July 5, 2012 PDL--Toronto Lynx vs Chicago Fire Premier

[Rocket Robin]

Result of the Thursday July 5th, 2012 PDL game

between Toronto Lynx and Chicago Fire Premier

played at Centennial Stadium in Etobicoke

at 2:00pm.

46 min (1st half)...Lynx Joshua Portillo GOAL...

Lynx Anthony Doran sends in low cross from right

sideline from 25 yards that has Portillo turn and

fire low 8 yard shot from right under defender

and goalie Sam Euler to left side of net.

74 min...Lynx goalie Ben Ur pushes over Fire

Brady Wahl as he ran by him on right to get to

ball that porbably would have bounced over end

line for goalkick. Referee Steve Senderovich

calls a Penalty kick.

75 min...Fire Bryan Ciesulka blasts Penalty kick

low and goalie dives to right and pushes the ball

just wide of the post for a cornerkick.

Final Score:......Toronto Lynx.......1......

Chicago Fire Premier......0.........

Attendance was about 30 on this afternoon that

started off sunny, very hot and humid and then

became overcast and the temperature dropped

from unbearable to just uncomfortable.

Ben Ur earned the shutout for the Lynx. He stopped

the Penalty shot as well as made some other diving

saves to ensure the victory.

Best non-scoring chances were at 23 minutes when

Fire Bryan Ciesulka blasts a 25 yard freekick down

the middle that hit a head in the player wall and

deflected just over the bar. 35 minutes had

Ciesulka take a cornerkick from the right that had

CF Andrew Oliver head a 12 yarder down the middle

that the diving goalie pushed wide right of the'

net. 43 minutes had Oliver rush along the 22 yard line

and cut a shot that the diving goalie saved

on the right. 48 minutes had Lynx players have

a chance when the Fire goalie dove out to make

a save at 12 yards and a defender held back a player

and the ball was cleared. 91 minutes had Fire Art

Garza send in a low cross from 25 yards that had

a lunging Taylor Morgan miss the ball at 5 yards

and the goalie made the catch. Lynx efforts

to protect the lead in the last ten minutes were

hampered by constantly being called offside when

they'd have a breakaway. One chance they had at

92 minutes when Randy Ribero got a breakaway,

he deliberately held up on the edge of the box and

instead of running to the corner to waste time

fired a shot well over the net giving the Fire

one last chance.

The Lynx improve their record to 3-8-2 and are

still last among the eight teams in their

division. They started the season with five

straight losses so they are somewhat mirroring

another Toronto soccer team. Fire Premier

record drops to 4-6-3 for their worst season

since they started in 2001. I've counted back

and found this to be their tenth meeting (since

Lynx dropped to PDL in 2007) and this is the

first time the Lynx have won! Four ties

and five losses before today.

All Fire players wore high numbers into the 90s

except lone forward Taylor Morgan who wore '3'.

Both teams had their roster listed as 4-5-1

formations but both teams employed two forwards

from almost the start of the game.

Lynx next home game is Tuesday July 10th at

11:00am against River City Rovers of Louisville

Kentucky.

Rocket Robin

robing@eol.ca

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"One chance they had at 92 minutes when Randy Ribero got a breakaway, he deliberately held up on the edge of the box and instead of running to the corner to waste time fired a shot well over the net giving the Fire one last chance."

The best way to finish off a game is to score and make it 2-0. Taking the ball to the corner to waste time when you're on a breakaway is a losers mentallity and shows that you don't have the skill to score a goal. That said, what the hell is the kid doing holding up deliberately at the edge of the 18 and blasting a shot over the bar? Go hard to the net (at the goalie) and sidefoot along the ground it into the corner of the net like a pro, show some balls.