June 17, 2012 W-League--Toronto Lady Lynx vs Quebec City Amirals (by Rocket Robin)

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Details of the Sunday June 17, 2012 W-League game between Toronto Lady Lynx and Quebec City Amirals played at The Ontario Soccer Centre at 2:00pm.

Toronto Lady Lynx (white socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)

......................25 Sarah Fiorini
19 Jade Kovacevic...5 Rachel Melhado...10 Alyscha Mottershead...17 Shelby Rolling
............15 Ashley Campbell...16 Chelsea Spencer...14 Nicole Waters
.............13 Kinley McNicholl...21 Cloe Lacasse...9 Adriana Leon

Subs:...00 Lauren Kadet (gk)...3 Shanoska Young (fwd)...8 Maxine Murchie (fwd)...12 Leticia Skeete (def)...18 Jessie Bujouves (mid)
...20 Megan Rauscher (def)...22 Cat Rodgers (mid)
team officials:...head coach Danny Stewart

Quebec City Amirals (black socks, shorts, and names, gold shirts, white numbers)

........................22 Marie-Pier Bilodeau
4 Arrielle Roy Peticlerc...16 Marie-Christine Gauthier...19 Frederique Paradis...3 Melisa Roy
..............8 Gabielle Lapointe...15 Arianne Leclerc...21 Maroua Chebbi
..............2 Stephanie Fortin...23 Joelle Gosselin...11 Imen Trodi

Subs:...1 Sarah Boucher (gk)...6 Audrey Lagarde (mid)...10 Geneieve Caron (mid)...13 Mona Quirzane (mid)...26 Kathleen Berube-Garneau (mid) ...28 Marie-Sandra Ujeneza (def)
team officials:...head coach Samir Ghrib

Game officials:...referee Jennifer Arstikaitis...referee's assistants Sharon Welsby and Alexis Vaughan...no fourth official ...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)

1st Half:...game starts 2:03pm. The scoreboard is not working for the first half so times for that period are converted from my wristwatch.
1 min...QCA goalie charges out of box to boot through ball before TLL Lacasse can get to it.
4 min...QCA Chebbi cornerkick from left is low and TLL McNicholl, as closest defender, clears ball for throw-in.
6 min...TLL player's short cornerkick from right is played towards box but players can't get away shot.
8 min...TLL Leon cornerkick from left has TLL Mottershead pop up header from 20 yards that ogalie catches on bounce.
10 min...Lady Lynx Alyscha Mottershead GOAL...TLL Jade Kovacevic takes cornerkick from the left that has Mottershead run forward even with the right post and head 6 yarder into right side of net past goalie Marie-Pier Bilodeau.
11 min...TLL goalie beats QCA Fortin on left to smother through ball.
16 min...TLL Leon tips ball forward down middle for TLL Chebbi and goalie charges to 22 yards to clear.
19 min...TLL Kovacevic 28 yard freekick down middle hit head in player wall and deflects over back fence.
21 min...TLL Kovacevic cornerkick from right has QCA defenders clear.
22 min...QCA Trodi cross from 20 yards on far left deflects high off defender and goalie drops but picks up ball.
22 min...QCA Chebbi cross from 20 yards on left has defender head ball away from 6 yards.
23 min...QCA Fortin midair 20 yard shot from right is high and left of net.
24 min...TLL McNicholl on break up middle from 35 yards pushes ball too far ahead and goalie smothers it.
29 min...TLL Kovacevic blasts low 30 yarder from left box and wide.
30 min...Amiral Imen Trodi GOAL...Trodi is given a through pass at 18 yards on left from QCA Joelle Gosselin and with TL goalie Sarah Fiorini coming out shoots 12 yard shot to center of net.
33 min...TLL Mottershead holds off charging QCA Trodi on run up middle and rolls ball to right for goalie to smother.
34 min...TLL Kovacevic low 35 yard shot from left is wide right of net.
38 min...TLL Rolling pass forward on left at 40 yards has TLL McNicholl kick low 25 yarder that's saved by diving goalie on left post.
39 min...Lady Lynx Kinley McNicholl GOAL...McNicholl receives a pass from TLL Jade Kovacevic and on 1 and 2 rush splits the defence at 40 yards and charges in on right to shoot low 20 yard shot to left corner of net.
43 min...QCA Chebbi cornerkick from right has defender head away near right post and starts fast break.
45 min...half ends 2:48pm.

