A-League of Friday June 6, 1997.

Here are the results of the A League game between the Toronto Lynx and the Carolina Dynamo played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto with 7:35pm kickoff.

Toronto Lynx (white socks and shirts, black shorts, purple numbers, yellow names)

......................................................1 Pat Onstad
3 Franco Spadafina...2 Ralph Golen...17 Daryl Holmes...16 Rick Titus
11 Tom Kouzmanis...14 Martin Dugas...12 Lei Gong...9 Elvis Thomas
........................8 Darren Tilley..............23 Phil Caporrella

Subs:...22 Joe Ciaravino (gk)...00 Paulo Silva (gk)...(4 Ian Carter...6 Armando Manjate, defenders)...(18 Luca Centurione...25 Irvin Studin, midfield)...(20 Danley Johnson, forward)...

Carolina Dynamo (red socks and shirts, white shorts and numbers)

.....................................................1 Scott Garlick
22 James Dunn...14 Robert Rosario...4 Scott Schweitzer...2 Maher Atta
8 Keiran Breslin...7 Eddie Radwanski...9 Jason Haupt...6 John Ball
...........................11 Richard Sharpe...........10 Brian Loftin

Subs:...1 Aidan Heaney (gk)...(3 Byron Mitchell...25 Danny Care, defenders)...(12 Khary Stockton...15 Robin Chan, midfield)...(19 Ayman Hamid...20 Jamie Wellington, forwards)...

Officials:...Referee Steve Mortimer, referee assistants Manuel Orlana and Zoran Kristo, 4th Andrew Drezinski. They wore torquoise tonight.

1st half: Lynx defend north goal. Warm evening with wind from the south.
13 min...Dynamo Loftin flicks header from 15 yards over net.
14 min...Lynx Dugas gets 25 yard cross caught by goalie.
14 min...Dynamo goalie YELLOW card for being too slow in getting ball back in play. Lynx get free kick near penalty spot. Kouzmanis decoys by jumping over ball. Tilley blasts ball at charging defender, Dugas blasts rebound over bar from outside angle.
17 min...Lynx corner caught by goalie.
23 min...Dynamo Loftin wastes freekick from 30 yards over wall and bar.
30 min...Dynamo Breslin twists cross with header wide left.
31 min...Lynx Holmes hurt by stopping hard shot with head.
34 min...Lynx Thomas cross to goal headed by Tilley to diving goalie.
35 min...Dynamo goalie just beats Lynx forward racing out of box for ball.
37 min...Lynx goalie deflects Breslin three yard header wide.
38 min...Lynx goalie catches freekick with Dynamo forward pushing him in the back.
39 min...Lynx Caporrella gets low 20 yard shot to goalie who smothers it.
41 min...Lynx GOAL...(Tilley, assist Kouzmanis) Tilley taps ball in on left side of goal after corner cross from Kouzmanis who takes it from left side of field. Ball threaded through/over about five players.
42 min...Dynamo YELLOW card Loftin for bashing into Holmes at midfield.
45 min...Lynx goalie grabs bouncing ball while rushing forward.

Halftime Contest: Three fans with an autographed program were chosen to attempt to kick the ball from about 30 yards through either of three small holes in a board stretched over the north goal. A guy who said his name was Zimba from Zaire at least hit the goal for a free pizza gift certificate. (Zaire was renamed Republic of the Congo about two weeks ago so I think he was putting the officials on). After the contest, the Lynx reserves tried it too instead of practising and at least were closer than the fans.

52 min...Lynx Tilley header straight along goalline caught by Dynamo goalie.
53 min...Dynamo goalie muffs cross but in scramble, ref blows whistle in falling bodies.
55 min...Lynx Dugas gets head to cross while defending charging Dynamo forward. Goal kick results not corner.
55 min...Dynamo subs...Wellington replaces Loftin...Stockton replaces Radwanski.
57 min...crowd groans as Lynx Kouzmanis cross stopped by Atta with chest but ball bounces off ground and hits his hand but no penalty called.
58 min...Dynamo injury to Sharpe as Holmes heads crash going for header.
59 min...Lynx Caporrella gets foot injury in collision.
62 min...Dynamo Haupt header wide from 10 yards as three Dynamo against one Lynx defender.
63 min...Lynx goalie punches out floating shot.
64 min...Lynx sub....Carter replaces Gong.
65 min...Dynamo Wellington cuts against defense but low shot from 20 yards wide right.
67 min...Lynx sub Johnson replaces Caporrella.
68 min...Lynx goalie makes sliding foot save and rebound shot wide.
70 min...Lynx GOAL...Kouzmanis (assisted by Dugas)...Kouzmanis redirects shot with backheel from three yards on shot that was going wide, Dugas struck ball from seven yards out.
71 min...Lynx YELLOW Titus for hard tackle.
73 min...Lynx freekick from 25 yards just wide.
75 min...Lynx Dugas injured as Dynamo defenders have been going in hard.
77 min...Dynamo goalie catches cross.
78 min...Dynamo Ball blasts ball wide left from 25 yards.
79 min...Dynamo subs....Chan replaces Haupt...Hamid replaces Sharpe.
81 min...Lynx goalie gets ball deflected into his hands while he's already sprawled out after previous stop.
83 min...Dynamo Hamid heads centering pass just wide right after receiving corner cross from left.
84 min...Lynx Dugas crosses to Tilley whose header is stopped by goalie.
85 min...Lynx Tilley gets ball and cuts against charging goalie and gets point blank shot stopped.
86 min...Dynamo Rosario (?) blasts shot high but deflected for corner.
87 min...Lynx defenders clear two corner kicks in rapid succession.
88 min...Dynamo goalie catches Kouzmanis centering freekick.

Final Score:......Toronto Lynx............2............Carolina Dynamo...........0...

Attendance was announced as 1634.

The mascot (it must be getting hot for the guy in that catsuit) and cheerleaders from Markgrove (?) Collegiate weere there tonight. The policy is to play music only when there's a stoppage in play but that barely gets the cheerleaders time to get started. They did some cheers without music but were outchanted by some of their schoolfriends (?) in the stands. It was a fun atmosphere.

Rocket Robin
robing@clo.com

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