June 24, 2012 W-League--Toronto Lady Lynx vs Ottawa Fury (by Rocket Robin)

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Result of the Sunday June 24, 2012 W-League game between Toronto Lady Lynx and Ottawa Fury played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 1:00pm.

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

....................0 Lauren Kadat
19 Jade Kovacevic...5 Rachel Melhado...4 Shannen Jainudeen...10 Alyscha Mottershead
..........14 Nicole Waters...9 Adriana Leon...16 Chelsea Spencer
...........15 Ashley Campbell...21 Cloe Lacasse...13 Kinley McNicoll

Subs:...25 Sarah Fiorini (gk)...2 Cathryn Rodgers (mid)...8 Maxine Murchie (fwd)...17 Shelby Rolling (def)...18 Jessica Bujouves (mid) ...20 Noir Choneim (fwd)...22 Kodee Williams (mid)
team officials:...head coach Danny Stewart

Ottawa Fury (black socks, navy shorts and shirts, white names and numbers)

...................1 Jasmine Phillips (cpt)
3 Casey Ramirez...5 Kathryn Williamson...26 Courtney Wetzel...2 Ashley Seal
...........10 Lisa-Marie Woods...8 Katrina Gorry...13 Kelly Conheeney
..........11 Jessica Shufelt...15 Melissa Busque...23 Mallory Outerbridge

Subs:...24 Cynthia Leblanc (gk)...7 Megan Verdeur (mid)...12 Courtney Maitland (def)...17 Emily Dowd (fwd)...18 Lauren Hughes (mid) ...21 Katie Ryan (fwd)...25 Gillian Baggott (def)
team officials:...head coach Dominic Oliveri

Game officials:...referee Michael Anthony Izzo...referee's assistants Domenique Hestler and Alex Orlana...no fourth official (neon yellow shirts, black shorts and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 1:02pm...TLL defends south end on this overcast and humid afternoon.
3 min...Fury goalie beats TLL Lacasse to bouncing through ball pass.
3 min...Fury Outerbridge 30 yard shot up middle bounces wide left.
5 min...TLL McNicoll flubs on 20 yard midair shot on run down middle and goalie catches wide left of net.
7 min...TLL Mottershead back in time to knock away Fury Outerbridge rush down middle giving up cornerkick.
7 min...Fury Conheeney cornerkick from left has defender head away Fury Outerbridge 20 yard shot is blocked. Fury Gorry 30 yard shot is caught overhead, dropped, and smothered by goalie.
8 min...TLL Leon 25 yard blast up middle is caught by goalie.
12 min...Fury Shufelt 22 yard shot from left is caught by ogalie on left post.
14 min...TLL Kovacevic cornerkick from the right is sent out to TLL Leon at 28 yards who shoots through crowd of players and goalie makes last second foot save. Kovacevic gets ball back to her on deflection and blasts shot wide left from 28 yards.
15 min...Fury YELLOW card...Woods earns is for knocking down TLL Mottershead at Fury 40 yards.
18 min...Fury Outerbridge gets pass on right and 25 yard shot is wide left.
21 min...Fury Gorry 22 yard shot from left is wide right of net.
24 min...Fury Conheeney is given centering pass in middle and rushes 28 yard blast over net.
26 min...Fury Conheeney 32 yard freekick from left is over to the right and 5 yard ball is knocked down and goalie smothers point blank shot at 2 yards.
31 min...TLL Kovacevic 35 yard freekick from right is into box and knocked around and finishes with goalie making catch on 12 yard shot.
32 min...Fury Outerbridge rushes down the middle chased by a defender and chips 10 yarder over goalie that bounces wide left of post.
35 min...Fury Outerbridge turns and takes 15 yard shot up middle wide left.
36 min...Fury Shufelt 15 yard chip over players is caught by goalie.
41 min...Fury YELLOW card...Williamson earns it for knocking into TLL player at 45 yards.
41 min...TLL Kovacevic 45 yard freekick down middle is caught by goalie.
43 min...Fury Gorry rolls pass from 40 yards in middle to Fury Ramirez on right who has defender concede cornerkick.
44 min...Fury Conheeney cornerkick from right has defender heads ball away from box.
45 min...TLL McNicoll rush to left end line and 15 yard shot as she's being pushed is into outside webbing of net.
46 min...Fury Conheeney 50 yard freekick is chested down on left at 10 yards but defender clears.
46 min...half ends 1:48pm. A light rain has been falling the last 20 minutes.

