Lynx starters
Result of the Sunday July 19, 2009 PDL game between Toronto Lynx and Michigan Bucks played at The Hershey Centre in Mississauga at 5:00pm.
Toronto Lynx (yellow socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
....................1 Brandon Heembrock
3 Chris Mitchell...6 Konnor McNamara...4 Matthew Smith...18 Taylor McNamara (cpt)
7 Dane Roberts...12 Sergio DeLuca...14 Mohamed Aborig...17 Jordan Webb
.............20 Johnathan Costa...10 Macca Wilde
Subs:...2 Adrian Butters (def)...13 Lukas Risto (mid)...15 Erik Hakim (mid)...16 Jordan Taylor (def)
team officials:...head coach (for this match) Danny Stewart...assistant coach Billy Steele...goalkeeping coach Glenn McNamara
...team doctor Dr Frank Markus...medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth
Michigan Bucks (all black, white numbers)
...................1 Bret Mollon
........21 John Schaeffer...11 Ian Daniel (cpt)...14 Nikolay Alexsandrov
22 Machel "Jumbo" James...8 Chas Tenat...23 Bim Ogunyemi...16 Zach Scoffili...3 Dave Hertel
............26 Moses Advay...24 Kevin Taylor
Subs:...1 Julian Robles (def/gk)...9 Spencer Thompson (mid)...20 Steve Clark (gk)...29 Nate Croft (def)
team officials:...head coach Dan Fitzgerald
Game officials:...referee Isaac Raymond...referee's assistants Joe Piaccenti and John Williams...fourth official Yusri Raymond...(all black, red trim--the new Adidas kit)
1st Half:...game starts 5:03pm...Lynx defend south end...as there is no scoreboard, all times are converted from my wristwatch.
0 min...MB Hertel 25 yard roller has goalie dive and push ball wide left of post.
1 min...MB Hertel cornerkick from left has 5 yard header into net but play is whistled down.
2 min...MB Taylor is checked off ball before he can get away 20 yard shot.
3 min...Lynx Webb wins cornerkick when he crosses ball along left end line.
4 min...Lynx Roberts gets short cornerkick from left and low 20 yard shot through crowd of players has defender partially clear ball.
5 min…Lynx Matthew Smith GOAL…Smith slides on ground and kicks in 7 yarder between crowd of players low into net behind goalie Bret
Mollon.
9 min...Lynx DeLuca hurt on center line with head banged.
11 min...Lynx Webb pass from 25 yards has defender intercept ball on edge of box.
11 min...MB player rolls 15 yard shot from right that's wide left of net.
13 min...MB Scoffili cross from right has defenders clear ball inside box.
14 min...MB Hertel on run down right inside Lynx box pushes ball over end line for goalkick.
15 min...MB Taylor eludes Lynx Smith and cuts 12 yard cross from right end line that goalie catches.
15 min...MB Taylor eludes Lynx Smith again on run down right and his 15 yard shot hits crossbar and deflects left for clearance.
16 min...Lynx goalie charges to edge of box to catch through ball.
17 min...MB Schaeffer heads 15 yarder back to own goalie to ease Lynx pressure.
18 min...Lynx Roberts gets ball back on charge up right and rolls cross from 15 yards and Lynx Wilde blasts 15 yarder from left well over
net.
20 min...Lynx Mitchell can't control cross from right and ball squirts to open MB Hertel who blasts low 15 yard shot that goalie slides to
make huge foot save.
22 min...MB Tenat injured at center line.
24 min...MB Ogunyemi 30 yard blast in crowd of players down middle is just wide left of net.
26 min...MB Hertel cornerkick from right has ball popped up off a boot and goalie catches ball in a crowd of players.
28 min...MB Taylor low cross from 20 yards on left end line is cleared by defender.
29 min...MB Hertel makes backward header on leap from 15 yards that's caught by Lynx goalie.
31 min...Lynx Roberts rolls cross from right but two Lynx players can't get away shot on edge of MB box.
33 min…Bucks Moses Advay GOAL…A Bucks defender sends 80 yard ball up middle. Lynx defender lets bouncer by him at 25 yards and Advay flicks 20
yard shot over charging goalie Brandon Heembrock and into open net.
34 min...MB YELLOW card...Alexsandrov earns it for sliding tackle on Lynx Costa injurying him.
35 min...MB Ogunyemi blasts 25 yarder well over net and back fence wide left from right.
38 min...MB Scoffili pushes ball forward to MB Hertel run up left and he rolls a pass that's flagged offside.
39 min...Lynx Webb run to left edge of MB box cutting forward and he rolls pass to Lynx Taylor McNamara who cuts a 10 yard shot from left endline
that's stopped.
40 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Aborig earns it for pulling down MB Alexsandrov getting away a pass at Lynx 45 yards.
41 min…Bucks Dave Hertel GOAL…A Bucks player takes 45 yard freekick from the left and Hertel steps behind players on edge of Lynx box to blast
15 yard shot over sprawling goalie into middle of net.
42 min...MB Schaeffer 30 yard chip from left is caught by goalie.
45 min...MB Ogunyemi 40 yard shot up middle bounces through to goalie.
46 min...Lynx Costa rush along 20 yard line from right and cuts 20 yard shot that goalie dives to save on right post.
