Result of the Sunday August 17th, 2003 A-League game between Toronto Lynx and Pittsburgh Riverhounds played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 6:00pm.
Toronto Lynx (all white, black names and numbers, yellow trim)
..........................................00 Brian Rowland
................15 Adrian Serioux...2 Jan Veenhof...3 Mauricio Vincello
16 Josue Mayard...9 David DiPlacido (cpt)...6 Nikki Vignjevic...5 Shawn Faria...25 Jonathan Westmaas
.......................................11 Sebastian Barclay...18 Ryan Lucas
Subs:...22 Theo Zagar (gk)...8 Brian Ashton (mid)...14 Tyler Hughes (def)...17 Nick Blicharski (mid)...21 Giuliano Oliviero (mid)...24 Paul Lewis (def/mid)
team officials:...head coach Peter Pinizzotto...assistant coach Alberto Furtado...goalkeeping coach Paolo Silva...medical co-ordinator Dr Robert Gringmuth
Pittsburgh Riverhounds (all black, yellow names and numbers, white trim)
...........................................0 Randy Dedini
...................12 Michael Green...15 David Wright...17 Tim Glowienka
4 Gary Depalma...20 Jaman Tripoli...7 Justin Evans (cpt)...11 Ricardo Villar...14 Matthew Chulis
..........................9 Thiago Martins...23 Corey Woolfold
Subs:...22 TJ Hanning (gk)...2 Aaron Thomas (def/mid)...6 Brent Jacquette (def)...8 Joey Worthen (mid)...13 David Flavius (fwd)...18 Tiest Sondaal (def)...21 Derek Rotteiger (mid)
team officials:...head coach Ricardo Iribarren...head athletic trainer Nancy Martin.
Game officials:...referee Michael Lambert...referee's assistants Dominic Rossetto and Russ Hepworth...fourth official Calin Pintea...(yellow shirts, black short and socks)
1st Half:...game starts 6:10pm...Lynx defend north end on this hot breezy evening with the bright sun in the northwest.
1 min...Lynx Vignjevic cornerkick from left is bent behind net.
3 min...PRH Depalma cross into box from left is headed away by Lynx Vincello.
4 min...Lynx Mayard cross from right has defender in box chested down for goalie blocking Lynx Westmaas on left post.
6 min...PRH Chulis on left has Lynx goalie charge out in crowd to catch ball.
7 min...PRH Villar freekick from 45 yards on left, Lynx defender flicks ball but it deflects through to charging PRH Evans who tips 10 yard shot wide left.
8 min...Lynx Lucas gets bouncer down middle but blasts 7 yard shot over net from right.
10 min...Lynx goalie has to rush shot when ball passed back to him but he slips and PRH almost gains possession.
12 min...Lynx Lucas pushes ball through to Lynx Barclay who pushes ball from 15 yards too far ahead, goalie dribbles ball out of trouble.
14 min...Lynx Vignjevic 22 yard freekick into charging PRH wall.
14 min...Lynx Serioux long throw-in over box, Lynx Westmaas rolls 12 yard shot that defender blocks.
17 min...PRP Villar slices 25 yard shot from left well wide right of net.
19 min...Riverhounds Thiago Martins GOAL...PRP Ricardo Villar rushes on right and low cross to Martins all alone in box who volleys 7 yard shot into net leaving Lynx goalie Brian Rowland no chance.
20 min...Lynx Mayard cross from left is knocked around in PRH box.
20 min...Lynx DiPlacido bounces 20 yard shot through crowd to goalie.
21 min...PRH Villar cornerkick from left is over players in box.
22 min...PRH Evans cross from right, PRH Green flying header wide left from 7 yards.
24 min...Lynx Vincello 35 yard bouncer through crowd wide right.
25 min...PRH Evans pushes 25 yard ball into box but goalie picks up ball.
26 min...Lynx DiPlacido cross from right has PRH defender head back out to right for another PRH player to clear.
28 min...PRH Evans heads ball in PRH box out ending Lynx pressure.
29 min...PRH Martins cuts in on Lynx Veenhof after long rush and goalie pushes ball wide left of net as Evans gets away low shot to left post.
29 min...Lynx goalie catches ball after cross on cornerkick from left.
31 min...Lynx Serioux long throw-in from right has Lynx player head ball out of PRH box.
32 min...PRH Villar 25 yard freekick from right is crossed over box out of bounds.
33 min...Lynx Mayard is pushed ball on wide right has 25 yard shot go well over net.
34 min...PRH Villar rushes through middle and 15 yard shot is wide right.
36 min...PRH Tripoli slides to steal ball off Lynx Barclay in PRH box on right end line.
39 min...PRH Martins rush through middle and goalie dives on ball as Martins pushed it too far ahead bursting through.
41 min...PRH Depalma kicks ball off foot of Lynx Lucas in PRH box on left.
42 min...Lynx Vignjevic 25 yard freekick is over wall but right to PRH goalie to catch on right side.
43 min...Lynx Lucas gets ball on left end line and crosses directly to goalie on left post.
46 min...PRH Chulis long run on left wide but crosses over players in Lynx box.
46 min...half ends 6:56pm.
2nd Half:...starts 7:14pm.
halftime sub...Lynx Ashton replaces Faria.
45 min...PRH Villar cornerkick from right, charging PRH player can't quite tip header enough and misses left corner of net from 3 yards.
47 min...PRH Depalma rush up middle but crosses ball wide right to no one.
48 min...Lynx goalie rushes out of box to right and boots ball wide right out of play beating PRH Woolfold to ball.
