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Result of the Wednesday June 5, 2013 PDL game between Toronto Lynx and Michigan Bucks played at Innes Field at Crescent School in Toronto at 12:30pm.
Toronto Lynx (gray socks and shirts, black shorts and numbers)
.......................1 Matthew Silva
4 Terence Smith...5 Eric Crawford...14 Taylor McNamara (cpt)...2 Callum Home
8 Sam Oritt...17 Maksym Kowal...9 Leigh Veidman...3 Lloyd Grist
............10 James Galvani...7 Macca Wilde
Subs:...26 Adam Janssen (gk)...6 Stephen Hoyle (mid)...19 Joshua Portillo (mid)...20 Jon Parolini (mid)...22 Henry Moody (def)
...23 Anthony Doran (mid)...25 Justin Gordon (fwd)
team official:...head coach Duncan Wilde
Michigan Bucks (all forest green, orange numbers)
.......................1 Adam Grinwis
9 Quincy Thomas...15 Mo Kaba...24 Alec Cochrane...8 Drew Ruggles
5 Matt Walker...6 Will Walker...20 Jason Stokes...22 Anders Vest-Hansen
............14 Tom Catalano...25 Zach Steinberger (cpt)
Subs:...30 Nate Steinwascher (gk)...3 Ryan Keener (def)...16 Pedram Tahmi (mid)...18 Chris Thomas (fwd)...21 Adam Montague (fwd)
team official:...head coach Gary Parsons
Game officials:...referee David Di Pasquale...referee's assistants Michael Dominique and Fabrizio Stasella...no fourth official ...(all black uniforms, neon yellow trim)
1st Half:...game starts 12:37pm...Lynx defend west end on this mild and cloudy afternoon.
3 min...Lynx Oritt cross from 20 yards along right end line is over box and Lynx Lloyd Grist can't work it into box.
7 min...Lynx Oritt rush to right end line and low cross is cleared away by defender.
7 min...Bucks Ruggles given dropped back pass on left andd 28 yard cross from left has Bucks Catalano is not quite able to turn header from 8 yards
and the ball is wide right for goalkick.
12 min...Bucks Thomas gets back his partially cleared throw-in from right and low cross from 25 yards has defender clear.
13 min...Bucks Stokes rolls through ball from 25 yards and goalie runs to 15 yards to smother.
16 min...Lynx Wilde 30 yard freekick from near right sideline has defender head ball away from box. A Lynx player's recross from 25 yards on left
is also cleared.
21 min...Lynx goalie runs to edge of box to beat Bucks Steinberger to high chipped pass.
24 min...Bucks Ruggles long throw-in from left is cleared by defender in box.
26 min...Bucks Ruggles intercepts ball on left at 45 yards runs up wing and blasts 25 yard kick wide left of net.
27 min...Bucks Stokes is given pass on wide left and 25 yard cross near left end line is well over box.
28 min...Bucks Steinberger pops ball over net from 10 yards on header.
29 min...Lynx Wilde cornerkick from right has Lynx Veidman on 15 yards on left heads ball to ground but defender clears.
30 min...Lynx Oritt 30 yard freekick down middle has defender head ball away. Lynx Veidman chips his pass to left but bounces over end line.
32 min...Lynx Wilde cornerkick from right has charging Lynx players miss heading down in middle at 20 yards and ball is cleared.
35 min...Bucks Thomas rush up right and cutting to net has 15 yard shot deflected wide right of net. Lynx McNamara is injured on edge of box.
36 min...Bucks Matt Walker cornerkick from right is headed away.
37 min...Bucks Ruggles chips from 30 yards on left has goalie catch.
37 min...Bucks Stokes is checked off pass that he'd chested down at Lynx 15 yards up middle.
38 min...Bucks Vest-Hansen rolls 25 yard shot from left is deflected for cornerkick.
39 min...Bucks Catalano cornerkick from left is over players in box and cleared.
39 min...Bucks Stokes rush along left and around defender to blast 22 yarder just over net.
42 min...Bucks Vest-Hansen freekick cross from 35 yards on right is over to Bucks Stokes on left who shoots 20 yarder that goalie catches.
43 min...Bucks players rush is called offside on 2 on 1 rush on right.
44 min...Bucks Ruggles cross from 28 yards on left has Bucks Catalano volley 12 yarder over net.
46:05 min...half ends 1:23pm.
I leave at the end of the first half to drive across the city to see the Toronto Lady Lynx vs London Gryphons W-League game. The remainder of the details are from the uslsoccer.com site.
2nd Half:
halftime subs:...Lynx Portilo replaces Wilde.
55 min...Lynx sub...Hoyle replaces Galvani.
.........Lynx sub...Parolini replaces someone.
57 min...Bucks Tom Catalano GOAL...assist by Jason Stokes.
68 min...Lynx sub...Moody replaces Smith.
.........Lynx sub...Osario replaces Oritt.
.........Lynx sub...Gordon replaces someone.
75 min...Bucks sub...Tahmi replaces Vest-Hansen.
81 min...Bucks sub...Steinwascher replaces someone but not neccessarily in net.
Final Score:.....Toronto Lynx......0.....Michigan Bucks........1........
Attendance was about 225 on this mild and cloudy day. The crowd was much larger than the Lady Lynx game that I saw in the afternoon on the west side of the city. It had no school day promotion and there were at most 50 people of parents and friends.
This game was moved from the original PDL schedule at the beginning of the year. The game was played at a private school in uptown Toronto. It was an all boys school and I'd estimate all the students were younger than 13. The field was artificial turf with a five lane track up one side for running sports. There were no stands but a berm of grass and rock steps so everyone could see the field clearly.
The Bucks over the years have a high win total against the Lynx. Today's game they had the edge in position but the Lynx always had a last defender and an alert goalie to stop Buck scoring threats.
I wasn't sure this game would be here until Sunday when I was at the Women's Friendly Canada vs USA and it came up in the conversation. Although I'd seen the venue listed on the USL site, the PA announcer was still promoting a double header for Centennial Stadium at their last game. Since I was still pumped up after the seeing the International game a few days earlier, I decided I'd see the entire Lady Lynx game. The game would have ended by 2:30pm, my estimate, and the other game would start at 3:00pm but 30 minutes would not be enough time to drive across the city.
Rocket Robin
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Lynx starters
Bucks starters
Captains of Lynx Taylor McNamara (14) and Bucks Zach Steinberger (25) at coin flip. The Lynxster made an appearance for the schoolkids watching.
Lynx James Galvani (10) and Macca Wilde (7) wait to take opening kickoff.
early action
Bucks Matt Walker (5) turns to run across field.
A Lynx freekick into the Bucks box.