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Result and details of the Sunday June 8th, 2014 PDL game between Toronto Lynx and Chicago Fire U-23s played at Sheridan College in Oakville at 4:00pm.

Toronto Lynx (yellow & black hooped socks, black shorts and shirts, yellow shoulders, white numbers)

.......................1 Matt Silva
14 Taylor McNamara (cpt)...6 Callum Home...5 Eric Crawford...2 Tevin Wynters
25 Justin Gordon...19 Gary Giffin...11 Jamie Henderson...4 Liam Collins...20 Khody Ellis
.........................9 Leigh Viedman

Subs:...26 Triston Henry (gk)...7 Macca Wilde (fwd)...8 Will Grocott (mid)...17 Lukas Risto (mid)...23 Anthony Novak (fwd)
...22 Grant Keith (def)...12 Jordan Roberts (fwd)
team officials:...head coach Duncan Wilde...assistant coaches Billy Steele and Brett Mosen...trainer Dr Robert Gringmuth

Chicago Fire U-23 (all red, white numbers)

.....................93 Charlie Lyon
15 David Caban...9 Trevor Haberkorn...11 Mike Kozielek...7 Drew Conner
4 James Fawke...2 Elliott Borge...3 Daniel Keller (cpt)...17 Marcus Epps
.............18 Tyler Engel...16 Nick Jones

Subs:...0 Andrew Putna (gk)...14 David Selvaggi (def)...19 Jacob Brindle (--)...6 Filipic Cortez (mid)...13 Charles 'Chipper' Root (mid)
team official:...head coach Mike Markovich

Game officials:...referee Manuel Orellana...referee's assistants Michael Dominique and Marc Henoud...fourth official Afshin Korkorian
...(neon yellow shirts, black short and socks)

1st Half:...game starts 4:00pm...Lynx defend north end on this mild overcast late afternoon with a breeze from the north. There'd been a pregame light rain.
6 min...Fire Epps cross from 25 yards on left has Lynx Crawford at 8 yards head ball away. Fire Conner pushes ball back into box to 5 yards on right and Lynx goalie dives on it.
12 min...Fire Borge cross from 8 yards on right is unplayed through box and over to left.
13 min...Lynx Collins chip cross from 22 yards on right catches Lynx Ellis offside at 7 yards on left.
15 min...Fire Kozielek cross from 25 yards on left has goalie jump to catch at 6 yards.
17 min...Lynx goalie charges to 22 yards in middle to beat Fire Jones to crossed pass.
19 min...Lynx Gordon cross from 25 yards on right has defender head ball over own net to prevent Lynx Ellis getting to 5 yard header.
20 min...Lynx Collins cornerkick from left has defenders clear for fast break.
21 min...Fire Caban throw-in from right has Fire Fawke cross from 25 yards on right is headed away in box.
23 min...Lynx Ellis has Fire Haberkorn kick ball back to goalie on left at 10 yards for him to clear ball back to Fire Haberkorn to rush out of box.
24 min...Fire Engel 25 yard freekick from right has goalie catch in front of charging players at 8 yards on left.
25 min...Lynx Collins from left corner flag rolls pass to Lynx Ellis who pushes ball on run to 12 yards and goalie dives on at 5 yards wide left of post as pushed too far forward.
27 min...Lynx Wynters makes great defensive play to clear ball from Fire Jones on 2 on 1 rush at 16 yards and Wynter wins freekick when he's pushed over.
28 min...Lynx Wynters long run down left has Fire Haberkorn make sliding poke check at 10 yards on left.
29 min...Fire Engel cornerkick from right has Fire player head from 12 yards and goalie dives to catch at 5 yards.
31 min...Fire Engel rush up middle after eluding sliding tackle at 30 yards shoots 20 yard roller wide left of post.
32 min...Lynx Collins rolls pass from 35 yards that splits defence and Lynx Veidman shoots 16 yarder up middle that sliding goalie blocks point blank.
33 min...Fire Borge rush to edge of box and can't draw freekick as he pushes ball too far forward while trying to squeeze by defender.
35 min...Lynx Collins 35 yard freekick from right is over players and wide left of net.
35 min...Fire player rush on left and 15 yard shot is into outside webbing of net.
37 min...Lynx Collins 40 yard freekick from right has Fire Haberkorn head away from box at 12 yards.
39 min...Fire Engel 25 yard freekick low from right is low and Lynx player clears in tangle of feet at 5 yards. Engel on charge on right has 8 yard shot off sliding goalie and defender runs it out of box.
41 min...Lynx McNamara blasts tapped freekick from 40 yards on right high and wide left of net.
42 min...Fire Engel cross through 6 yard box from 12 yards on right has defender block and clear on left.
42 min...Fire Haberkorn cross right pass has Fire Jones miss shot at 10 yards on left.
45:18 min...half ends 4:45pm.

