Rochester Draws with Richmond
Keith Kiedrowski,
a-league.com Match Reporter
Rochester
ROCHESTER, NY, July
28, 2003
– After a tough road loss to Richmond earlier in the week, Rochester looked to
finally avenge last year’s playoff loss and continue to keep pressure on
Montreal.
The match appeared to start off in Rochester’s favor, as a
stitched up Lenin Steenkamp sent a head just over the corner. Quickly the tide
would turn for both sides. A few minutes later Andracki was forced to push a
shot over the crossbar. On the ensuing corner Rochester cleared the ball and a
streaking Doug Miller was one on one with Richmond’s Doug Warren. With a
Richmond defender hot on his heels, Miller sent a shot to his far side, but Warren
was able to stretch out and deflect the shot.
The missed opportunity
would end in the 11th minute. Richmond was awarded a free kick deep
inside the Rhinos’ half. The kick was sent to the far post where Bobo meet it
with his head and buried it past an out of position Andracki.
It would not take the Rhinos long to retaliate, as Lavrinenko
ended his absence from the starting lineup in style, scoring off a corner by
Mladenov in the 19th minute.
Both teams settled down and tried to have a more even pace to the
match. The keepers and kept both sides level as they broke for halftime.
At the start of the second half both side looked to continue the
slower pace, and waiting patiently for any crack in the defense. Rochester
would blink first as Craig Demmin got beat, with the help of a stumble on the
pitch and Kevin Jeffrey took the ball all the way to the endline. Once there he
sent the ball across the net and out of the closing Andracki’s reach. Paul
Lekics was there to tap home Richmond’s second goal of the night.
At this point Richmond fell back into a defensive shell
challenging Rochester to score. Richmond’s defense would not let to forward
turn with the ball and cut out any threat that came their way.
Late into stoppage time Rochester was awarded a corner that
Mladenov took once again. He sent a nice ball into the box that got bounced
around a few time. Finally Wilson was able to get a good foot on the ball and
even the match at 2.
Neither side could manage another goal in the two overtimes
period, and both sides are happy to come away with a point for their efforts.
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Time
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Goal Scorer & Assist
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Score
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11
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Bobo [Burke]
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ROC 0 – RICH 1
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19
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Lavrinenko [Mladenov]
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ROC 1 – RICH 1
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57
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Lekics [Jeffrey]
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ROC 1 – RICH 2
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90
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Wilson [Steenkamp]
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ROC 2 – RICH 2
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Starting Lineups
Y = Yellow Card
R = Red Card
Rochester Raging Rhinos
Formation: 4-4-2
1 GK – Bill Andracki
3 D – Craig Demmin
4 D – Scott Schweitzer
5 D – Yuri Lavrinenko [Dinunzio 71’]
11 D – Bill Sedgewick
10 M – Stoian Mladenov
21 M – Kirk Wilson
7 M –Temoc Suarez [Hayes 63’]
23 M – Lenin Steenkamp
8 F – Fred Commodore [Fuller 59’]
19 F – Doug Miller [Mitchell 107’]
Opponent
Formation: 4-3-3
30 GK – Doug Warren
2 D – Chris Brown
8 D – Khary Stockton
20 D – Matt Bobo
25 D – Peter Luzak
7 M – Jason Russell
9 M – Paul Lekics [Knight 83’]
11 M – Tony Williams [Fox 66’]
6 F – Rob Ukrop (y) [Simmons 63’]
10 F – Kevin Jeffery (y) [Testo 100’]
19 F – Mike Burke [Carroll 58’]
How They Fared
Here’s how we feel the Rhinos fared against Richmond:
8 = Highest, 0 = Lowest
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Player
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Keith’s Rating
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Comments
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1 GK – Bill Andracki
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6
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Seen him play
better, Seen him play worse.
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3 D – Craig Demmin
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5
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Second goal was
due to a stumble on the field
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4 D – Scott Schweitzer
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6
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Never gave up and
pushed his team forward when needed
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5 D – Yuri Lavrinenko
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8
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Great return to
the lineup. Hope fully he is earning his spot back
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11 D – Bill Sedgewick
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7
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As always he in a
hard nose player who leaves it all on the pitch
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10 M – Stoian Mladenov
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7
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Free kicks and
corner kicks are returning to their lethal accuracy
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21 M – Kirk Wilson
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8
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Simply a
fantastic effort
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7 M –Temoc Suarez
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6
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Hustled as
always. Did look maybe a bit out of sync
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23 M – Lenin Steenkamp
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6
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Played with 32
stitches. Gave it his all
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8 F – Fred Commodore
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7
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Was unfortunately
a step off for some passes and lose balls but he was always there
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19 F – Doug Miller
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6
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Squandered the
chances he had but still was a constant threat up front
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Coaches
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7
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May key subs when
had to. Nice mix-up of “usual” lineup
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Statistics
SHOTS:
ROC: 19
RICH: 8
SAVES:
ROC: 5
RICH: 6
FOULS:
ROC: 16
RICH: 18
CAUTIONS/EJECTIONS:
ROC: 0/0
RICH: 2/0
ATTENDANCE: 10,436