2nd Half:...starts 3:02pm.
halftime subs:...QCA Lagarde replaces Chebbi.
.................QCA Berube-Garneau replaces Gosselin.
................TLL Rodgers replaces Spencer.
46 min...QCA Paradis 40 yard freekick from right is headed away on edge of box.
47 min...TLL Mottershead cross from 25 yards on right near right end line is behind net.
49 min...TLL Mottershead 35 yard freekick chip from left steps ahead of charging TLL Leon and bounces to goalie.
53 min...TLL Rolling long throw-in from left has defender head ball back to goalie on left post to prevent TLL breakaway.
55 min...TLL Leon cuts around from left avoiding three defenders and centers ball to TLL Lacasse whose 28 yard shot up middle is bobbled and picked up by goalie.
56 min...QCA sub...Quirzane replaces Leclerc.
57 min...QCA Lapointe rolls 30 yard shot up middle that's smothered by goalie.
60 min...TLL sub...Murchie replaces Lacasse.
61 min...QCA Paradis 50 yard freekick from left has QCA player tip ball wide right from 20 yards.
64 min...QCA Peticlerc throw-in from right has QCA Berube-Garneau cross 25 yarder high and wide left of net.
69 min...TLL Rolling long throw-in from left has defender head ball back to goalie.
70 min...QCA Roy 45 yard freekick from right has defenders clear. QCA Lapointe is hurt in the face on the play.
71 min...TLL sub...Bujouves replaces Waters.
72 min...Lady Lynx Adriana Leon GOAL...TLL Shelby Rolling throw-in from left has TLL Ashley Campbell from 12 yards in QCA box pass over to Leon she shot low 6 yarder into right corner of net.
74 min...TLL McNicholl receives pass from right and is offside and her 3 yard tap into goal is called back.
79 min...TLL Campbell eludes defender for bouncer but 18 yard shot from right is wide right.
84 min...TLL sub...Young replaces Leon.
84 min...TLL Kovacevic cross from 20 yards near the right end line and has TLL Young hit a 7 yard shot off the right post.
87 min...TLL sub...Skeete replaces Rolling.
88 min...TLL Murchie knocks over defender in QCA box so play whistled down.
89 min...QCA Berube-Garneau steals off TLL Melhado at 30 yards on left and 25 yard shot is wide right of net.
91 min...QCA Trodi can't get to forward pass before it rolls over right end line.
92 min...game ends 3:59pm.

Final Score:...Toronto Lady Lynx.....3.....Quebec City Amirals.....1..

Attendance was about 60 on this hot day but fortunately it was mostly overcast so it wasn't as hot as it could have been. This was the only game Lady Lynx has scheduled at this facility. Centennial Stadium has its own problems but this place didn't have the cables ready to plug into the scoreboard until a techie could be found to bring the cable and another monitor box to get things going by the second half.

One more late chance were at 84 minutes when TLL Jade Kovacevic crossed from 20 yards near the right end line had TLL Shanoska Young hit a 7 yard shot off the right post.

Jennifer Arstikaitis led an all female officiating crew. She gave out no cards on what was a wide open game. The players spent more time watching the assistants to time their runs to avoid offside calls.

Sabrina D'Angelo wasn't the Lady Lynx goalie today and not on the bench neither. She was the back-up goalie on the Canadian National team in their exhibition game against China last month because Sabrina LeBlanc was recovering from injury.

This was an important win for the Lady Lynx who had lost twice last weekend on a road trip to Quebec to play Laval and the Amirals. They climb back to second place in the division but have played one or two more games then each of the next three teams persuing them including the Amirals.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

Lady Lynx starters