and Mauro Biello gets rebound and his 10 yard shot has Goddard save point blank on the left side of his goal.

The Impact goal was a result of referee Kevin Duliba calling a freekick when Lynx defender Rick Titus made a bicycle kick clearance when he was racing two Impact players down the middle in his own end. Antonio Ribeiro sent in the freekick and Roberto headed it in.

Late Lynx sub Matthew Palleschi got a 20 yard shot at 87 minute saved by the diving goalie on the right post after only being on the field one minute.

The Lynx have still only scored one goal in their eight league games this season.

The Lynx now go on the road for three games against Miami, Puerto Rico and Virginia Beach before returning home for a game on Wednesday July 5th against Vancouver Whitecaps with a 12:00pm start for Youth Day.

Rocket Robin
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