46 min...half ends 5:49pm.
At halftime neither of the teams nor officials go back to the dressing rooms.
2nd Half:...starts 5:59pm...the weather is warm and now it's sunny from the north west.
46 min...MB Advay scuffs 15 yard shot wide right of net when ball is crossed in low from the left.
53 min…Bucks Zach Scoffili GOAL…Bucks Moses Advay cross through box from right has Bucks Kevin Taylor whiffs shot from 5 yards and ball rolls
wide left across box for Bucks Dave Hertel who stops it, rolls it back for Scoffili who rolls 6 yarder under diving goalie.
55 min...MB Hertel cornerkick from left is over players in box.
56 min...MB Taylor chips defender for MB Hertel to kick 12 yarder on left that goalie stops point blank.
57 min...Lynx sub...Taylor replaces Konnor McNamara.
58 min...MB goalie beats Lynx Wilde to through ball bouncer.
59 min…Bucks Dave Hertel GOAL…Hertel rush up left holding off defender and shoots 12 yarder behind goalie to right corner of net.
60 min...Lynx Webb cross from right 25 yards has goalie leap and palms ball through box.
61 min...Lynx Taylor McNamara cornerkick from left has MB James as the nearest defender save on left post.
62 min…Lynx Johnathan Costa GOAL…A Lynx player crosses from right and has defender partially clear and Costa blasts loose ball from 15 yards
just under bar over arms of goalie.
64 min...MB James long throw-in from right has MB forward head ball across box and MB Taylor heads 4 yarder over net.
65 min...Lynx sub...Hakim replaces Wilde.
66 min...Lynx Roberts 45 yard shot has goalie save low left with his hand then he picks up ball.
67 min...Lynx Aborig is hooked on run into MB box but he doesn't fall over but loses possession.
68 min...MB YELLOW card...Hertel earns it for sliding tackle on Lynx Roberts at MB 40 yards.
69 min…Lynx RED card…Dane Roberts earns a direct Red card for tackle on Dave Hertel at Bucks 40 yards. (Hertel had earned a Yellow card a minute
earlier for a sliding tackle on Roberts in the same spot). Referee Isaac Raymond confirmed with me after the game that Roberts swung his hand around
and hit Hertel in the face.
71 min...Lynx Costa cross from 15 yards on left near end line has Lynx player send low cross back from right that's smothered by goalie.
72 min...Lynx Taylor McNamara 45 yard freekick from right has ball cleared.
72 min...Lynx Mitchell injured backing into MB box trying to get to long chip into box.
74 min...MB Hertel 35 yard blast is well over back fence.
79 min...MB Hertel eludes one defender and second one trips him on edge of box.
79 min...MB Hertel freekick on edge of box is blasted well over net.
80 min...Lynx Taylor McNamara 25 yard freekick from right edge of box has Lynx player not able to get in a shot.
81 min...MB James taps shot cross from right that has MB Advay blast 18 yard shot wide left of net.
82 min…Bucks Dave Hertel GOAL…Bucks Moses Advay runs on right and crosses from 20 yards on roller to Hertel who shoots in 10 yarder under goalie.
85 min...MB Hertel charge on left and beats defender and his 15 yard shot has goalie bat ball across box and defender clears it from box.
87 min...MB sub...Clark (as an outfield player) replaces Taylor.
88 min...MB Hertel low cornerkick from left has defender clear ball.
91 min...Lynx Aborig long rundown right but pushes ball over end line before he can cross.
93 min...Lynx Webb cross from 35 yards from right has Lynx player nod down 20 yarder that bounces for leaping goalie on right post.
93 min...game ends 6:47pm.
Final Score:………..Toronto Lynx………2………….Michigan Bucks…………5………..
Attendance was about 150 on this warm day with the weather varying from cloudy to sunny throughout the game.
Bucks listed four subs in their lineup but admitted to the fourth official that three of the guys were probably 50-50 for not getting here (all the way from Michigan!). This was probably just to avoid the fine of not having brought enough subs. They actually had one and brought him in at 87 minutes to play up front although he was listed as the back up goalie. Last year’s season finale also featured Michigan Bucks and they brought only the bare minimum eleven men and still won (although both the Lynx and Bucks made the playoffs in 2008).
The Lynx had only four subs as the younger players and regular head coach Duncan Wilde were away at a tournament in Chicago. Lady Lynx coach Danny Stewart filled in the thankless role.
The Bucks had rush after rush against the Lynx defence. Any chance of a comeback against a tiring Bucks team was snuffed out with 20 minutes to go when the Lynx dropped to ten men.
This was their worst loss of the season topping the 4-1 loss they suffered in their last game against Cleveland Internationals on Wednesday (also a home game). That completes a two win season in sixteen games this year. A very poor season result wise with the team forced out of town for at least five of their home games because of their stadium not being ready for the season opener and then a City of Toronto workers strike preventing them from using Centennial Stadium anyway. They finish last of nine teams in the Great Lakes Division with the fewest wins and points and the most goals given up.
Rocket Robin
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Lynx starters
Bucks starters
Bucks Bim Ogunyemi passes ball forward
Lynx Sergio DeLuca gets ball
Bucks cornerkick is just coming into picture from right.
Bucks John Schaeffer has a lot of space.
Bucks player on rush down wing.
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