Open Canada Cup - July 14 - Eagles vs Lynx [R]

[soccerman2]

Open Canada Cup – Second Round

Eagles-Lynx clash Friday

TORONTO – Tuesday, July 11 - Serbian White Eagles have had it all their own way since returning to the Toronto soccer scene this spring, winning their pre-season exhibition games with ease and achieving a 100 per cent record in league play during two months of a five-month long CSL campaign.

But that could all change this Friday when the team that is coached by two of the best that part of Europe has to offer, comes up against the USL’s Toronto Lynx in Open Canada Cup action on Friday night.

It will be the first time the Lynx have taken on a team from the CSL or the former CPSL in serious competition since that league and the Lynx launched simultaneously in 1997.

And to add to the intrigue, it was the current Lynx coaching partnership of Duncan Wilde and Billy Steele, both of whom made a name for themselves in British soccer before coming to Canada, that won the championship with the CSL’s Oakville Blue Devils last season.

“We really want to win this one,” said Wilde speaking of a Lynx team that has come to life recently with solid wins against Vancouver Whitecaps and Charleston Battery.

“Eagles record so far has been very impressive and we have noted the talent from Europe, so it’s not going to be easy, but we are determined to advance to the next stage of the Open Canada Cup, so we’ll be giving it everything,” he added.

The Whites, as the Serbian team is also fondly known in Toronto, have the experience of player like ex-Obilic striker Sasa Viciknez, Romanian pro Gabriel Pop and the young attacking midfielder Alex Braletic, to name just three. But it’s the genius of the team’s coaches, former Yugoslavian great Dragoslav Sekularac and Stevan Mojsilovic from Red Star Belgrade that may help spell the difference.

The Match: Toronto Lynx (USL) vs. Serbian White Eagles (CSL)

Why: Playing for a berth in the Open Canada Cup Quarterfinal

When: Friday, July 14 at 7.30 pm

Where: Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke Admission: $15

[dbailey62]

Any of you going to the game?

db

quote:Originally posted by soccerman2

Open Canada Cup – Second Round

Eagles-Lynx clash Friday

TORONTO – Tuesday, July 11 - Serbian White Eagles have had it all their own way since returning to the Toronto soccer scene this spring, winning their pre-season exhibition games with ease and achieving a 100 per cent record in league play during two months of a five-month long CSL campaign.

But that could all change this Friday when the team that is coached by two of the best that part of Europe has to offer, comes up against the USL’s Toronto Lynx in Open Canada Cup action on Friday night.

It will be the first time the Lynx have taken on a team from the CSL or the former CPSL in serious competition since that league and the Lynx launched simultaneously in 1997.

And to add to the intrigue, it was the current Lynx coaching partnership of Duncan Wilde and Billy Steele, both of whom made a name for themselves in British soccer before coming to Canada, that won the championship with the CSL’s Oakville Blue Devils last season.

“We really want to win this one,” said Wilde speaking of a Lynx team that has come to life recently with solid wins against Vancouver Whitecaps and Charleston Battery.

“Eagles record so far has been very impressive and we have noted the talent from Europe, so it’s not going to be easy, but we are determined to advance to the next stage of the Open Canada Cup, so we’ll be giving it everything,” he added.

The Whites, as the Serbian team is also fondly known in Toronto, have the experience of player like ex-Obilic striker Sasa Viciknez, Romanian pro Gabriel Pop and the young attacking midfielder Alex Braletic, to name just three. But it’s the genius of the team’s coaches, former Yugoslavian great Dragoslav Sekularac and Stevan Mojsilovic from Red Star Belgrade that may help spell the difference.

The Match: Toronto Lynx (USL) vs. Serbian White Eagles (CSL)

Why: Playing for a berth in the Open Canada Cup Quarterfinal

When: Friday, July 14 at 7.30 pm

Where: Centennial Stadium, Etobicoke Admission: $15

[Rocket Robin]

I expect to be there.

[soccerman2]

Not a chance in hell I'm missing this game.

