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Result of the Wednesday July 10, 2012 PDL game between Toronto Lynx and River City Rovers played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 11:00am.

Toronto Lynx (all white, black numbers)

.......................00 Ben Ur
20 Jon Parolini...4 Terence Smith...6 Eric Crawford...2 Callum Home
11 Andrew Deyreha...13 Anthony Doran...8 Aaron McKenna...10 Leigh Veidman (cpt)
..............15 James Galvani...16 Josh Portillo

Subs:...1 Kerry Ashton (gk)...14 Blair Stevenson (mid)...17 Jadon Bingham (fwd)...18 Randy Ribero (mid)...21 Antony Novak (fwd) ...23 Justin Gordon (fwd)...24 Cam Eisses (mid)
team officials:...head coach Duncan Wilde

River City Rovers (all black, white numbers)

.......................30 Taylor Hatling
23 Hezekiah Weiss...6 Peter May...13 Dino Seter...14 Sulieman Khan
..........19 Miguel Acosta...8 Dustin Downey (cpt)...4 Ryan Smith
..........7 Al Stankovic...15 Marcos Hairston...17 Nick Little

Subs:...22 Matt Soyka (gk)...11 Alex Murphy (mid)...22 Cameron Bayse (mid)...25 Ryan Spurr (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Muhamed Fazlagic

1st Half:...game starts 11:03pm...Lynx defend south end on this hot and humid afternoon with the sun in the south.
3 min...RCR Acosta chips 40 yard freekick from left wins cornerkick on header over net.
4 min...RCR Smith cornerkick from left is cleared from box.
4 min...RCR goalie charges forward to catch Lynx header on edge of box.
5 min...Lynx Galvani rush on left and low cross from 25 yards is caught by goalie.
6 min...RCR Smith cornerkick from left is over box and Lynx defender clears.
8 min...Lynx Home 50 yard freekick from right is over players and is caught by goalie.
9 min...RCR Weiss 60 yard freekick from right is over players on edge of box and caught by goalie.
11 min...RCR Hairston on a breakaway on the right and takes a low shot from 20 yards that the goalie makes a sliding point blank save at 15 yards.
13 min...RCR Stankovic weak 25 yard shot up middle is rolled for goalie to smother.
14 min...Lynx Portillo 35 yard freekick from right has Lynx Gilvany in crowd of players head 12 yarder down but goalie picks it up.
16 min...Lynx Galvani rolls 22 yard shot down middle is just wide left of post.
17 min...RCR Little 40 yard shot has goalie punch out ball at 15 yards in crowd of player.
18 min...RCR Smith 55 yard freekick has goalie catch wide right of net.
20 min...Lynx Doran 45 yard freekick from right has Lynx Gilvany pops up 18 yarder from left on header that goalie catches right of net.
22 min...RCR goalie beats to pick up on right as three Lynx players to through ball sent in by Lynx Home from 60 yards.
26 min...RCR Smith 45 yard freekick from right has defender on edge of box clear.
29 min...Lynx Galvani shot from 22 yards deflects off defender and high left for cornerkick.
29 min...Lynx Doran cornerkick from left is headed over box by defender.
30 min...RCR Little 25 yard cross on left is caught by goalie diving forward.
32 min...RCR Acosta flick header from 30 yards on right has RCR Little shoot 28 yarder down middle that's caught by goalie.
34 min...RCR Acosta 35 yard freekick onright sideline is caught by leaping goalie at 8 yards who survives RCR Khan bump to hang onto ball.
36 min...Lynx James Galvani GOAL...Lynx Josh Portillo holds off defender on left end line on two swoops at 15 yards and crosses to Galvani who turns around and gets away low 7 yard shot into right side of net.
38 min...RCR Smith cornerkick from right has defenders clear.
39 min...RCR Hairston 22 yard shot from left is wide right.
40 min...Lynx Veidman long throw-in from left is headed around in RCR box and cleared.
42 min...Lynx Veidman low 35 yard cross from left on rush is picked up by goalie.
44 min...Rovers Nick Little GOAL...Rovers Miguel Acosta at 55 yards sends ball down middle for charging Little to get through pass down center at 35 yards and rush in to take 20 yard shot into top left corner of net past goalie Ben Ur.
45 min...RCR Acosta is injured at RCR 36 yards and needs to be helped off the field. RCR plays short the rest of the half.
47 min...half ends 11:50pm.

