Raging Rhinos starters
Result of the Sunday August 20th, 2006 USL game between Toronto Lynx and Rochester Raging Rhinos played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 6:00pm. Toronto Lynx (black socks, shorts, names and number, neon green long sleeved shirts)
...........................22 Theo Zagar
17 Chris Williams...6 Andres Arango...3 Rick Titus...12 Marko Bedenikovic
23 Gordon Chin...20 Robbie Aristodemo...25 Jamie Dodds...9 David DiPlacido
....................15 Mathew Palleschi...8 Kevin Jeffrey
Subs:...28 Richard Goddard (gk)...2 Damien Pottinger (fwd)...5 Tony Menezes (def)...7 Shawn Faria (mid)...14 Cameron Medwin (mid)...21 Osni Neto (mid)...27 Edgar Bartolomeu (mid)
team officials:...head coach Duncan Wilde...assistant coaches Billy Steele, Joe Mattacchione, Theo Zagar...team doctor Dr Frank Markus...medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth...equipment manager Jim Healy
Rochester Raging Rhinos (yellow socks and trim, gray shorts and shirts, white names and numbers)
........................24 Scott Vallow
.............15 Frankie Sanfilippo...4 Kenney Bertz...20 Scott Palguta
9 Greg Howes...30 Mike Ambersley...18 Aaran Lines...26 Nate Craft
..............13 John Ball...21 Christopher Bagley...27 Tenywa Bonseu
Subs:...25 Patrick Hannigan (gk)...5 Kevin Taylor (def)...7 Matthew Delicate (fwd)...8 Connally Edozien (fwd)...23 Charles Gbeke (fwd)...28 Josh Bolton (def)...29 Danny Kramer (mid)
team officials:...head coach Laurie Calloway...assistant coaches Willie Fitzpatrick and Rene Rivas
Game officials:...referee Paul Ward of Vancouver...referee's assistants Joe Fletcher and Isaac Raymond...fourth official Mike Roecken...(all black uniforms)
1st Half:...game starts 6:05pm...Lynx defend south goal.
1 min...RR Ball cross from right 25 yards is wide left for goalkick.
3 min...RR Bertz long throw-in from left has RR Lines blast 25 yards up middle just wide after partial clearance.
4 min...Lynx RED card...Gordon Chin...A pushing match breaks out at the center line between a few players. Chin earns the direct ejection from referee Paul Ward for a head butt (we had to thank officials' assessor Gord Arrowsmith for seeing that as it fooled everyone else). Rhinos Aaran Lines earned a Yellow card for his part in the shoving match.
6 min...RR Lines cornerkick from right has Lynx defender head wide left.
7 min...RR Ball cornerkick from left has RR Howes not quite able to turn header.
8 min...Lynx Williams cross from right 12 yards has Lynx Dodds not quite able to turn header.
9 min...RR SanFilippo slides to break up Lynx player's 2 on 1 rush on pass at RR 8 yard line.
12 min...RR Palguta 65 yard ball up middle flies to goalie.
13 min...Lynx Aristodemo 30 yard freekick has leaping Lynx Arango head 7 yarder from right directly to goalie to catch.
14 min...Lynx goalie catches throw-in from RR Bagley from left.
15 min...Lynx Aristodemo 25 yard freekick from right is through box and RR defender kicks behind end line.
16 min...Lynx Dodds cornerkick from left has RR defender head clearance and Lynx Jeffrey blasts 22 yarder over net after another player knocks ball over.
17 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from right has ball booted around edge of box.
18 min...RR Ball cross from near right end line has sliding RR Howes miss connecting.
20 min...Lynx Kevin Jeffrey GOAL...Lynx Matt Palleschi sends pass from 30 yards to right and charging Jeffrey gets ball at 25 yards and takes 12 yard shot from the right that's low and into left side of net under sprawling goalie Scott Vallow.
24 min...Lynx Jeffrey cross from right end line, Lynx Aristodemo on right has ball deflect off defender.
24 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from right has ball cleared.
25 min...Lynx Bedenikovic cross from left 35 yards has ball touched and Lynx DiPlacido 25 yard blast deflect over net off RR defender.
25 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from right has ball cleared.
26 min...RR Craft 25 yard blast from left has shot just wide right.
27 min...Lynx goalie beats RR Howes from through ball.
28 min...RR Ball 35 yard low ball up middle is wide left.
29 min...RR Lines gets high ball pass on right and sends 20 yard shot over net.
30 min...RR Palguta 40 yard shot from left is caught by goalie.
