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Result of the Wednesday July 16, 2008 PDL game between Toronto Lynx and Cincinnati Kings played at Varsity Centre in Toronto at 11:00am.
Toronto Lynx (white socks and shorts, black shirts, yellow numbers and trim)
........................1 Nils Binstock
13 Taylor McNamara...4 Erik DiLorenzo...16 Stephen Soutar...21 Cameron Alksnis
8 Vince Petrasso...10 Derek Rios...7 Chris DeAbreu...3 Lloyd Grist
.................11 Jean Tshimpaka...9 Daniel Revivo
Subs:...25 Brandon Heembrock (gk)...6 Chris McBride (fwd)...12 Sergio DeLuca (mid)...15 Chris McBride...17 Elder Gomes (??)...19 Chris Mitchell (mid)...20 Matthew Smith (def)...23 Damion Scott (mid)
team officials:...head coach Duncan Wilde...assistant coache Billy Steele...goalkeeping coach Glenn McNamara...team doctor Dr Frank Markus...medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth
Cincinnati Kings (white socks and shirts, red shorts, small black numbers)
.....................23 Aaron Arndt
12 Andy Burke...16 Jimmy Cummings...19 Bradley Simpson...18 Tony Ray
11 David Lopez-Cepero...6 Tony Capurro...13 Andy Dimbi...3 Dustin Downey
.................22 Matt Williams...15 Branden Stelmak
Subs:...20 Bryon Neal (gk)...2 Seth Eckerlin (mid)...21 Clifton Brown (def)
team officials:...head coach Roby Stahl
Game officials:...referee Richard Olivera...referee's assistants Steve Senderovich and Jae Hyun-Lee...fourth official Alexis Vaughan...(neon green shirts, black shorts and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 11:25AM...Lynx defend south end on this hot and humid day with the sun in the south.
1 min...CK Cummings boots ball on defensive play over back fence onto Bloor Avenue.
1 min...Lynx Rios cornerkick from left is low and knocked through goalmouth. Lynx Alksnis rolls ball back from right and defender clears on line.
3 min...CK Stelmak can't quite get head to CK 40 yard freekick at 15 yards and the ball bounces wide right of net.
5 min...Lynx DeAbreu sidesteps defener on dribble into box and shot from right that is cut back from 7yards is saved.
6 min...Lynx Rios injured at CK 45 yards and is helped to walk off the field.
11 min...CK Dimbi 30 yard shot up middle through crowd of players is wide left of goal.
12 min...Lynx sub...Scott replaces injured Rios.
15 min...CK Williams cornerkick from left is knocked through box and out right side.
17 min...Lynx Revivo is given through ball on left and he chips 25 yard shot wide left when defender makes a block attempt.
18 min...Lynx DeAbreu 30 yard shot is low and through crowd of players wide left.
19 min…Lynx Daniel Revivo GOAL…Lynx Lloyd Grist rush on left to near corner flag and his low cross is sent back to Revivo who one-touches 18 yard shot into low right corner of net.
20 min…Lynx Daniel Revivo GOAL…Lynx Lloyd Grist rush on left. He rolls cross through traffic in box and Revivo’s low 10 yard shot is into center of goal.
22 min...CK Lopez-Cepero 26 yard freekick blast up middle has flying goalie catch on left side of net.
25 min...Lynx Revivo charges for long 60 yard kick up field but ball is covered by defenders and rolls out of play for goalkick.
28 min...Lynx Grist on left sends centering pass to Lynx Tshimpaka who shoots 15 yard roller through crowd of players and just wide right of post.
29 min...CK Simpson 50 yard freekick from left has CK Capurro pop up header from 15 yards on right that bounces to goalie.
30 min...CK Downey spears header on cross from right to Lynx goalie from 15 yards.
31 min...Lynx goalie charges to right to beat CK Williams to through ball on right.
32 min...CK Downey short centering pass to CK Capurro who puts ball into box but no one charges to it and Lynx goalie grabs it.
32 min...KC defender concedes cornerkick when Lynx Revivo was chasing ball on the left.
33 min...Lynx Tshimpaka bends cross from 25 yards on right sideline that goalie catches but flag is raised offside anyway.
36 min...CK Simpson 34 yard freekick blast up middle is over net.
37 min...Lynx Grist rush to ball on left and cross behind Lynx Alksnis and Lynx Revivo bicycle kick is wide right from 10 yards on right.
38 min...CK Lopez-Cepero taps up ball for him to blast when he's given cross from left but Lynx DeAbreu heads ball back to goalie from 20 yards.
40 min...CK Williams 30 yard freekick from left sideline has defender head ball away. CK player blasts partial clearance ball at 30yards and shot rolls to goalie through crowd of players.
42 min…Lynx Daniel Revivo GOAL…Lynx Lloyd Grist rush on left to get to ball and cross into box has Revivo head ball under flying goalie Aaron Arndt from 5 yards.
46 min...half ends 12:11pm.
Halftime Entertainment: Robert Newberg and dog handler with the City of Toronto Animal Services and dog Cody demonstrate dog safety. It's important for strangers to 'freeze' and don't excite a strange dog by exciting it or staring at it. Cody scratched its fleas during the boring parts.
2nd Half:...starts 12:28pm.
halftime subs:...Lynx McBride replaces Alksnis.
...........CK Neal replaces Williams as an outfield player.
