Result of the Saturday June 20th, 2009 PDL game between Toronto Lynx and Indiana Invaders played at Edelweiss Park in Bolton at 4:00PM.

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

...............25 Brandon Heembrook
4 Matthew Smith...6 Konner McNamara...5 Cameron Askinas...2 Adrian Butters
.........12 Sergio DeLuca...18 Mikall McNamara (cpt)...7 Dane Roberts
.........17 Jordan Webb...9 Jean Tshimpaka...3 Chris Mitchell

Subs:...1 Nils Binstock (gk)...11 Fabrizio Savarino (def)...10 Michael Luk (mid)...13 Lukas Risto (mid)...14 Mohammad Aborig (mid)...15 Mackenzie Wilde (fwd)...16 Sherif El Masri (fwd)

Indiana Invaders (white socks, black shorts and numbers, sky blue shirts)

...............1 Mads Aastup
6 Brent Brockman...4 TGerry Andrew...14 Conner Cappeletti...19 Michael Tanke
11 Andrew Luttrell...16 Ben Lenders...5 Arran Horton...7 James Urbany
............3 Mamba Chisoni...8 Sam Fairhurst

Subs:...20 Jordan Burt (fwd)...2 Will Peppard (def)...15 Diego Zamudio (def)

no programs were printed today listing team officials.

Game officials:...referee Michael Izzo...referee's assistants Vito Curalli and Michael Bradley...fourth official Ljubisa Vrljes...(all black, neon green trim)