2nd Half:...starts 5:01pm...now it's raining harder then the last half of the first half.
halftime sub:...Lynx Grocott replaces Crawford.
45 min...Fire Kozielek rush on left and rolls pass to Fire Engel who kicks over net from 12 yards on deflection.
46 min...Fire Epps cornerkick from left is headed down but goalie dives out to smother ball.
48 min...Fire Kozielek throw-in from left has Lynx Collins head away. Kozielek heads ball back into box but defenders clear.
50 min...Fire Kozielek rush on left rolls pass forward to Fire Epps and goalie makes block.
51 min...Fire Epps shot from 22 yards on left wins cornerkick on deflection.
51 min...Fire player's cornerkick from right is over players in box.
52 min...Fire Jones long throw-in from left is cleared and Jones blasts 20 yard clearance on sharp left into outside webbing of net.
53 min...Fire Kozielek cross from 22 yards on left has defender concede cornerkick.
54 min...Fire player's cornerkick from right has goalie palm ball up on catch attempt at 5 yards and Lynx Collins clears starting fast break. Lynx Gordon has defender block 20 yard shot.
56 min...Lynx sub...Novak replaces Ellis. 57 min...Lynx McNamara taps 20 yard freekick up middle has Lynx Veidman blast 20 yard shot that goalie leans to right to catch.
59 min...Lynx defender clears 20 yarder off Fire Epps and deflection is just wide left of Lynx post.
61 min...Lynx sub...Risto replaces Giffin.
61 min...Fire Jones on rush up left blasts 20 yard shot just over bar.
62 min...Lynx Grocott blasts 25 yard partial clearance over net after Lynx Wynters had kept ball in play on run on right sideline then end line.
63 min...Lynx Grocott low corcnerkick from right has defender clear behind net.
63 min...Fire YELLOW card...Haberkorn earns it for argueing with referee.
64 min...Lynx Grocott cornerkick from right has defenders clear.
64 min...Fire sub...Root replaces Epps.
67 min...Lynx Veidman has shot blocked on right edge of box.
68 min...Lynx sub...Wilde replaces Gordon.
68 min...Fire Engel rush down left and rolls pass from 20 yards that Fire Jones kicks ball over net from 8 yards up middle.
70 min...Fire Kozielek rolls pass into box that Lynx Wynters clears at 10 yards.
71 min...Lynx Wynters rush down left and corss has Lynx player flick header from 8 yards that goalie flies to right to catch.
72 min...Fire Jones gets pass in open and rolls 22 yard shot wide left of the post.
73 min...Fire sub...Brindle replaces Jones.
74 min...Lynx Veidman long throw-in from right wins cornerkick on header.
74 min...Lynx Grocott cornerkick from right has Lynx Novak head ball downward at 8 yards and ball bounces over net.
76 min...Lynx Wynters is injured near sideline at Lynx 40 yard line.
77 min...Fire Borge pass forward for Fire Conner and his 12 yard shot from sharp angle has goalie slide to stop at 5 yards.
79 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Risto earns it for pulling down Fire Engel to prevent a 3 on 2 rush.
79 min...Fire Engel 30 yard freekick partially cleared and Fire Fawke shot is then wide of net.
80 min...Lynx Wynters and Lynx Novak work give and go from center line on left and Novak pushes ball too far forward and goalie dives on ball before Wynters can get to it.
84 min...Lynx McNamara pushes pass up right and Lynx Novak has 12 yard shot after run has sliding goalie deflect ball wide left.
85 min...Lynx Grocott cornerkick from left lands for Lynx Henderson to shoot wide right from 8 yards.
86 min...Fire Charles 'Chipper' Root GOAL...Fire Tyler Engel rushes on right and centers ball for Root to slide forward and shoot 7 yarder into middle of net past goalie Matt Silva.
87 min...Lynx McNamara rolls ball along right end line that goalie picks up.
88 min...Fire sub...Selvaggi replaces Caban.
89 min...Fire sub...Cortez replaces Engel.
89 min...Lynx Veidman 20 yard midair shot from left is over net.
90 min...Fire Koziolek blast from 15 yards on left has goalie push ball wide left of post.
92 min...Lynx Home blasts ball after whistle injuring fallen Fire Root on Lynx end line. Root can then waste more time.
94:55 min...game ends 5:51pm.

