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2nd Half:...starts 7:09pm.
halftime subs:...RRR Nash replaces Stebbins.
.........................RRR Suarez replaces Zavala.
45 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Mattacchione for unsportsmanlike conduct in Lynx end.
46 min...RRR Suarez freekick from 25 yards is curled to right caught by goalie.
47 min...RRR Suarez cornerkick from left is cleared by goalie.
48 min...RRR Demmin defender chips back to goalie to keep Lynx Budalic from 1 on 3 and just misses own right corner of net as RRR goalie falls and ball bounces wide.
51 min...Lynx DiPlacido boots ball from 20 yards over net after getting to partial clearance.
52 min...Lynx Vignjevic dribbles in traffic and 20 yard shot is just over net from left.
53 min...Lynx Aristodemo cross from right is picked up by goalie.
54 min...RRR Suarez ends RRR pressure by off balance rolling 12 yard shot wide right.
55 min...RRR Nash ends RRR pressure as his midair 12 yard blast from left deflects off defender.
56 min...RRR Suarez cornerkick from left is popped up by defender and Lynx goalie catches on way down and is injured when bumped.
58 min...RRR Simmonds rushes down left wing and rolls cross that RRR Suarez puts well over net from 18 yards.
59 min...RRR Ballantyne gets to shot in alone but Lynx defender gets back to rips ball wide right.
60 min...Lynx Aristodemo gets ball on right end line that goalie can't get to and crosses to center where Lynx Faria charges up to heade from 7 yards that flying goalie catches before falling back but keeping ball out.
62 min...Lynx sub...Butcher replaces Knights.
63 min...RRR sub...Jimmy Tanner replaces Lavrinenko.
64 min...Lynx Budalic 25 yard shot low that diving goalie stops on right post.
66 min...RRR YELLOW card...Steenkamp for complaining about Lynx DiPlacido falling and controlling ball with hand.
67 min...Lynx Budalic beats two defenders cutting along right right and edge of goal and cuts 18 yard shot that goalie stops on right side of net.
68 min...RRR sub...Walton replaces Bankov.
69 min...Lynx Butcher runs on left wing, sends cross that Lynx Budalic in box can't get to.
70 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Faria for letting freekick hit him in back by RRR Suarez. This quick kick proved that Faria hadn't given 10 yards space.
71 min...Lynx sub...Ashton replaces Vignjevic.
71 min...RRR Suarez 35 yard freekick from left is deflected off Lynx player for cornerkick wide right.
75 min...Lynx Robbie Aristodemo takes cornerkick from left to Lynx Steve Butcher who rolls cross into box, Lynx player lifts ball for just under ball and RRR Tamoc Suarez deflects ball with upraised arm that goalie catches on the way down. Referee Domenic Rossetto confirms with assistant and RED cards Surarez and awards Penalty kick.
77 min...Lynx Brian Ashton GOAL...Ashton rolls penalty kick to left corner of net beyond diving goalie.
79 min...RRR Simmonds rolls 15 yard shot wide left of net.
80 min...Lynx sub...Thomas replaces Aristodemo.
84 min...Lynx Ashton 30 yard shot is well over net.
85 min...Lynx Kojic quick 70 yard freekick from Lynx left is one touched by Lynx Budalic just over bar from 30 yards on left.
86 min...Lynx Budalic runs near edge of box and rolls ball to RRR goalie.
87 min...RRR Nash cornerkick from right, RRR Steenkamp shot from 7 yards is stopped by goalie on great split second reaction.
88 min...RRR Steenkamp gets rebound on Lynx goalie batting away shot and 15 yard shot deflects off top of bar over net!
91 min...Lynx sub...DeLuca replaces Budalic.
92 min...Lynx Serioux long throw-in from left is caught by leaping goalie over head of Lynx Thomas.
93 min...Lynx goalie jumps to punch ball away from leaping RRR Simmonds.
93 min...game ends at 8:57pm with Lynx Ashton and Lynx DeLuca in shoving match with three RRR players in right corner of RRR side of field.

Final Score:........Toronto Lynx..........2................Rochester Raging Rhinos............0..........

Attendance was announced as 1293 on this hot summer evening. Many Rhinos fans had made the trip with the their own fan clubs hiring tour buses for the trip.

Lynx goalie Theo Zagar had a lot of work to do to earn the shutout. He had some pure reflex saves and point blank stops on various Rhinos shots as they kept the pressure on throughout the game.

Canadian National Men's team coach Holger Osieck was in attendance at the game. The Toronto Ultras fan club took up a chant of "Budalic for Canada!"

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