A-League game of Sunday August 17, 1997.
Here are the results of the A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Worcester Wildfire played at Varsity Stadium in Toronto with a '5:00pm' kickoff.
Toronto Lynx (white socks and shirts, black shorts, purple numbers, yellow names)
.....................................................22 Joe Ciaravino
..................4 Ian Carter..........17 Daryl Holmes...........16 Rick Titus
9 Elvis Thomas....6 Kevin Holness....2 Ralph Golen....14 Martin Dugas....5 Peyvand Mossavat
.................................13 Carmen D'Onofrio.......21 Michele Gioia
00 Roman Harapyn (gk)...15 Terry St Louis (fwd)...18 Luca Cenutione (mid)...19 Ryan Gamble (fwd)...20 Danley Johnson (def)...24 Christian Lombardo (mid)...Irvin Studin (mid)....
Worcester Wildfire (yellow socks and shoulders and numbers, black shorts and shirts)
.............................................0 Jon Busch
4 Stuart Susten....11 John Vrionis....19 Ken Risley....22 Reinaldo Restifo
20 Stuart MacRury....6 Kyle Fresh....7 Lester Berrospe....25 Brendan Sullivan
......................9 Jake Ouimet....................18 Matt Miles
Subs:...1 Eddie Pigford (gk)...14 Brad Argoos (mid)...16 Steve Sailsman...24 Anthony Buckley (mid)...17 Glen Jusoire (mid).....
Officials:...Referee Sonia Deloncourt, Referee's assistants Neil Scofield and xxxxxxx
4th official Steve Cahoon.
1st half: (Lynx defend North end in first half, overcast late afternoon, kickoff is actually at 5:34pm because of delay in Canada-Iran game played just before this game).
4 min...Lynx Golen gets 30 yard shot caught by goalie.
5 min...Lynx Dugas cross stopped by goalie.
12 min...Wildfire Miles ruled offside on shot that dribbles through freekick wall although Lynx goalie slides to clear it anyway.
17 min...Wildfire goalie wins through ball.
19 min...Wildfire goalie gets to through ball first before dribbling Lynx Thomas.
23 min...Wildfire Susten 30 yard shot over bar.
27 min...Lynx Thomas rolls shot wide right from 15 yards as he's cutting in from right wing.
30 min...Lynx Gioia one touches long Lynx Dugas cross over from 10 yards.
31 min...Wildfire Miles gets giveaway and passes Wildfire Ouimet too far and can't chargen in.
34 min...Lynx D'Onofrio slides 25 yard shot wide left from right side.
36 min...Lynx Gioia passes to Lynx Dugas and he kicks shot from waist high over bar from 7 yards as defender had fallen.
38 min...Lynx Thomas long cross along line stopped by goalie preventing Gioia from heading it in on left post.
39 min...Lynx Carter charges along left wing and passes to Lynx D'Onofrio who tips shot wide right of post.
43 min...Lynx Gioia sliding shot wide right of post after cross from Thomas.
Halftime: in the kick-to-win contest only one of six shots hit the net so only one fan wins a pizza.
2nd half (starts 6:39pm)
halftime sub...Wildfire Jusoire replaces MacRury.
48 min...Wildfire goalie sliding save off line to prevent through ball.
54 min...Lynx Titus 30 yard shot wide left after good run.
55 min...Wildfire Berrospe boots wide left from 20 yards.
59 min...Lynx sub...Gamble replaces Gioia.
62 min...Wildfire Argoos replaces Susten.
64 min...Wildfire Ouimet bends 25 yard freekick over bar.
65 min...Wildfire Sullivan gets 35 yard shot wide right of goal.
67 min...Lynx sub...St Louis replaces D'Onofrio.
..............Wildfire sub...Buckley replaces Miles.
69 min...Lynx goalie stops shot on giveaway from 15 yards.
73 min...Lynx Dugas runs 50 yards and pass to Lynx Thomas blasted high wide left from 15 yards.
75 min...Lynx Mossavat injured at 40 yard line.
..............Lynx YELLOW card...Holness for dissent.
77 min...Lynx Gamble shot tipped wide. Good short cross from Lynx St Louis sets play up.
78 min...Wildfire goalie catches corner kick.
81 min...Lynx Holmes heads ball over own bar after Lynx goalie is only able to palm ball on cross.
83 min...Lynx goalie stops easy header from 15 yards.
87 min...Wildfire Berrospe bicycle shot wide left after ball crosses box.
89.47 min...Wildfire GOAL Fresh (unassisted)...Fresh gets rebound to left of goal and blasts shot from 10 yards to right of net after furious action in box after corner kick from right corner and deflections off Lynx defenders.
Final Score:...........Toronto Lynx.........(0) 0........Worcester Wildfire.........(0) 1......
Attendance was not announced at this game but given to media outlets as 1380. There were 15325 people in the stadium just half hour earlier for the Canada-Iran friendly but most left to parade in the streets after Iran won. It started to rain in the second half which drove more people away. Because people were scattered on both sides of the stands (Lynx only sell tickets to the West stand) attendance really looked sparce.
Lynx lose in the last minute of the game. They also lost by surrendering two goals in the last 7 minutes on Friday night against the Wildfire down in Worcester. Lynx had a lot of injuries and two outfield players played for the Canadian National team earlier. Wildfire are sixth (last) in the NorthEast conference, well out of the playoff race.
Rocket Robin
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