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2nd Half:...starts 5:14pm.
46 min...Lynx Mattacchione injured by leaping with CB Phillips for header on left end line.
47 min...Lynx Vignjevic 30 yard bouncer caught by goalie.
51 min...CB YELLOW card...Trout for flinging Lynx Thomas out of his way on rush to left corner of Lynx end.
54 min...Lynx goalie picks up bouncing through ball ahead of CB Evans.
55 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Kojic for kicking ball out of bounds after whistle?
56 min...Lynx Mattacchione heads away CB freekick and Lynx goalie catches long rebound shot.
58 min...Lynx DiPlacido runs along right and rolls cross that's cleared from CB box.
59 min...Lynx Serioux long 45 yard throw-in from right into CB box is caught by leaping goalie.
60 min...CB Kevin Anderson GOAL...CB Morgan Zeba crosses from right end line to Anderson who heads in from 5 yards on right that bounces into left side of net as goalie protecting right post can't dive far enough to stop it.
62 min...CB sub...Cozier replaces Conway.
63 min...Lynx Vignjevic freekick from right, Lynx Ashton rebounds 25 yard shot high and wide left.
66 min...Lynx sub...Kuzmanovski replaces Thomas.
67 min...CB sub...Diaz Arce replaces Dixon.
69 min...A fight breaks out at center of CB end as CB Wilson threw a punch at fallen Lynx Faria who had made a sliding tackle.
71 min...CB RED card...Wilson for his part in this incident. Referee Denoncourt consulted with Zoran Kristo and Wilson came stomping towards the official on the sideline but CB coach runs along sideline to escort Wilson off without further incident.
72 min...Lynx Vignjevic 30 yard freekick is a roller to goalie.
73 min...Lynx Serioux long throw-in from right is headed over to left by defender, Lynx Budalic 20 yard shot from left is high and wide right.
75 min...CB goalie beats Lynx Kuzmanovski to through ball on right edge of box.
76 min...Lynx Vignjevic cornerkick from left is knocked around in box.
77 min...CB Trout shot from left from 20 yards rushed by sliding Lynx Serioux who's injured on the play and his shot is well wide left.
78 min...Lynx sub...Penalillo replaces Faria.
80 min...Lynx Vignjevic cornerkick from left is headed away by CB Diaz Arce, Lynx Ashton kicks 20 yard rebound high and wide right of goal.
83 min...Lynx Vignjevic pushes ball forward wide right to Lynx Aristodemo to cross to left and Lynx Penalillo blasts 15 yard shot well over net.
84 min...Lynx Vignjevic cross to left but Lynx Penalillo slips and can't get to ball.
85 min...Lynx Budalic cornerkick from right is knocked away.
86 min...Lynx Aristodemo 35 yard shot bounces wide right of net.
87 min...Lynx sub...Santillana replaces DiPlacido.
88 min...CB Cozier breaks tackle on right and rolls pass across box offside.
89 min...Lynx cornerkick from left is headed out of box.
92 min...Lynx Aristodemo rushes down right and crosses to charging Lynx Kojic who can't quite turn diving header from 5 yards and instead he tips ball wide left of goal.
92 min...game ends 6:01pm.

Final Score:........Toronto Lynx..........0............Charleston Battery...............1.............

Attendance was 2076 for the season opener at the Lynx new home of Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke. This was the 100th career game for David DiPlacido and there was a silent auction for his game worn jersey.

This was the first home game of the regular season for Lynx after eight road games and after a promising start they limped back to Toronto with a 1-6-1 record. I was really disappointed by the team for their lack of finishing but only later did I realize they played the League's best or second best team down to the last minute. If this is the best, maybe they'll do better against a lower rated team (of course I thought that way after they beat the Bundasliga team TSV Munich 1860 and they continued on their A-League losing streak). They've really got to win every home game just to claw their way back to .500.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

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