45 min...Lynx Revivo rushes on left and crosses to Lynx Tshimpaka who can't turn header from 15 yards.
49 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Petrasso for tackle at Lynx 22 yard line.
49 min...CK Dimbi low 25 yard freekick from left deflects just wide right of post for cornerkick.
50 min...CK Neal cornerkick from right has defenders clear ball.
53 min...Lynx Petrasso 28 yard freekick from left has defender hook away shot with foot above his head.
54 min...Lynx McBride cross from left has CK Cummings pop header back to goalie from 12 yards.
55 min...CK YELLOW card...Cummings for knocked over Lynx McBride at CK 40 yard line.
56 min...Lynx sub...DeLuca replaces Petrasso.
57 min...CK Simpson chips 40 yard freekick and defender on edge of box clears ball away. CK Lopez-Cepero is injured in Lynx box.
60 min...CK Lopez-Cepero cross from right sideline on run and CK Simpson heads in from 3 yards on left post but he's flagged offside.
61 min...CK Neal pops 6 yard header over bar after long cross into Lynx box up middle.
63 min...Lynx Revivo misses redirecting cross with scissor kick from 10 yards.
65 min...Lynx YELLOW card...DeAbreu for tackle on player at Lynx 45 yard line.
66 min...Lynx Grist heads away CK player's popped up header in box and concedes cornerkick.
66 min...CK Neal cornerkick from left has CK Ray head ball over net from 15 yards on right.
67 min...CK Dimbi 40 yard blast up middle is over net.
68 min...Lynx DeLuca cross from left corner flag is cleared by defender's header.
70 min...Lynx Grist 25 yard freekick from extreme right is over box but play was whistled down.
72 min...Lynx sub...Mitchell replaces Tshimpaka.
75 min...Lynx sub...Smith replaces McNamara.
75 min...Lynx player's 30 yard freekick has Lynx player head 10 yarder that's deflected wide left for a cornerkick.
77 min...CK YELLOW card...Stelmak for check at Lynx 45 yard line.
78 min...Lynx Grist on left cross has CK Burke concede cornerkick on right.
78 min...Lynx Grist cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
79 min...Lynx sub...Gomes replaces Scott.
80 min...CK Lopez-Cepero gets foot to bounced cross and his 6 yard poke is caught by Lynx goalie.
81 min...CK player's 40 yard shot through crowd of players bounces to goalie.
83 min…Lynx Daniel Revivo GOAL…Revivo dekes around Kings defender Jimmy Cummings inside and outside and as he’s being hung onto pokes 5 yard shot from left into right corner of net as goalie is guarding the left post.
87 min...Lynx Grist can't draw penalty kick when he's tripped up but offside flag was up.
88 min...CK Stelmak is injured at Lynx 37 yard line waiting for CK goal kick.
89 min…Lynx RED card…Erik DiLorenzo for his part in a pushing match.
………..Kings RED card…Branden Stelmak for his part in a pushing match. (although most of the incident involving a dozen players he was laying face down on the turf looking like he’d be punched in the face). I missed the beginning of this because I was watching the Kings goal kick 70 yards away.
93 min...game ends 1:16pm.
Final Score:……..Toronto Lynx……..4…………Cincinnati Kings………..0……………
Attendance was at least 2000 and I could believe the 2500 estimate for this midday game. The theme was “Summer Sizzler Youth Day” and the stand was packed with children from summer and soccer camps. Canadian FIFA rep/broadcast commentator Dick Howard took the ceremonial kickoff.
Today’s game makes 9 goals for Revivo and his orange coloured boots on the year and he increases his lead as the Lynx top scorer. After the third goal by Revivo, a kid threw his baseball cap from the stands onto the track. Although these were kids, as commented in the press box this was the first time where the visitors were actually booed and giving the home team a fan advantage.
Nils Binstock earned the shutout for the Lynx and had to make a few tough saves to preserve it and get a break when a Kings goal was called back for a legit offside call.
Most important stop for him was two minutes after the second Lynx goal when he caught King David Lopez-Cepero’s 26 yard freekick blast up the middle by flying to the left side of the net. This play kept the Lynx from having the momentum swung the Kings way.
The program at today’s game pointed out that a win today guaranteed that the Lynx would finish with a winning record for only the second time in their history. It also said the Cincinnati Kings dropped from the 2nd division of the USL to the PDL level this year. The Lynx dropped to the PDL from 1st division USL in 2007.
The Lynx have one more regular season game this year and that is this Sunday also at Varsity Centre when they play division leaders Michigan Bucks. Hopefully the Bucks will win one more game before they get to Toronto to avoid the awkward situation of having the Bucks having to win the conference to let a third team from their division (i.e. the Lynx) into the playoffs. If Thunder Bay wins the conference, they would have three teams from their own division make the playoffs and leave the Lynx out as only two from the Great Lakes division would then make the playoffs. It is possible to have the dilemma of the choice of the Lynx winning their final game of the season against the Bucks and knock themselves out of the playoffs or deliberately losing to ensure the Bucks win the conference and guarantee three spots. If the Lynx make the playoffs, they will play the second place team Cleveland Internationals on the road in a one game playoff. That makes this Sunday’s game the last home game of the season.
Rocket Robin
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Kings starters
Lynx starters
Kings on a rush
Kings Jimmy Cummings puts ball out to prevent Lynx Daniel Revivo from rushing any further.
Kings on another first half rush.
Daniel Revivo and his orange shoes.
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