June 24, 2012 PDL--Toronto Lynx vs Chicago Inferno

[Rocket Robin]

Result of the Sunday June 24, 2012 PDL game between
Toronto Lynx and Chicago Inferno played at Centennial
Stadium in Etobicoke at 5:00pm.

22 min...Inferno Damiem Rolen-Merette GOAL...CI Marc
Glidden rolls pass forward from 25 yards where
Rolen-Merette in group of players shoots ball forward
into left side of net.

31 min...Inferno (Lynx own goal) GOAL...TL Callum Home
running back towards goal scores from 18 yards when
he kicks the ball just over the head of TL goalie
Ben Ur as CI Gordon Gurson was pressuring him.

51 min...Lynx James Gilvani GOAL...Gilvani bangs
in rebound from 10 yards past defender on the line
and into left side of net after goalie Troy Osborne
made a spectacular save on 15 yard shot by another
Lynx player.

60 min...Lynx Joshua Portillo GOAL...Lynx Leigh Veidman
blasts 22 yard shot from left that has flying goalie bat
ball down. Veidman on right side blasts 10 yard shot
into left side of net.

77 min...Lynx RED card...James Gilvani earns his second
Yellow card for sliding tackle at CI 25 yards when
he could see defender would get to ball first.

80 min...Inferno RED card...Noel Alvarez earns his
second Yellow card for sliding tackle on Lynx Joshua
Portillo who'd deked two guys at Lynx 45 yard line.

88 min...Lynx Leigh Veidman GOAL...Veidman gets ball
at 45 yards up middle and splits two defenders with
a clearance attempt off his body but he gets through
to send 15 yard shot low into left corner of net.
CI players pleaded for a hand ball on their clearance.

Final Score:.....Toronto Lynx.....3....Chicago
Inferno......2.....

Attendance was about 30 with 20 of those being
Inferno family/fans. It was hot and humid but it
started to drizzle between halfs. A hard driving
rain started at 62 minutes but had stopped before
the game ended.

This was a rough game with referee Ramee Arbaji
giving out six Yellow cards (four for Inferno) as
well as the ejections. Gilvani and Alvarez were
earlier Yellow carded at 38 minutes for pushing
each otherthen were ejected three minutes apart
in the second half.

Lynx goalie Ben Ur was subbed into the game at
18 minutes when starter Matt Silva pulled a quad
muscle.

Lynx had many good chances in the first half but
kept having the goalie make stops and defenders
blocking shots in the box. Usually this would
be frustrating in other games this season but
the Lynx kept up the pressure and were rewarded
in the second half although they had the risk
of counterattacks.

Inferno had only three subs today including
a back-up goaltender so faded near the end
of the game. They had played FC London
the night before with the same number of
subs and earned a 1-1 tie.

Best non-scoring chances were at 9 minutes when
Lynx Leigh Veidman couldn't draw a Penalty kick when
the goalie chopped his knee at 10 yards on the left
as he ran over the goalie but he fell over and the
ball rolled over the end line. 17 minutes had
CI Jonghyun Son take a 35 yard cross from the left
that had CI Damiem Rolen-Merette head a 5 yarder from
the right forward that hit the goalpost and flew
left where CI Gordon Gurson missed a header on the
post. 30 minutes had Lynx Macca Wilde take a
cornerkick from the right that had Lynx Callum Home
blast a 12 yarder that the flying goalie stopped.
40 minutes had Lynx James Gilvany make the goalie
save a point blank 15 yard shot and the rebound
had Lynx Joshua Portillo hit the crossbar from
8 yards on the right.

The win was only the second for the Lynx this year
and first at home. Their record improves to 2-7-1
and are still in last place. Inferno record falls
to 3-6-3. They are new team to the league this year.
No reason why America's 'Second City' Chicago
shouldn't have a second team when Chicago Fire Premier
is probably made up of MLS draft picks but 'Fire'
and 'Inferno'?--do they have to be named after the same
historical event?

The Lynx travel this weekend for two road games.
Their next home game is Thursday July 5th at 2:00pm.

Rocket Robin
robing@eol.ca

[Red and White]

Congrats on the win. Its too bad Toronto Lynx, Hamilton Rage and Forrest City London aren't in the same division as the Ottawa Fury. I'd love to see some fellow Canadian teams at Fury home games.

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Well, i'll be taking Josh Portillo off the MOACA i guess...good to see Damiem Merette show up on the radar again, i think he was with Capital City FC last year right?