1st Half:...game starts 4:01pm...Lynx defend east end on this mild, overcast late afternoon with losts of pregame rain making the natural grass wet and slippery. As there is no scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...Lynx Mitchell rush on left and cross into box is headed away.
3 min…Inv Mamba Chisoni rush on right dekes two guys and sliding goalie trips him up at 5 yards on right end line. Referee Michael Izzo calls for a Penalty kick.
4 min…Inv Sam Fairhurst penalty kick chipped under bar for goal but kick is ordered retaken for encroachment in the box.
4 min…Inv Sam Fairhurst GOAL…Fairhurst blasts penalty kick to right side of net with goalie Brandon Heembrock sliding left.
7 min...Lynx Mikall McNamara freekick from near left cornerflag has Lynx Smith's hip deflect ball from right over net from 6 yards.
9 min...Lynx Mikall McNamara 40 yard freekick from left has Lynx Roberts head 7 yards that flying goalie tips off left post. Lynx Mitchell can't chip goalie from 5 yards on left end line.
14 min...Inv Chisoni rush on right centers ball on roller to Ind Luttrell but goalie slides out to trap ball.
14 min...Inv Fairhurst cross from left is caught by goalie.
15 min...Lynx Tshimpaka cuts low cross from 25 yards on left but defender clears in box.
17 min...Lynx Webb cross from near right cornerflag has Lynx Mitchell in crowd with goalie deflect ball wide right on sky ball.
18 min...Lynx Webb charges behind defenders to take chipped ball and chip goalie but defender flies back to head ball wide left for cornerkick.
19 min...Lynx Mikall McNamara cornerkick from left knocked for throw-in on left.
21 min...Inv Tanke throw-in from left has defender head ball out of box.
22 min...Lynx Tshimpaka charge on left but 15 yard roller stopped by diving goalie.
22 min...Inv Horton 50 yard freekick down middle has Lynx Mikall McNamara leap and head ball away.
25 min...Inv YELLOW card...Fairhurst for injurying Lynx Butters in center circle on kick.
26 min...Inv goalie swats away ball in crowd of players.
27 min...Inv Urbany rush up middle, passes to left and that player's shot is batted down by goalie. Inv Horton blasts loose ball from 7 yards well over net as he falls.
30 min...Lynx goalie catches through ball ahead of charging Inv Horton.
31 min...Lynx Smith cross from right is over players in box.
32 min…Ind Mamba Chisoni GOAL…A Lynx defender gives ball away at 18 yards with goalie on right side of box and Chisoni shoots 15 yarder into empty net.
34 min...Lynx Mitchell cuts 25 yard shot from right wide right on roller.
35 min...Inv Luttrell cross from right corner is high and bounces over players in box.
37 min…Ind RED card…Sam Fairhurst earns his second Yellow card in 12 minutes for a sliding tackle in the center circle. He had earned his first at 25 minutes with a tackle in the center circle which injured Lynx defender Adrian Butters.
37 min...Lynx sub...Savarino replaces Butters.
39 min...Lynx Roberts 25 yard shot doesn't bend far enough for right post.
41 min...Inv Luttrell gets header off of Lynx Askinas but shot has Lynx Askinas deflect for cornerkick on right.
42 min...Inv Andrew blasts 15 yarder over net down middle.
43 min...Lynx Tshimpaka passes out to Lynx Webb who crosses from right and Inv Lenders heads ball for cornerkick.
44 min...Lynx Mikall McNamara low 12 yard shot in crowd of players on left has goalie make save in front of them.
44 min...Lynx sub...Aborig replaces Askinas.
45 min...Lynx Tshimpaka one step behind rolled cross by Lynx Smith from 18 yards near right end line.
46 min...Inv Brockman 60 yard freekick from right has goalie catch.
47 min...half ends 4:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts 5:01pm.
46 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Konner McNamara for sliding tackle on Inv Urbany at center line.
46 min...Lynx Tshimpaka charge for ball on left has defender deflect ball for cornerkick.
47 min…Lynx Jean Tshimpaka GOAL…Lynx Mikall McNamara cornerkick from left has charging Tshimpaka head 7 yarder from left into short left side of net.
48 min…Lynx Dane Roberts is cut down on through ball into box and referee awards a penalty kick.
49 min…Lynx Mikall McNamara GOAL…McNamara rolls Penalty kick to right corner of net as goalie Mads Aastrup dives left.
51 min...Lynx Roberts rolls 25 yard shot wide left from right just missing charging Lynx player.
53 min...Lynx Mikall McNamara cornerkick from right is through players in box just behind them.
54 min…Lynx Konner McNamara GOAL…McNamara blast from left is through a crowd of players and Ind Brent Brockman tries to clear with sliding kick but he spins ball back into own net from 15 yards over diving goalie.
55 min...Inv goalie catches 35 yard freekick from left.
56 min...Inv Andrew 60 yard freekick is over head of leaping Inv forward at 10 yards right of net.
58 min...Lynx Webb long run up right and low cross from 20 yards near end line has Lynx Aborig charge and blast 5 yarder well over net.
59 min...Inv Chisoni cross from 20 yards on left ahs defender head ball away.
60 min...Inv Tanke long throw-in from left has ball bounce to goalie.
61 min…Lynx Mohammad Aborig rushing into box is tripped by Ind Terry Andrew. Referee signals for a penalty kick.
62 min…Lynx Dane Roberts rolls Penalty kick that diving goalie saves by diving to left.
63 min...Inv sub...Zamudio replaces Horton.
64 min...Lynx Tshimpaka 20 yard blast has goalie bat down and catch.
65 min…Ind Brent Brockman’s 70 yard freekick has goalie catch but fumble wet ball then draw a Yellow card and a Penalty kick call when he pulls down Mamba Chisoni from 5 yards along right end line.
66 min…Ind Mamba Chisoni Penalty kick blast has goalie fly over to push ball wide left for cornerkick.
67 min...Inv YELLOW card...Tanke earns it for tackle on Lynx McNamara breaking away at Lynx 40 yards.
68 min...Inv Tanke 55 yard freekick from left has leaping Inv Lenders head down from 10 yards off defender for cornerkick.
68 min...Inv Luttrell cornerkick from right has ball partially cleared and 25 yard blast is over net.
70 min...Lynx Mikall McNamara freekick from 30 yards has Lynx player on left end line heads back into crowd of players but ball cleared.
72 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Savarino earns it for sideline tackle at Inv 30 yard line. Lynx Tshimpaka was injured a moment earlier.
73 min...Inv Luttrell cornerkick from right has defender head ball away.
74 min...Inv Brockman 40 yard freekick from left is over leaping players on right for goalkick.
75 min...Inv Tanke 50 yard freekick from left has defender jump and head ball for cornerkick.
76 min...Inv player cornerkick from right has Lynx Smith head ball away.
77 min...Inv Brockman 40 yard freekick from left has ball hit two Lynx defenders including header and ball flies to goalie from 8 yards.
77 min...Inv Brockman cornerkick from left has ball cleared.
78 min...Inv Lenders injured at center line.
78 min...Lynx sub...Luk replaces Webb.
79 min...Lynx Roberts cross over players in box on right and Lynx Savarino 15 yard chip is just wide right of net.
80 min...Lynx goalie gets to cfatch bouncer when two defenders squeeze out Inv Chisoni.
81 min...Inv sub...Burt replaces Urbany.
82 min...Lynx Roberts dekes through edge of box and two shots are blocked.
83 min...Lynx Luk 12 yard freekick on right end line has fast break of Inv players.
84 min...Inv sub...Peppard replaces Luttrell.
85 min...Inv Fairhurst cornerkick from right has ball knocked around and cornerkick is earned on left.
85 min...Inv Fairhurst cornerkick from left has ball knocked wide right for goalkick.
86 min...Inv player's 20 yard one-touch shot has goalie stop.
88 min...Inv Roberts 25 yard chip from right has goalie beats Lynx Tshimpaka to ball at 6 yards.
89 min...Inv Brockman 30 yard freekick chip down middle deflects off head in player wall for cornerkick on right.
90 min...Inv Brockman cornerkick from right has ball cleared.
90 min...Lynx player's 55 yard freekick has goalie stop.
91 min...Inv Tanke cornerkick from left is well over players in box.
91 min...Lynx Smith chests ball in Lynx box for cornerkick.
92 min...Inv Tanke cornerkick from left has Lynx goalie jump up for play but Lynx player clears.
93 min…Lynx Michael Luk GOAL…Lynx Dane Roberts cross from right 15 yards has ball land for Luk to shoot 8 yarder from left into right side of net.
93 min...game ends 5:49pm.