[Rocket Robin]

The Lynx win this game 4-3 in Penalty kicks after the two teams played to a 2-2 tie and then a 30 minute silver goal overtime.

details to follow...

[Rocket Robin]

Result of the Friday July 14, 2006 Open Canada Cup 2nd round game between Serbian White Eagles of the CSL and Toronto Lynx of the USL played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke at 7:30pm.

23 min…White Eagles Nikola Budalic GOAL…WE player Sasa Viciknez wisely holds off running for a through ball because he was definitely offside. When the Lynx defenders seem to freeze, Budalic runs through to take ball and chip charging goalie Richard Goddard from 22 yards into center of net.

61 min…White Eagles Bozo Milic GOAL…WE Sasa Viciknez pushes pass through Lynx defenders in box and Milic beats offside trap. Milic rounds goalie on right and his sharp angle shot is into left corner of net. Milic then earns a YELLOW card for pulling off his shirt and leaving it in the Lynx box as he ran along the track to wave to the fans and hug players on their bench 50 yards away.

66 min…Lynx Jamie Dodds GOAL…Lynx get away on a 3 on 1 break and a player crosses in from the right that finds Dodds alone and his 10 yard shot from the left hits the underside of the bar and deflects down and bounces into net behind right post. (The deflection was similar to the Zinedine Zidane World Cup final goal but it ended up well behind the line).

88 min…WE Milan Janosevic trips up Lynx Ryan Anstey inside the WE box and referee Joe Fletcher has no delay in calling a Penalty kick.

88 min…Lynx Jamie Dodds GOAL…Dodds Penalty kick is into the left side of net with the goalie Dusan Belic moving away from the ball.

Regular time score…2-2.

Two 15 minute Silver goal periods were played with neither team scoring.

Penalty Kicks:

1. Lynx Jamie Dodds SCORES…Dodds perfect shot to left side of net as goalie crumples to right.

1. WE Nikola Budalic SCORES…Budalic low shot to left as goalie moves right.

2. Lynx Damien Pottinger blocked…Pottinger takes low weak shot to right and goalie Dusan Belic dives to right and stops.

2. WE Sinisa Ninkovic SCORES…Ninkovic shot to right side high leaving no chance for save.

3. Lynx Kevin Jeffrey SCORES…Jeffrey low roller to right as goalie slides left.

3. WE Bozo Milic SCORES…Milic shot to right corner of net as goalie Richard Goddard flies right but just out of his reach.

4. Lynx Cameron Medwin SCORES…Medwin’s shot is under bar to center of net over goalie.

4. WE Gabriel Pop misses…Pop blasts shot a good 3 yards wide left of the post as the goalie dives left.

5. Lynx Edgar Bartolomeu misses…Bartolomeu blasts his shot well over the net.

5. WE Sasa Viciknez misses…Viciknez blasts his shot off the crossbar and ball stays out.

6. Lynx Jeremy Sheppard SCORES…Sheppard shoots over crumpling goalie into left center of net.

6. WE Mario Ostojic misses…Ostojic blasts his shot off the crossbar and ball stays out.

Attendance was announced as 1511 and seemed legit as the stands were mostly full. The White Eagles were the hosts and it was a very pro White Eagles crowd. There were some Lynx fans with a few air horns used after the Lynx goals and penalty kick win. The Serb Ultras sang the whole game. They didn’t like the calls of referee Joe Fletcher and booed the Lynx forward Matthew Palleschi until he was subbed by Ryan Anstey at 62 minutes. Palleschi had drawn some free kicks when he was roughed up repeatedly by White Eagle defenders.

There was a police presence of two officers at the game and they took their places on the track. There was only some trouble at then end of the 1st overtime and the referee directed them over to some disturbance. Some White Eagles players came over to the stands to plead for the fans to keep calm. The PA announcer was also told to announce that they risk the game result being thrown out. I missed the incident but I’d guess it was something like a water bottle being thrown from the stands.

