Date:
June 5, 2005
Venue:
Centennial Stadium, Toronto, Ontario
Attendance:
1 430
Kick Off
Time: 4:00 PM EST
Final Score:
Toronto 2 , Vermont 0
Match
Summary:
The Toronto Lady
Lynx continued their 2005 season this afternoon
winning 2-0 in front of 1430 fans at Centennial
Stadium.
The opening 25 minutes were relatively calm, as
both teams patiently felt each other out.
Toronto broke the deadlock in the 35th minute.
Yuiko Konno challenged Vermont 'keeper Kristin
Luckenbill after a back pass from her defender,
winning the ball and firing into the empty
goal.
Konno made it two for herself and the Lynx a
mere four minutes later. After a pass from
Amanda Cicchini, Konno faked around her marker
and fired past Luckenbill and into the bottom
right of the goal.
It was 2-0 to Toronto after the first 45
minutes.
The second interval produced no goals.
Vermont came close to scoring a number of
times. Karen Burke's free kick in the 66th
minute forced Stacey VanBoxmeer to push the ball
out for a corner, while Caroline Vanderpool came
close in the 72nd and 85th minute.
Her effort in the 72nd minute resulted in a
quality save from VanBoxmeer who compiled 5
saves on her way to another shutout.
It was 2-0 to Toronto as the final whistle
blew. Yuiko Konno was outstanding for Toronto,
scoring twice. Vermont's Karen Burke was most
impressive for her side, creating many chances.
Toronto improved to 4-0-0 and solidified their
first place position in the standings with this
afternoon's result.
This afternoon’s match was a special Women in
Sports Day, honoring women's contribution to
sports including a performance by the Etobicoke
Olympium Rhythmic Gymnastics Club and ceremonial
kickoff by Estelle Nicholls of the Ontario
Soccer Association.
Toronto came into this afternoon's encounter
with an impressive 3-0-0 record, scoring six
times and allowing only one.
The conceded goal came against today's opponent
when they played last month. The Lynx won that
match 3-1 in overtime. Kim Warner scored both
the winner and the third goal that day.
Vermont came into Centennial Stadium this
afternoon with a record of 2-3-0. Vermont (6
points) sat second to the Lynx (9 points) in the
Eastern Conference's Northern Division.
Toronto's last match was a 1-0 victory away to
Sudbury, while Vermont's last test ended 2-0 in
Rochester's favor in Rochester. A very
different Lynx side earned Toronto’s last win.
Head Coach Brett Mosen had to cope with the fact
that seven of his players were away for an U-18
national training camp when they traveled to
Sudbury. Today's Toronto side was back to full
capacity
Final Score:
Toronto 2 Vermont 0
Lineups:
Toronto: Vanboxmeer,
Alexopolus (Devries 84), Ralph (Rushton 60) Cicchini (Grecco
60), Rago, Booth, Marosszeky, Warner, Gaizutis,
Habenicht (Liguori 78), Konno
Vermont: Luckenbill,
Barr, Gonneville, Lovitz, Mulson, McCutheon,
Bouchard, Wilson, Lesage, Neagle (Benson 69),
Cochran
Cautions:
Toronto: Alexopolus , Vermont: Gonneville,
Mulson
Ejections:
None
Shots:
Toronto 13 , Vermont 12
Saves:
Toronto 5 , Vermont 2
Fouls:
Toronto 15 , Vermont 17
Scorers:
Toronto: Konno 35, Konno (Cicchini) 39
The Toronto
Lady Lynx' next game is Wednesday, June 8 versus
the Sudbury Canadians
at Centennial Park Stadium,
11:00am kickoff
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