Impact starters
Result of the Wednesday August 23, 2006 USL game between Toronto Lynx and Montreal Impact played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 7:30pm.
Toronto Lynx (black socks, shorts, names and numbers, neon green shirts)
..........................22 Theo Zagar
17 Chris Williams...6 Andres Arango...3 Rick Titus...27 Edgar Bartolomeu
20 Robbie Aristodemo...25 Jamie Dodds...7 Shawn Faria...9 David DiPlacido
.................8 Kevin Jeffrey...15 Matthew Palleschi
Subs:...1 Richard Goddard (gk)...2 Damien Pottinger (fwd)...5 Tony Menezes (def)...12 Marko Bedenikovic (def/mid)...14 Cameron Medwin (mid)...16 Niels Dekker (mid)...21 Osni Neto (mid)
team officials:...head coach Duncan Wilde...assistant coaches Billy Steele, Joe Mattacchione, and Theo Zagar...team doctor Dr Frank Markus...medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth...equipment manager Jim Healy
Montreal Impact (all blue, white names, numbers, and trim)
...........................1 Greg Sutton
3 Adam Braz...8 Gabriel Gervais...6 Mauricio Vincello...9 Lars Lyssand
20 Mauro Biello...17 Mesut Mert...10 Ze Roberto...18 Leonardo Di Lorenzo
...................11 Mauricio Salles...14 Joel Bailey
Subs:...22 Andrew Webber (gk)...12 Bill Sedgewick (mid)...13 Daniel Antoniuk (fwd)...15 Patrick Leduc (mid)...19 David Fronimadis (def)...24 Simon Gatti (mid)
team officials:...head coach Nick De Santis...assistant coaches Peter Pinizzotto, Gil Orriol-Jansana, and Youssef Dahha
Game officials:...referee Mauricio Navarro...referee's assistants Vito Curalli and Amato De Luca...fourth official Silviu Petrescu...(all black uniforms)
1st Half:...game starts 7:33pm...Lynx defend south end on this wet field from the recent rain and there was a light rain when the game started.
1 min...Imp Di Lorenzo 45 yard freekick from right has Imp Salles pop 20 yard header well high and wide right of net.
2 min...Lynx Aristodemo 35 yard freekick touched to Lynx Dodds who blasts a roller wide left.
3 min...Imp Bailey flips over Lynx Arango in Lynx box and wins cornerkick.
3 min...Imp De Lorenzo cornerkick from right is over players in box and whistled down.
5 min...Lynx Aristodemo 45 yard freekick has Lynx Barolomeu head ball from left end line along to 6 yard box, partial clearance has Lynx Aristodemo shoot 40 yarder well high and wide left.
7 min...Lynx Dodds 40 yard shot from right is well over net.
8 min...Lynx goalie picks up bouncer flicked in from edge of box.
10 min...Lynx goalie slides out for through ball ahead of Imp Bailey.
12 min...Lynx Aristodemo 40 yard freekick from right is whistled down in box.
13 min...Imp Di Lorenzo cross blocked by sliding defender for cornerkick.
13 min...Imp Di Lorenzo cornerkick from left over box and Lynx Arango heads ball away.
14 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Palleschi for tackle on Imp Braz at Imp 40 yard line.
16 min...Imp Di Lorenzo long cross from near left corner flag is over box and Imp Bailey is blocked from getting away shot.
17 min...Imp Di Lorenzo run on left and Lynx Di Placido slides to block ball and deflects for cornerkick.
18 min...Imp cornerkick from left has defender knock ball away.
18 min...Imp Bailey outruns Lynx goalie to ball bouncing across box and Bailey's low shot has goalie catch from sharp angle from 7 yards.
20 min...Imp YELLOW card...Bailey for charging for long ball into box and bashing into Lynx goalie who had caught ball.
21 min...Lynx Bartolomeu 60 yard ball from left is into box and is caught by goalie.
23 min...Imp Di Lorenzo charge down left and cross into Lynx box is whistled down.
25 min...Imp Roberto 40 yard freekick from left has defender in box head ball away.
28 min...Imp Bailey rush on left pushes ball too far ahead for defender to grab.
29 min...Lynx Jeffrey on right crosses into box that has defender clear.
31 min...Lynx RED card...Shawn Faria earns a direct ejection from referee Mauricio Navarro for a forearm up challenge on Impact Ze Roberto near the center line.
33 min...Lynx Palleschi charge on left cross along line has flying goalie push ball across box.
35 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Aristodemo for tackle on Imp Mert at center circle.
37 min...Imp Lyssand 35 yard shot well over net.
38 min...Lynx goalie beats Imp Biello to through ball on right after long kick from Imp Gervais.
39 min...Lynx Palleschi rush into box on left has defender catch him to poke ball away.
40 min...Imp Biello injured by Lynx Aristodemo check from behind and needs treatment, there's no call for diving but the injury looks legit. He is helped off the field to walk it off and the Impact play the rest of the half without making a sub.
44 min...Imp Di Lorenzo rush on left cross has defender head ball away. Imp Roberto blasts partial clearance through crowd of players to goalie from 22 yards.
47 min...Imp Bailey injures Lynx Arango when they crash together just outside center circle.
48 min...half ends 8:21pm.
2nd Half:...starts 8:37pm.
halftime subs:...Lynx Bedenikovic replaces Bartolomeu.
46 min...Impact’s Mauro Biello hauls down Lynx Matthew Palleschi who on a burst of speed dribbles into the Impact box. The referee signals for a Penalty kick.