2nd Half:...starts 2:05pm.
45 min...TLL Kovacevic cornerkick from left is short and given back ball and cross is headed away for Fury fast break.
47 min...Fury Conheeney 40 yard freekick down middle is caught by goalie.
51 min...TLL McNicoll on 3 on 3 rush cuts towards center and 20 yard shot deflects off defender high and wide left of net.
51 min...TLL Kovacevic cornerkick from left is knocked around for another cornerkick.
52 min...TLL Kovacevic cornerkick from the left had TLL Jainudeen on right heads a 4 yarder wide right.
53 min...TLL Kovacevic dekes two defenders on run and 12 yard shot deflects off defender to goalie.
54 min...Fury Outerbridge cross from 20 yards on right end line is over for Fury Busque to make midair kick from left from 5 yards over net.
55 min...Fury Conheeney 40 yard freekick down middle is over head of Fury Wetzel on left post.
56 min...TLL sub...Bujouves replaces Spencer.
56 min...TLL Kovacevic cornerkick from left has TLL Jainudeen on right heads ball back to TLL Kovacevic. Recross is cleared by defender after goalie swats ball away.
58 min...TLL Kovacevic rushes on the right and sends in a low cross from 20 yards that had TLL McNicoll miss on a kick and TLL Leon blasts a 12 yarder up the middle well over the net.
59 min...Fury Conheeney 30 yard freekick from left sideline is over players in box and out for throw-in.
60 min...Fury YELLOW card...Ramirez earns it for kick on TLL Campbell at TLL 40 yards.
63 min...TLL Leon cuts towards center on run but can't get away short at 6 yards.
64 min...TLL YELLOW card...Conheeney earns it for check at TLL 47 yards.
65 min...Fury Ashley Seal GOAL...OF Kelly Conheeney takes 50 yard freekick from right that OF Mallory Outerbridge deflects ball from center forward and right with foot at 15 yards in crowd of players to Seal who rolled ball into center of net from 8 yards on the right past goalie Lauren Kadat.
67 min...Fury sub...Ryan replaces Busque.
68 min...TLL Leon 30 yard freekick from left is low and is caught by goalie.
71 min...TLL Lacasse 15 yard shot from left is crowd of players is saved by goalie.
72 min...TLL Kovacevic cornerkick from left has ball drop and TLL Leon 12 yard shot is blocked.
73 min...TLL sub...Choneim replaces Campbell.
77 min...Fury sub...Verdeur replaces Outerbridge.
78 min...Fury Seal cross from 35 yards on left is caught by goalie.
79 min...TLL sub...Williams replaces Leon.
81 min...Fury Gorry dekes two TLL players on right sideline and runs towards center and cross into box has Fury Conheeney kick 15 yarder over bar.
85 min...Fury sub...Baggott replaces Woods.
86 min...TLL player's shot from 18 yards up middle in crowd of players deflects right for goalie to pick up on right end line.
87 min...TLL sub...Rodgers replaces Lacasse.
88 min...TLL sub...Murchie replaces Kovacevic.
91 min...TLL Mottershead long throw-in from the left has a TLL player flick a header across the 6 yard box and the goalie swats the ball away from TLL Jainudeen before she can get a header at 5 yards.
92 min...game ends 2:52pm.

Final Score:......Toronto Lady Lynx.....0....Ottawa Fury......1..............

Attendance was about 60 on this hot, humid, mostly overcast afternoon. A light rain fell for the last 20 minutes of the first half.

Jasmine Phillips earned the shutout for the Fury. Both goalies had to make some important saves.

Referee Michael Anthony Izzo gave out four Yellow cards during the game that I counted--three for the Fury--very rough play for a W-League match.

Best non-scoring chances were at 14 minutes when TLL Jade Kovacevic take a cornerkick from the right was sent out to TLL Adriana Leon at 28 yards who shoots through crowd of players and goalie makes last second foot save. Kovacevic gets ball back to her on deflection and blasts shot wide left from 28 yards. 26 minutes had Fury Kelly Conheeney take a 32 yard freekick from the left over to the right and 5 yard ball is knocked down and goalie smothers point blank shot at 2 yards. 31 minutes TLL Kovacevic had a 35 yard freekick from right is into box knocked around and finishes with goalie making catch on 12 yard shot. One minute later Fury Mallory Outerbridge rushed down the middle chased by a defender and chips 10 yarder over goalie that bounces wide left of post. TLL were called offside more than six times in the first half. 52 minutes had Kovacevic take a cornerkick from the left had TLL Shannen Jainudeen on right heads a 4 yarder wide right. 58 minutes had Kovacevic rush on the right and send in a low cross from 20 yards that had TLL Kinley McNicoll miss on a kick and TLL Adriana Leon blasted a 12 yarder up the middle well over the net. 91 minutes had TLL Alyscha Mottershead take a long throw-in from the left had a TLL player flick a header across the 6 yard box and the goalie swatted the ball away from TLL Jainudeen before she can get a header at 5 yards.

Lady Lynx didn't really have a lot of chances in the last 20 minutes of the game. Their best chances was the opening 20 minutes of the second half. The first half was even but the Lady Lynx were constantly offsiide on offensive rushes.

Lady Lynx record falls to 5-3-1 and are still in the playoff picture.

Fury improves their record to 7-1-0 with their only loss to Hamilton Rage in the second game of the season. Yesterday they beat London 10-0 on their road trip. Their website brags that they haven't lost a regular season game except to the Lady Lynx for SEVEN years! I guess they can say that because the Hamilton Avalanche no longer exist. This year they host the W-League final-four which may be harder to win because from what I've heard a lot of the defunct WSL league players have made their way to American teams (not in this 6 of 7 team Canadian division).

Lady Lynx next game is Wednesday July 4th at 11:00am at Centennial Stadium.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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