Lynx nip Mustangs
Published on July 25, 2004 under USL First Division (USL-1)
Calgary Mustangs News Release
On a hot and sunny day in Calgary the visiting Lynx outshone the Mustangs.
It didn't take long for the first goal when Mike Pavicic gave the ball away to John Nusum about 25 yards in front of his own net. From there the ball was fed to a wide open Ali Gerba who slotted in his first goal of the match.
2 minutes later Conrad Smith had a good chance from about 18 yards out, but just blasted it wide over the Lynx net.
The âStangs got on the board in the 15th minute when Jamie Auvigne played a great through ball from just outside the right hand corner of the 18 yard box onto the feet of Conrad Smith, who had blown by a Lynx defender, and struck the ball well into the back of the net.
In the 18th minute Lutz palmed the ball over the cross-bar from a well placed header to keep the score even.
The Lynx second goal came on the 23rd minute mark, when the Mustangs defense parted, allowing Gerba to run onto the ball and place it past the out-stretched legs of Lutz Pfannenstiel.
One minute later it was hand-bags at ten paces, when there was pushing and elbowing in Calgary's 18 yard box. One player from each side was sent off with straight red cards, Steffen Holdt for Calgary and Shawn Faria for the Lynx.
29th minute. Goal!! Off of a corner from the left side, Mesut Mert played a beautifully flighted ball onto to the far post, Geert Brusselers jumped well to head the ball into the top right corner.
In the 40th minute the Lynx, John Nusum was in on goal, but Pfannenstiel was there to make a finger-tip save and inch it over the top left corner.
In the 42nd minute Geert Brusselers made a great pass to Conrad Smith, but his shot also sailed over the cross-bar.
On 45 minutes Gerba got another great header on net, but Lutz was on hand again to get his hand on the ball and play it over the bar for a corner.
HT: 2 â 2
In the 50th minute the Lynx got their 3rd goal when Rumda Munthali ran down the left flank past a porous âStangs defense and played a nice ball through to Charles Sbeke who placed the ball into the open goal.
73rd minute. The Lynx almost got their 4th goal when Charles Sbeke turned with the ball in the âStangs box, but fired the ball just over the cross-bar.
The game was almost tied-up in the 90th minute when Jordan Gillespie beat 2 defenders down the left hand side of the pitch and fed the ball to an on-rushing Zuniga, who just missed getting a touch on it with his out-stretched foot.
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