47 min...Lynx Jamie Dodds GOAL...Dodds penalty kick is low to left side and diving goalie Greg Sutton gets a hand to it but Dodds blasts in the 3 yard rebound on the left high into top of net well over prone goalie.
49 min...Imp YELLOW card...Vincello for knocking down Lynx Palleschi outside center circle.
51 min...Lynx Palleschi tipped again on right sideline by Imp players.
52 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from right has Lynx Arango head 6 yarder that's caught by goalie.
52 min...Lynx Titus blasts 5 yard shot that prone goalie stops from rolling in.
53 min...Imp sub...Leduc replaces Mert.
55 min...Imp sub...Antoniuk replaces Salles.
57 min...Lynx goalie dives out for through ball before Imp Antoniuk can get to it on right.
59 min...Imp Lyssand blasts 35 yard shot over crowd and net.
60 min...Lynx Aristodemo long run after stealing ball at center breaking up Imp Vincello waiting for pass but ball blocked at 20 yards.
62 min...Imp Lyssand run from left to middle and low 22 yard shot picked up by goalie.
64 min...Imp sub...Di Ioia replaces Lyssand.
...............Lynx sub...Pottinger replaces Palleschi.
66 min...Imp Di Lorenzo 25 yard freekick from left has defender head out of box. Imp work in rebound eventually but offside flag is up.
68 min...Imp Di Ioia beats goalie to ball on right and cross is knocked for a cornerkick.
69 min...Impact Ze Roberto GOAL...Impact Leonardo Di Lorenzo cornerkick from right has Robert head in from 4 yards on left with goalie Theo Zagar protecting the right side of the net.
70 min...Imp Biello 25 yard shot has goalie palm ball over net.
71 min...Imp Di Lorenzo cornerkick form left is over players in box.
72 min...Lynx sub...Neto replaces Williams.
73 min...Lynx goalie catches Imp Di Lorenzo cross from left after defender had made block on another player.
74 min...Lynx Aristodemo cornerkick from right is low and Lynx Jeffrey boots ball over box on flick.
75 min...Imp Bailey injured in crash with Lynx Jeffrey at Lynx 40 yard line.
77 min...Lynx Pottinger races in from left and 18 yard blast is into short side netting of net.
77 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Jeffrey for hip check on Imp Bailey at Lynx 22 yards.
78 min...Imp Biello 22 yard freekick is bent wide left of net.
79 min...Lynx DiPlacido rush down middle for loose ball whistled down for him pushing away defender.
81 min...Referee whistles down Imp cross into Lynx box from right.
83 min...Imp Braz cross from right 25 yards is well over net.
84 min...Lynx DiPlacido cross from right has Imp defender pop up header.
85 min...Imp sub...Fronimadis replaces Braz.
.............Lynx sub...Dekker replaces Jeffrey.
86 min...Imp Di Lorenzo cross from left has Imp Bailey blast 10 yarder from right into short side webbing of net.
87 min...Imp Bailey 25 yard shot is well wide of net.
87 min...Lynx Arango injured on edge of Lynx box.
88 min...Lynx Neto on 2 on 1 break but cross is off defender and blocked.
90 min...Imp Di Ioia gets ball open on left and has shot from 15 yards sail well over net.
92 min...Imp Di Ioia blasts low 20 yarder that's smothered by goalie.
93 min...Imp Antoniuk on rush alone has Lynx Titus catch him to poke ball away.
93 min...Imp Di Ioia cross from left has defender head away.
94 min...game ends 9:26pm.
Final Score:.....Toronto Lynx......1......Montreal Impact..........1........
Attendance was given out as 1184 but I’d estimate about 600 people were here. A rain before the game limited the walk up crowd.
The Lynx for the second game in a row had to play a man short for more than half the game. The reason for the direct Red card was stitched together from different opinions but the most realistic seemed to be that the referee had just warned Faria and Roberto about roughing each other up a few minutes earlier so jumped on the chance when the two players clashed again.
Robbie Aristodemo really hustled this game and broke up some Impact plays gaining possession for the Lynx. His best moment was at 60 minutes when he stepped in front of a pass along the center line meant for Mauricio Vincello and ran in but an Impact defender got back and blocked his shot from 20 yards. He also took quite a few of the free kicks and corner kicks with a good chance coming at 52 minutes when his cornerkick from the right had Lynx Andres Arango head 6 yarder to Impact goalie Greg Sutton. Impact goalie Greg Sutton kept his team in the game at 52 minutes when he was able to stop Rick Titus’s blast of a 5 yard shot that Sutton stopped after already going down to stop another stop. At 77 minutes Damien Pottinger raced in from the left and his 18 yard blast was into the short side netting. At 86 minutes Impact Leonardo Di Lorenzo’s cross from the left had Impact Joel Bailey blast a 10 yard shot from the right into the short side webbing of the net. These two plays drew gasps because of the illusion that both were goals.
Both teams had quite a few rushes broken up on offside calls.
The Lynx were hanging on in the four minutes of extra time. Impact Massimo Di Ioia got the ball open on the left and has a shot from 15 yards that’s well over net. Di Ioia got another chance when he blasted a low 20 yarder that was smothered by the goalie. Impact Daniel Antoniuk on rush alone had Lynx defender Rick Titus catch him to poke the ball away on the edge of the box. Di Ioia had the game’s last chance where he sent in a cross from the left but a flying defender headed the ball away.
The Lynx put up a good effort against the current best team in the league. They had earlier in the year beaten the best team in the league when they won against Vancouver Whitecaps. It shows that on any given day, this league has parity. Three ties in their last three games (two against Rochester) just about eliminate any playoff chances the team might have dreamed about.
Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca
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