Final Score:…………Toronto Lynx…….4……….Indiana Invaders………2………

Attendance started off at maybe 20 but increased to about 100 as people drifted over after their kids games ended in the adjacent fields nearby. The day had rain for hours before the game and hours after the game but while the game was on there was nary a drop. The park has natural grass on all their fields and it got quite muddy in the boxes as the game wore on. There is a swamp and forest around three sides of the field and at least one ball was lost during the first half.

The Lynx doubled their goal production of the whole season in today’s game. They had only scored four goals in their seven games up until today. Skeptics would say they only started to score once they were given a man advantage and the Invaders had also won only one game this season (now 1 win, 5 losses, 1 tie) and the Lynx record now improves to only 2 wins, 5 losses, and 1 tie. The Invaders had also only brought a three man bench for subs.

The Invaders had a very intense ‘English’ sound between the players. I asked ejected player Sam Fairhurst who watched the second half from a table just outside the gate where the team was from. He named a few guys from northern England but also from Zimbabwe and Antigua. They’re also all not attending Indiana University but various places.

The next Lynx home game is Saturday July 11th against Fort Wayne Fever which is also to be played here in Bolton at 4:00pm as part of a soccer fest so hopefully there will a bigger crowd.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Lynx starters


Invaders starters


Lynx at midfield


Lynx rush


Invaders clear ball from box.


Lynx #9 Jean Tshimpaka on sideline run.

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