31 min...Lynx Palleschi rush up left has cross from 20 yards caught by goalie.
32 min...RR Bertz throw-in from left into box and RR Bagley heads 7 yarder wide right.
34 min...Lynx Aristodemo 25 yard freekick from left has ball knocked away.
35 min...RR Howes gets block and cross on left that has Lynx Arango head away.
35 min...RR Lines 35 yard shot from left over crowd caught by goalie.
37 min...RR Bertz pushes over Lynx Palleschi when they run to loose ball on edge of RR box.
38 min...Lynx Bedenikovic 20 yard freekick from left has shot just over net.
43 min...Lynx Jeffrey gives ball wide right to Lynx Palleschi who runs and crosses from 15 yards over Jeffrey waiting in box.
45 min...RR goalie catches Lynx Arango 40 yard shot over crowd of players.
48 min...half ends 6:53pm.
2nd Half:...starts 7:12pm.
46 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Arango for feet first slide on RR Ambersley in Lynx end.
46 min...RR Howes 25 yard freekick from left is touched back to him and blasted well over net wide right.
48 min...Lynx Williams cross from right has ball knocked down and RR defender blasts off Lynx Jeffrey and deflects almost back into RR goal.
49 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from right has ball knocked around and another cornerkick given.
49 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from right has Lynx Dodds shot deflect off defender wide right.
49 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from right is over players in box.
50 min...RR sub...Delicate replaces Bonseu.
51 min...RR Bagley shot up middle deflects wide left off sliding Lynx Williams at 18 yards.
51 min...RR Bertz long throw-in has RR shot wide left from 15 yards too far for RR forward.
54 min...Lynx Dodds low 30 yard shot has ball saved by goalie.
55 min...RR Ambersley 30 yard shot batted down by goalie and caught.
56 min...Rhinos Aaran Lines GOAL...After ball is knocked around the Lynx box including defender Andres Arango making save off the goal line, Lines lobs a 12 yard shot up middle and through the crowd of players into the center of net over fallen goalie Theo Zagar.
61 min...RR players cross ball around and RR Craft ends pressure with 30 yard shot over net.
62 min...Lynx sub...Pottinger replaces Palleschi.
................Lynx sub...Faria replaces Aristodemo.
63 min...Lynx Dodds cross from right corner when he gets to long ball on left and charging Lynx DiPlacido gets body to 5 yarder but defenders clear.
64 min...Lynx Dodds hurt in RR end with another bloody nose like their last home game.
66 min...RR Ball crosses 20 yarder is over net ending RR pressure.
67 min...Lynx sub...Neto replaces DiPlacido.
..............Lynx sub...Bartolomeu replaces Bedenikovic.
68 min...RR Ball cross from right has RR Delicate have ball deflect off him but defenders clear.
70 min...Lynx Dodds throw-in from near left corner flag cleared by defender.
70 min...Lynx Jeffrey 40 yard freekick from right has goalie miss ball when he crashes with Lynx Faria but ball wide left.
72 min...Lynx Bartolomeu 45 yard cross from left is wide right over end line.
73 min...RR Bertz long throw-in into box has defender clear.
74 min...RR Bertz cross from 15 yards on left has RR Bagley 3 yarder blocked by flying goalie.
74 min...RR Ball cornerkick from left has ball knocked back to Ball and RR Palguta head 10 yarder over net.
75 min...RR YELLOW card...Ambersley for check on Lynx Faria.
76 min...RR sub...Gbeke replaces Bagley.
................RR sub...Edozien replaces Ambersley.
76 min...Lynx goalie catches 50 yard freekick into box.
78 min...RR Palguta cross from left has Lynx goalie leap to punch but ball deflects off RR player wid right.
78 min...Lynx sub...Menezes replaces Jeffrey.
79 min...Lynx Dodds 55 yard freekick on left has Lynx Menezes head 7 yarder on right caught by goalie.
81 min...Lynx Dodds throw-in from right end line has Lynx Neto head into box but defender clear.
82 min...Lynx Dodds cross from right is caught by goalie.
83 min...RR Edozien cross from left has ball rescued by RR Gbeke on right end line pops ball into box but defender clears.
85 min...Lynx Dodds 40 yard freekick up middle has Lynx Pottinger head 15 yarder that's caught by goalie.
86 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Dodds for RR Edozien trip up near left corner.
87 min...RR Lines 20 yard freekick from left has Lynx player head ball away but play whistled down.