Final Score:.......Toronto Lynx.......0.......Chicago Fire U23s......1....

Attendance was about 120 on this mild afternoon with a pregame light rain then another bout of rain from the last half of the first half until the end of the day.

Nothing happened shot wise in the first ten minutes of the game. After that both teams had some chances but the Fire had the better from the 29 minute mark until the end of the half. The second half had wide open action during the entire match and there could have been four or five goals for each side.

Best chances were at 29 minutes when Fire Tyler Engel took a cornerkick from the right that a Fire player headed from 12 yards and the goalie dove to catch the ball at 5 yards. Two minutes later Engel rushed up the middle after eluding a sliding tackle at 30 yards and shot a 20 yard roller just wide left of the post. Lynx responded a minute later with Liam Collins rolling a pass from 35 yards that split the defence and Leigh Veidman shot a 16 yarder up the middle that the sliding goalie blocked point blank. 39 minutes had Fire Engel take a 25 yard low freekick from the right and the Lynx cleared in a tangle of feet at 5 yards. Engel charged forward on the right and took an 8 yard shot off the sliding goalie and a defender ran the ball out of the box.

The Second Half had Lynx Taylor McNamara tap a 20 yard freekick in the middle and Leign Veidman blasted a shot that the goalie leaned to right to catch. 71 minutes had Lynx Tevin Wynters rush down the left and send in a cross that a Lynx player flicked a header from 8 yards that the goalie flies to right to catch. The next minute had Fire Nick Jones got a pass in the open and rolled a 22 yard shot down the middle and wide left of the post. 74 minutes had Lynx Will Grocott take a cornerkick from the right and Anthony Novak headed the ball downwards and the ball bounced over the net. 84 minutes had Lynx McNamara push a pass up the right and Novak had a run and then a 12 yard shot that the goalie deflected wide left of the post. The resulting cornerkick by Grocott from the left had Jamie Henderson shoot wide right from 8 yards. Next minute the Fire scored! They almost increased their lead at 90 minutes when Mike Kozielek blasted a shot from 15 yards on the left that ghe goalie pushed wide left of the post.

Referee Manuel Orellana gave out one Yellow card to each team in a game that was more wide open than rough.

Charlie Lyon earned the shutout for the Fire. He had to make some important saves but other chances he was spared by off target shooting. This was much the same as the Lynx goalie Matt Silva.

This Fire U23 team is stocked with homegrown players of the Chicago MLS team. This is somewhat similar to what Toronto FC are doing. The PDL season ends the third week of July and with playoffs stretches until August. The three players I talked to said they all went to (the University of) Wisconsin. A story on the PDL website is about former Fire U23 midfielders Harry Shipp and Christ Ritter making it to the MLS team this season becoming the second and third players to move up.

Lynx record falls to 1 win, 3 losses, and 2 ties for sixth place in the 7 team Great Lakes Division. Fire record improves to 3 wins, 2 losses, and 2 ties for second place. They had lost to FC London 3-0 on Friday night.

Lynx next home game is next Sunday (the 15th) at Sheridan College at 4:00pm against the current first place team Michigan Bucks.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca


Lynx starters


Fire U23 starters


Lynx Liam Collins (4), Leigh Viedman (9), and Gary Giffin (19) take opening kickoff.


Fire Marcus Epps (17) cuts back upfield after rush.


Lynx Taylor McNamara (14) takes throw-in.


Fire on rush upfield.


Fire Nick Jones (16) freekick.


Fire Nick Jones (16) and Tyler Engel (18) take second half kickoff.


Lynx Taylor McNamara (14) takes freekick.

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