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Tuesday, June 7, 2005 (TORONTO, ON) - The Toronto Lady Lynx will attempt to win their fifth straight match in their W-League inaugural season when they welcome the Sudbury Canadians to Centennial Park Stadium tomorrow for the Lady Lynx School Day Matinee at 11:00am. The School Day match is an extension of the highly successful Toronto Lynx School Program that sees players providing soccer skills clinics and educational seminars at schools across the GTA beginning each September. This season will mark the 7th year of the program that saw the Toronto Lynx men's professional team draw 4,250 spectators to their annual School Day last Tuesday, May 31. " This is the first year that we are holding a Toronto Lady Lynx School Day. The interest has been great. However, the work to rule situation prevented a lot of schools from coming out. We hope to grow the Lady Lynx side over the next few years!", says Nicole Hartrell, the club's Chief Operating Officer. The President of the Ontario Elementary School Teachers Federation will be performing the ceremonial kick off at tomorrow's event with school choirs/bands providing the musical entertainment.

On the field, the Lady Lynx have won their first four matches of the season by a combined score of 8-1, including a 1-0 victory over the Canadians in Sudbury on May 28th. In that match, the Lady Lynx were held scoreless until a 90th minute goal by defender, Catharine Marosszeky. Marosszeky and her defensive teammates have been outstanding this season, surrendering only 1 goals in 4 matches, and have helped 'keeper, Stacey Van Boxmeer, to a W-League best 3 shutouts. Offensively, the scoring load has been shared by several players including Japanese striker, Yuiko Konno, who scored both goals in a 2-0 Lady Lynx victory over the Vermont Lady Voltage on Sunday.

With the Canadian transfer window now open for the month of June, the Toronto Lynx have made several roster changes looking to improve on a 0-7-4 start to the season. The Lynx have looked into their past to return two outstanding players on loan for the remainder of the season from MISL clubs. Midfielder, Edgar Bartolomeu, returns to the Lynx after spending the 2004/05 indoor season with the Philadelphia Kixx, while Robbie Aristodemo joins the Club from the MISL runner up, Cleveland Force.

Bartolomeu is a former MLS player with the New York/New Jersey Metrostars that showed tremendous quality with the Lynx last season. The tenacious midfielder/defender is already securing his spot in Head Coach, Hubert Busby Jr.'s starting team, playing all 90 minutes of two matches over the weekend.

Former USL Rookie of the Year and Lynx Most Valuable Player, Robbie Aristodemo, has also returns to Toronto after spending the first 3 seasons of his professional career with the Lynx. Aristodemo played 8 games with the Seattle Sounders in 2004 before being released. Aristodemo is a tremendous possession midfielder whose creativity with the ball and work rate will surely help the Lynx offensively. A native of Etobicoke, Aristodemo has earned 7 caps for Canada over his playing career.

The Lynx have also added Trinidadian defender, Nigel Henry, in an attempt to solidify a defense that has allowed a USL First Division worst 23 goals. Thus far, the addition has proved positive as the Lynx allowed only 1 goal in two matches over the weekend with Henry in the lineup. The towering Henry, brings plenty of USL First Division experience, playing with Hershey and Montreal before spending the previous season with the Charleston Battery before his release last month.

"Obviously we felt the need to shake things up a bit because of the lack of results," explained Busby. "However, more importantly, I wanted to bring in character players who care about this club and I believe we have signed three great professionals that will help with experience that has been lacking thus far."

In order to make room on the roster for the new signings, the Lynx have released striker, Conrad Smith and midfielders, Shawn Faria and Winston Griffiths. Smith, from Trinidad and Tobago, recorded 1 goal and 1 assist in 6 matches with the Lynx while, Griffiths had 1 goal in 4 matches. Faria had yet to see action this season due to injury.

The revised Toronto Lynx roster will renew their rivalry with the Rochester Raging Rhinos this Friday, June 10 at 7:35 pm at Frontier Field in Rochester. The match will be the second meeting between the clubs in the past 2 weeks, after the Raging Rhinos sprinted to a 4-0 lead in Toronto on May 31st before holding on for a 5-3 victory. The Raging Rhinos are beginning to find the form that has made them a playoff team in each year of their existence, winning their past 2 games to move to 3-4-1 on the season. History will be on the Rhinos' side this Friday, as the Lynx have a all-time 1-14-0 record in Rochester with the only win coming on May 6, 2000. Friday's match will be webcast live at www.rhinossoccer.com.

The Toronto Lady Lynx will also make the trip to Rochester this Friday to take on the Rochester Ravens at 7:30pm at Alquinas Institute. The Ravens have begun the season with a 1-2-0 record and sit in fourth place in the Northern Division of the W-League. The match will be the first of three meetings between the Ravens and Northern Division leading, Lady Lynx that should have an impact on the playoff picture in the Eastern Conference. This season, the Lady Lynx are 1-0-0 on the road while the Ravens have a 1-1-0 record on home turf.

For the second straight week, Lynx midfielder, Jamie Dodds, was selected to the USL First Division Team of the Week. After being named the USL First Division Player of the Week honours for his goal and 2 assist performance in a 4-4 tie with Puerto Rico, Dodds played well in a 0-0 draw in Montreal and scored in a 5-3 loss to Rochester to earn the honours this week. With goals in back-to-back home games on brilliant curling free kicks, the second-year professional from Burlington is quickly becoming a crowd favourite at Lynx matches.