Rochester Holds on to Win
Keith Kiedrowski
a-league.com Match Reporter
Rochester
ROCHESTER, NY, July
12, 2004
– Having lost their last two matches, Rochester needed to win to keep pace with
Montreal. Charleston has been a disappointment all year and need to start
winning if they hope to even have an outside shot at the playoffs.
Despite the need for both sides to get all the points, the match
began slowly. When either side did manage to take a shot, rarely did they
challenge the keeper. This lackluster effort by both sides may have contributed
to Rochester’s first half goal. Pato Aguilera was 25-30 yards out when he
blasted a shot. It looked at if Charleston’s Dusty Hudock thought it was a play
into the box. However, too late he realized that it was a shot and it found a
home in the upper corner.
The second half played showed that Charleston made adjustments in
an attempt to stay in the match. They dominated play and created far more
chances than Rochester, but Rochester’s defense remained solid. Rochester’s
Aguilera almost got on the score sheet again in the 57th minute, but
Charleston managed to deflect the shot away.
With the clock ticking down, Charleston unleashed an all out
assault on Rochester. In the 89th minute Soren Johnson, who was in
for Theo Zagar who was on National Team Duty for Canada, was forced to make a
save that looked like a sure goal. Less than a minute later he was called upon
again to rob Charleston of the equalizer.
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Time
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Goal Scorer & Assist
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Score
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29
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Aguilera [Semedo]
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CHB 0 – ROC 1
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Starting Lineups
Y = Yellow Card
R = Red Card
Rochester Raging Rhinos
Formation: 4-4-2
1 GK – Soren Johnson
3 D – Craig Demmin
6 D – Carlos Mendes
17 D – David Wright
26 D – Carlos Semedo [Lenin Steenkamp 65’]
7 M – Pato Aguilera
[Neto Aduato [y] 85’]
9 M – Yari Allnutt [Ian Pilarski 74’]
21 M – Kirk Wilson [Corey Woolfolk 45’]
11 M – Bill Sedgewick
15 F – Chris Carrieri [Doug Miller 77’]
10 F – Ryan Trout
Opponent
Formation: 4-4-2
GK – Dusty Hudock
D – Henrik Jensen [y] [Kelvin Jones 74’]
D – Mark Watson [Kevin Jackson 60’]
D – Nigel Henry
M – Rick Titus
M – Justin Evans
M – Jesus Martinez [Caleb Norkus 85’]
M – Steve Klein
M – Gabe Valencia [Josh Smith 77’]
F – Paul Conway
F – Greg Simmonds [Chris Goos 30’]
How They Fared
Here’s how we feel the Rhinos fared against Opponent:
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 – Soren Johnson
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8
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Earned his clean
sheet
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3 D – Craig Demmin
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7
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The wall of Demmin
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6 D – Carlos Mendes
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6
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Once again solid
in the back and able to push up
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17 D – David Wright
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7
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Solid defense who
rarely let a ball past him
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26 D – Carlos Semedo
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6
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Speedy and also
able to push up
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7 M – Pato Aguilera
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8
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Fantastic game.
Good vision and work on the ball
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9 M – Yari Allnutt
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6
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First start in
years. Not great but better than Rochester’s other options
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21 M – Kirk Wilson
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5
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Left the game at
the half. Did little
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12 F – Corey Woolfolk
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6
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Put pressure on
defense
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11 M – Bill Sedgewick
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5
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Average play
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15 F – Chris Carrieri
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6
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Struggled against
tall defense. Balls were never really sent to him. Seemed stranded at times
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10 F – Ryan Trout
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7
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Fantastic player.
Good work on and off the ball
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Coaches
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6
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Question the use
of some of the subs but a win is a win
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Statistics
SHOTS:
ROC: 5
CHB: 9
SAVES:
ROC: 5
CHB: 2
FOULS:
ROC: 17
CHB: 17
CAUTIONS/EJECTIONS:
ROC: 1/0
CHB: 1/0
ATTENDANCE: 9,857