50 min...Lynx Lucas on left including hand ball uncalled crosses and leaping Lynx Barclay heads ball over bar from 5 yards charging in.
51 min...PRH sub...Worthen replaces Chulis.
53 min...PRH Villar 30 yard freekick is just wide left of post.
54 min...Lynx sub...Hughes replaces Westmaas.
54 min...PRH Worthen cross from left to PRH Woolfold who has his bicycle kick hit right post.
55 min...Riverhounds Thiago Martins GOAL...PRP Ricardo Villar crosses into box from left and Martins waits for ball to drop with plenty of players in the box and blasts 5 yard shot into top left corner of net.
56 min...Lynx YELLOW card...DiPlacido near center line for a foul.
58 min...PRH Tripoli 20 yard shot from left is over net.
62 min...Riverhounds Corey Woolfold GOAL...PRP Thiago Martins cross from right into box for charging Woolfold to kick in 7 yard shot to right side of net.
63 min...PRH sub...Jacquette replaces Tripoli.
63 min...Lynx sub...Blicharski replaces Vignjevic.
65 min...Lynx Hughes cornerkick from left has Lynx Blicharski connect but get pushed over in box, Lynx sustained pressure has Lynx Hughes cross into box from left over head of leaping Lynx Serioux.
67 min...PRH Villar 50 yard freekick from right has ball sail wide left of net.
68 min...PRH Evans starts being pushed around and punches start to be thrown.
70 min...Lynx RED card...Tonight's Lynx captain David DiPlacido picks up his 2nd YELLOW card for pushing incident involving many players near centre line. PRP captain Justin Evans earns a YELLOW card for his part in the incident but it's the Lynx who play shorthanded.
72 min...Lynx Barclay cross into box and Lynx Lucas can't connect on 7 yard shot.
72 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Blicharski for tackle from behind.
73 min...PRH sub...Flavius replaces Woolfold.
74 min...Lynx Ashton follow-up shot wide left from 25 yards.
75 min...PRH sub...Rotteiger replaces Villar.
75 min...Riverhounds RED card for coach Ricardo Iribarren for constant harrassment of officials on his sideline.
77 min...PRH Jacquette 35 yard shot over crowd caught by goalie.
78 min...Lynx Hughes cross from left is flick headed by Lynx Mayard but defender clears.
80 min...PRH goalie beats Lynx Lucas to long through ball.
81 min...Lynx sub...Lewis replaces Mayard.
..............PRH Sondaal replaces Martins.
82 min...PRH Rotteiger 40 yard shot wide right.
82 min...Lynx sub...Oliviero replaces Lucas.
82 min...Lynx YELLOW card...Barclay for tackle on sideline.
85 min...Lynx Barclay alone at 22 yards on left bends shot but misses top right right corner by quite a bit.
86 min...Lynx Ashton 25 yard freekick from left is headed away by defender.
88 min...PRH Rotteiger pulled down inside Lynx box when ball played up middle but referee rules infraction is just outside box.
89 min...PRH Depalma 18 yard freekick blast is just over bar but cornerkick given.
91 min...Lynx Barclay cross from right, leaping Lynx Hughes pops up 15 yard header well over net.
92 min...game ends 8:01pm.
Final Score:........Toronto Lynx...........0................Pittsburgh Riverhounds.........3......
Attendance was announced as 3023 on this hot breezy evening. That seemed like an exageration but it was a big crowd for an also ran team that can't score at home. Lynx did have six subs for this game so they had more player choices.
Usual Lynx captain Theo Zagar was not the starting goalie tonight. Brian Rowland was shaky but could not be blamed on any goal and helped keep the score down. The Lynx chose David DiPlacido as the captain tonight as Brian Ashton was not a starter neither. Lynx starting forwards Ryan Lucas and Sebastian Barclay were ineffective. Next season, the club might as well give their jobs to some mediocre Canadians for a year until they get snapped up by some lower division Scandanavian team. Josue Mayard was moved up to midfield and looked pretty good on wing. Newcomer Jonathan Westmaas got the start in midfield and played well in the one half he got to play.
Riverhounds goalie Randy Dedini earned the shutout without having to make anything but routine saves.
The Manchester United fan club was had a table near the entrance recruiting members and giving away a few prizes in a lucky draw. Tonight was Multicultural Night with talent supplied by CHIN radio. Miss CHIN Bikini and her male equivalent took the opening kickoff to the Lynxster. The Coro Italia L'Aquila provided singing in Italian known by me as "Hey that's the one on the Pizza commercial and that one was in the Bugs Bunny cartoon". It's still hard to get used to not seeing Johnny Lombardi after so many years.
The Riverhounds have now one 9 of their last 10 games as they continue to chase Rochester Raging Rhinos for the last playoff spot in the division. They had a crew of four for their radio broadcast. We don't need them promoting our city. They announced that the other wing of the hotel they were staying at turned their air conditioning off to conserve energy because Toronto still has not recovered from the blackout and the subway is still not running. (Actually all of this is true plus we had it phoned in that the CNE wouldn't open until Tuesday so the Lynx won't be in their booth tomorrow!) Still, I want Rochester to win the spot. There isn't a Toronto media contingient, it's all fringe media like me. The mainstream media don't even run the stories when they're handfed the press releases.
Also the Riverhounds crew had the inside scoop that the stadium lights wouldn't be turned on tonight (another energy concession) but there wasn't much danger of there having to be an overtime period.
Rocket Robin
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