Rocket Robin Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 Result of the W-League game of Sunday June 13th, 2004 between Toronto Inferno and Long Island Lady Riders played at Esther Shiner Stadium in North York at 2:00pm. 71 min...Inferno Naomi Eguchi GOAL...Inf Keisha Garrick takes 45 yard freekick from left, Inf Heather Gallacher tips header down from 6 yard box, Eguchi spins and rolls 6 yard shot to right side of net beyond LILR goalie Meghan Frey. 75 min...Inf Keisha Garrick flattens LILR Kerri McCabe in Inf box and referee Justin Tasev signals for a penalty kick. 76 min...LILR Fran DeCristoforo GOAL...DeCristoforo shoots penalty kick into left side of net with goalie Anne Ogundele holding her ground in center. 80 min...LILR Allson Mullen GOAL...LILR Kerry Martin 25 yard shot into box, Mullen at 10 yards rolls ball under sliding goalie into net. Final Score:......Toronto Inferno..........1...........Long Island Lady Riders............2.......... Attendance was 250 on this warm afternoon. I expected Esther Shiner Stadium would have its new field turf but apparently that's been put off until later. The field natural grass had bald patches especially in the center circle. Once again the Inferno didn't have enough bench strength. They listed only 13 players. When midfielder Tiffanie Stewart was injured at the 7 minute mark, the Inferno played short for about 12 minutes until back up goalie Anne-Marie Witko came on as a midfielder and handled the position pretty well. She was eventually replaced by their only other substitute, Jennifer Parker at 67 minutes. The Lady Riders were outplayed in the first half and the whole game were plagued by undisiplined runs which resulted in numerous offside calls. In the second half with the Inferno tiring, the Riders gained more control and goalie Anne Ogundele had to be sharp to make some key stops although more Riders shots were off target. Inferno's record now falls to 0-5 and every game they've had only 12 or 13 players although officials say 18 are signed. Signing a player for one or two games sounds like it isn't an option I'm led to believe. That can become a winning strategy for their oponents. They'll eventually tire out. I'd say it can also lead to further Inferno injuries as players are having to put in a full 90 minutes when they should have been subbed out earlier. Maybe it will take a double digit blowout against first place Ottawa Fury next Sunday afternoon (after a tiring home game against Rochester Ravens the night before) before things will change. This was though a very entertaining game. Lady Riders were one of those all-white 'Country Club' teams that could have been beaten. I noticed a few W-League teams like this last year too. As I walked by in the parking lot I noticed their bus driver was black. Rocket Robin robing@eol.ca Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Elaine Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 i have some pictures from this game over at the Go Big Red!! forums ... and i agree on the field, it was really poor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TorontoInferno Posted June 14, 2004 Share Posted June 14, 2004 This should have been a win once again for the Inferno...of the teams they have lost to this season, the Riders should have been beaten...quite a few good chances, but tired legs cannot hold out indefinitely...Reinforcements are coming for the weekend games so hopefully a couple good results are forthcoming... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted June 14, 2004 Author Share Posted June 14, 2004 For Immediate Release Sunday, June 13, 2004 Attention: Sports Editors, Assignment Editors, Soccer Journalists, General Sportswriters, Sportscasters and other parties RIDERS CHARGE AT RIGHT TIME AS INFERNO DROP FIFTH MATCH The similarities are eerie. While the French national football team was coming from behind to defeat their English counterparts 2-1 in Euro 2004 play at Lisbon, Portugal, the Long Island Lady Riders were doing the same to the Toronto Inferno in W-League action at North York, Ontario. Both winning teams also relied on penalty kick goals to amount for half of their total output. Both losing teams were dealt cruel hands. In the match played on Canadian soil, Toronto forward Heather Gallacher knocked down a ball in the Lady Riders’ 18-yard box and moved it forward to her frontline counterpart Naomi Eguchi. The rookie forward found herself practically point-blank with Lady Riders’ goalkeeper Meghan Frey but fired the ball above the veteran’s outstretched hands. That first goal came at the 71st minute mark but Toronto’s lead only held for about six minutes. Long Island defender Francesca DeCristoforo was called upon to take a penalty kick in the 77th minutes after a Toronto foul and blasted a shot cleanly past Inferno goalkeeper Anne Ogundele. Only about two minutes later, an Inferno giveaway just outside of their 18-yard box resulted in Lady Riders’ midfielder Allison Mullen having a clear path to the net. Ogundele made herself as wide as possible to cut down the angle but Mullen slid the ball under the outstretched Inferno keeper’s right leg. “It turned out to be a costly giveaway,” said Inferno General Manager Tony Marmo. “However, Anne did all she could to try and prevent the goal.” Coach Tom McManus felt Ogundele had a solid outing. ”Anne had a good game today and made some excellent saves,” remarked McManus. “She still needs to work on her total game but it will come.” For the Inferno, the defeat marks their fifth loss against no wins in 2004 and also the fifth time they’ve managed only one goal in a match. “It’s frustrating because our players are getting a lot of chances,” added Marmo. “However I think there’s just a lack of confidence when it comes to finishing.” Coach Tom McManus feels that his players need to be better prepared when scoring chances occur. “Our strikers are not always ready to shoot when the balls arrive and in turn, it takes them too long to get their shots off,” observes McManus. Long Island now sits alone in second place of the Northeast Division with a record of five wins against just one loss and only three points behind the 6-0 New Jersey Wildcats. Next action for the Inferno is on Saturday, June 19 at Vaughan’s Ontario Soccer Centre when they host their North Central Division rivals, the Rochester Ravens. Kickoff is slated for 7 p.m. About the Toronto Inferno The Toronto Inferno Soccer Club, founded in 1997, is the original Canadian W-League franchise. The league now counts seven Canadian franchises amongst its 37 member teams. The other 31 teams are located within America’s 48 contiguous states. W-League news, schedules, scores, standings, rosters, etc. can be accessed at wleague.uslsoccer.com. For more information about the Inferno, please call 905-294-6199, e-mail us at inferno@torontoinferno.com, or visit our official Web site, www.torontoinferno.com. -30- Contact: Glenn Sutherland Media Relations and Public Address Announcing Toronto Inferno Soccer Club E-mail: torontoinfernopr@hotmail.com Home phone: 416-282-9241 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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