The White Eagles could have scored many times in regulation and put this game out of reach. Gabriel Pop and Sasa Viciknez had the most chances and played until they were exhausted. It looked like they had nothing left for the Penalty kicks and both missed on one last burst of adrenalin.

White Eagles did better by sending in long passes and getting their speedy forwards behind the Lynx defenders. They weren’t always called offside so it was worth repeatedly trying.

The Lynx left their usual starting forwards Kevin Jeffrey and Damien Pottinger on the bench at the start of the game as well as USL all-star Jamie Dodds but the three of them were brought in later and influenced the game. New Lynx players or trialists Edgar Bartolomeu (who has played on the Lynx in prior years) was a starting midfielder and Aaron Steele (who has also played on the Lynx two years ago) was a starting defender. Both played the entire game.

Lynx now advance to the quarterfinals. The CSL now has a problem because they have only four of the eight teams left as three of their teams were upset by amateur teams in this round. I expect they won’t want to pair the Lynx up against one of those amateur teams because of the expected poor attendance. Probably Lynx on the road in Windsor or London would be the dream draw.

Rocket Robin

robing@eol.ca

[Richard]

This kind of result is not surprising. The 'lesser' team is invariably highly motivated as they have nothing to lose and everything to gain. This week Chivas USA lost to a USASA amateur club in the US Open Cup http://www.mlsnet.com/MLS/news/mls_news.jsp?ymd=20060713&content_id=65688&vkey=news_mls&fext=.jsp

[Socrstopr13]

Doesn't seem like the Lynx are promoting this tournament very much. I can't find anything on its site about the game or the tournament.

[Breakwood]

quote:Originally posted by Socrstopr13

Doesn't seem like the Lynx are promoting this tournament very much. I can't find anything on its site about the game or the tournament.

That way if they lose, they can keep the public's knowledge to a minimum.

[Richard]

quote:Originally posted by Socrstopr13

Doesn't seem like the Lynx are promoting this tournament very much. I can't find anything on its site about the game or the tournament.

Perhaps it has to do with the fact that the tournament doesn't mean very much to the Lynx. Also, their website doesn't seem to have been updated since mid-May.

[Elias]

Yeah, the Lynx should have set-up a real meaningful tournament with the Bangladeshi national team, and the Malaysian Under-20 team.

It's going to be funny next year when all 3 USL teams are crying because TFC gets an automatic CONCACAF spot.

[Richard]

When the Lynx can draw 6,500 people (more if the stadium could hold more) at premium ticket prices to meaningless exhibition games against no-name teams (Cardiff City?) then you might have something to be cynical about.

I was looking for an explanation for why the Lynx appear uninterested in promoting the CPSL sponsored tournament - not as if CPSL teams draw many paying spectators to their games either.

Perhaps when there really is a real prospect of a CONCACAF Champions Cup spot then the USL teams will show some interest. Until then why bother.

[Alex]

quote:Originally posted by Elias

Yeah, the Lynx should have set-up a real meaningful tournament with the Bangladeshi national team, and the Malaysian Under-20 team.

It's going to be funny next year when all 3 USL teams are crying because TFC gets an automatic CONCACAF spot.

Have you heard of any real proof of this happening? It makes sense that Canada might have a spot but I cant see it being automatic as it would mess up the bracket they have, (concacaf.com) and I could see the American MLS teams crying more as it would leave out one of the two US MLS sides. Plus for Canada to get a full spot with a real competition taking place, (I'm suggesting a full out expansion of the Open Canada Cup with Toronto FC, Toronto Lynx, Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps) it might have to be merged with the US Open Cup so that the winner of it could be given a CONCACAF spot.

Another shame is that the winner of the US open cup is not given a spot in the CONCACAF Champions cup, somebody alluded to this in another post last week. For this competition to have more media attention and more attendance it has to become much more professional and meaningful.

[Glenn]

If a team like the Lynx got a CONCACAF Champions' Cup spot, would they actually be able to play through the winter? Last year's competition ran from September to March. Would they be able to retain and pay their players, and where would they play their home matches?