2nd Half:...starts 12:04pm.
45 min...Lynx Home 40 yard freekick down middle has defender head ball away.
46 min...Lynx Doran cornerkick from right has Lynx Smith pop up header at 7 yards on left and goalie picks up.
46 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Doran earns it for bump on RCR Khan at center line.
47 min...RCR goalie charges out to beat Lynx Parolini to through ball.
50 min...Lynx Parolini 40 yard cross from right bounces to goalie.
54 min...RCR Khan slides to stop ball and which sets it up on edge of RCR box but RCR Seter clears at 15 yards to prevent Lynx shot.
58 min...Lynx sub...Ribero replaces Doran.
61 min...RCR Acosta 40 yard freekick from sideline is caught by goalie behind leaping RCR forward.
61 min...RCR Acosta is injured at Lynx 45 yards.
62 min...Lynx goalie 80 yard freekick bounces past Lynx players to RCR goalie.
63 min...Lynx Parolini 45 yard shot from right bounces to goalie.
64 min...RCR Seter 60 yard freekick from left is headed away.
65 min...Lynx Smith heads ball wide right of own net to prevent RCR pass getting through.
66 min...RCR YELLOW card...Little earns a delayed card for bump on Lynx Crawford at Lynx 50 yards.
67 min...Lynx Crawford 55 yard freekick from right is too far ahead for charging Lynx player.
67 min...Lynx sub...Eisses replaces Portillo.
68 min...Lynx Parolini rolls cross from right that goalie picks up.
69 min...Lynx Randy Ribero GOAL...Ribero on rush with Lynx James Galvani from 45 yards has tapped pass to Gilvany and defender bumps him on blocked shot. The ball is loose over to Ribero who boots 22 yarder into top left corner.
70 min...Lynx sub...Gordon replaces Parolini.
72 min...RCR Smith 40 yard freekick down middle has goalie catch.
72 min...Lynx Cam Eisses GOAL...Eisses cuts along 25 yard line eluding defender and rolls 25 yard shot under sliding goalie Taylor Hatling at 15 yards into left side of net.
73 min...Lynx sub...Novak replaces Galvani.
76 min...Lynx Gordon 15 yard shot form right is blocked by defender when ball bounces over from left.
77 min...Lynx Ribero cornerkick from right has two Lynx players on left misses connecting.
79 min...RCR YELLOW card...Khan earns it for bump at RCR 40 yards.
79 min...Lynx Riberto 45 yard freekick on right has defenders head ball around and clear.
80 min...Lynx sub...Stevenson replaces Deyreha.
81 min...Lynx goalie makes two point blank saves on RCR Little at 10 yards on the left side of the box while on the ground and holds him off long enough for some defenders to get back into the play to clear.
82 min...Lynx Ribero cornerkick from right has Lynx Eisses pops up header at 10 yards on left and defender clears.
84 min...RCR Smith 35 yard freekick from right sideline has defenders clear from box.
86 min...RCR YELLOW card...Hairston earns it for throwing away ball after whistle made for freekick call when Lynx Gordon was tackled on the sideline as RCR 30 yards.
87 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Ribero earns it for not giving 10 yards on an RVR freekick at Lynx 45 yards so defenders could get back in position.
88 min...RCR Smith 50 yard freekick from right has RCR Little midair shot from 25 yards has defender clear.
89 min...Lynx sub...Bingham replaces Smith.
90 min...Lynx Riberto cross on rush has defender kick ball out for cornerkick.
90 min...Lynx Novak cornerkick from left has defenders clear.
91 min...Lynx Ribero cornerkick from right has defenders clear.
92 min...Lynx players work out short cornerkick from right to waste as much time as possible.
92 min...Lynx McKenna 40 yard shot from right is caught by leaping goalie.
93:22 min...game ends 12:52pm.

Final Score:..Toronto Lynx....3...River City Rovers...1...

Attendance was about 400 for this matinee game. For the first time this season in four matinee games (Lynx and Lady Lynx) the team made an effort to bring in a bunch of children from summer day camps and soccer camps. The player benches were placed on the west side today to be near the stands. The national anthems were sung by 13 year old Kyle who was somewhat off key and made the protocal mistake of singing the Canadian anthem first. The players threw mini balls into the crowd before the games. Also about half the kids must have been given Pizza Pizza orange coloured Lynx/Lady Lynx t-shirts. Only thing missing was unpacking the old Lynxster mascot.

Referee Marie-Soleil Beaudoin led an all female crew today and saved her Yellow cards until the second half when play got rougher.

Best non-scoring chances were at 11 minutes when RCR Marcos Hairston was on a breakaway on the right and took a low shot from 20 yards that the goalie made a sliding point blank save at 15 yards. 81 minutes had the Lynx goalie make two point blank saves on RCR Nick Little at 10 yards on the left side of the box while on the ground and held him off long enough for some defenders to get back into the play to clear.

The Lynx win again to pull up to a 4-8-2 record--still last in the division but only one point behind Hamilton, Chicago Inferno, and Cincinnati. That's quite a turnaround since they started the season with five straight losses.

This has been a bad roadtrip for the Rovers (from Lexington Kentucky) with other losses in Canada to London on Friday and Hamilton on Sunday. They hang onto 3rd place with a 6-6-2 record. They had four players on their bench including a back up goalie but didn't sub anyone the whole game. Lynx had a full bench and brought their six outfield players in during the second half one at a time (Riberto and Eisses scored goals).

The Lynx final home game is on Sunday against Hamilton at 4:00pm. (Friday they have their final road game against London).

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Lynx starters


Rovers starters


Rovers kickoff taken by Nick Little (17) and Dustin Downey (8).


Rovers Miguel Acosta (19) takes freekick.


Lynx James Galvani pops up ball.


Lynx defenders Terence Smith (4) and Eric Crawford (6) control ball.


Rovers freekick from sideline.


Lynx Cam Eisses (24) tries to get through Rovers Dustin Downey (8) and Dino Seter (13).


Lynx players sign autographs for the kids who came to today's game.

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