89 min...Lynx Williams rush through defender has low cross has Lynx Pottinger grabbed in box but no call. The ball bounces through box unplayed.
91 min...Lynx Dodds 25 yard freekick from right has ball headed away and Lynx Bartolomeu blasts 30 yarder well over net.
92 min...Lynx Neto has ball stolen away when he's in box near RR end line on left and ball is cleared.
92 min...game ends 7:59pm.
Final Score:......Toronto Lynx..........1........Rochester Raging Rhinos..........1.........
Attendance was announced as 1054 (but looked like 700) on this warm overcast evening. The threat of rain may have cut into the walk up crowd.
I’d say the Lynx easily played their best game of the season but I wouldn’t have expected that after I groaned when I saw they’d be a man down for the last 86 minutes of the game! They actually looked better than the Rhinos in the first half and Zagar didn’t have any difficult saves to make until the second half.
At 8 minutes Chris Williams crossed from 12 yards on the right and Jamie Dodds not quite able to turn a header. A minute later Rhino defender Frankie SanFilippo had to slide back to break up a 2 on 1 Lynx rush in their box. Robbie Aristodemo took most of the early corners and free kicks and one at the 13 minutes mark had his 30 yard attempt headed by a leaping Andres Arango from 7 yards that was directly to the goalie for an easy catch. Kevin Jeffrey blasted a 22 yarder just over the net when he picked up a partial clearance at 16 minutes. At 25 minutes Marko Bedenikovic cross from 35 yards that has the ball touched and David DiPlacido blast a 25 yarder that deflects over the net after hitting a defender. At 31 minutes Palleschi's rush up the left has his cross from 20 yards caught by the goalie. Bedenikovic took a 20 yard freekick that was just over the bar at 38 minutes. One last Lynx attempt at 43 minutes had Kevin Jeffrey giving a ball wide right to Palleschi and he ran in and crossed from the right end line but over the head of Jeffrey.
Rhinos chances in the first half consisted of Kenny Bertz take a long throw-in (as he did much of the game) from the left that had Aaran Lines blast a 25 yard shot up the middle just wide right after a partial clearance at just 3 minutes. At 7 minutes John Ball took a cornerkick from the left that had Greg Howes not quite able to turn a header. At 18 minutes Ball crossed from near the right end line and the sliding Howes miss connecting near the left post. At 26 minutes Nate Craft's 25 yard blast from the left has the shot just wide right of post. At 32 minutes Bertz on one of his throw-ins from the left is into the Lynx box and Christopher Bagley heads 7 yarder wide right.
In the second half, the Lynx used a timely maximum five substitutions throughout and didn't have any let up in speed or performance. At 48 minutes, the Lynx had one of their best chances when Chris Williams crossed from the right and the ball was knocked down and a Rhino defender blasts the ball off Kevin Jeffrey had it ricochet just yard wide of the right post. Rhinos Mike Ambersley took a 30 yard shot that was batted down by Zagar and picked up. That was just a minute before their goal. They almost scored again at 61 minutes but Rhinos Nate Craft ended the pressure by shooting over the net from 30 yards on a partial clearance. A charging David DiPlacido got his body to a Jamie Dodds cross from the left but the defenders clear. Kevin Jeffrey took a 40 yard freekick from the right that had the goalie miss when he crashed with Shawn Faria but the ball was wide left. At 74 minutes, Zagar made the save of the game when Kenney Bertz crossed in from 15 yards on the left and Christopher Bagley's 5 yard shot was stopped point blank by the flying goalie. In the same minute, John Ball's cornerkick from the left has the ball knocked around even with Ball getting to it but Scott Palguta head a 10 yarder over the net. At 85 minutes Dodds took a 40 yard freekick up middle that had Damien Pottinger head a 15 yarder that was caught by the goalie. At 89 minutes, Lynx Chris Williams rushed through two defenders on the right and his low cross had Pottinger grabbed in box on right post but the ball bounces through the box untouched.
This is the third meeting in a row where the Lynx have tied the Rhinos 1-1 after their 2-0 loss in their home opener. Rhinos move one point ahead of Charleston and Vancouver for 2nd place but with games in hand on those teams. Lynx should be proud of today's result because of the circumstances but their first 11 game start to the season where they couldn’t win means they are now pretty much out of a playoff position despite a long home stand starting now.
The Lynx introduced their third kit which is a neon green long sleeved shirt (looking like the kind of golf balls I used to use when I still played that game) with everything else black. That may be why Jamie Dodds wore number '25' tonight.
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