After 75 minutes of wild action, the Syracuse Salty Dogs and South Jersey Barons were forced to abandon their second round US Open Cup match tied at 1-1. After the game was delayed by lightning for 30 minutes early ion the second half, and halted again at the 75'. With the lack of lighting at thw Winslow High Scholl field, the referee was forced to abandon the match, which will now be replayed on June 21. As for the action on the field, it nearly matched the action of the storm clouds above, as two Syracuse players were sent off, leaving the Salty Dogs to play with 9 men.  Goalkeeper Byron Foss was the first to be sent off, after taking down Barons striker Byron Carmichael in the penalty area with a dangerous tackle. Backup goalkeeper Paul Nagy stepped in to face Neil Holloway's penalty, and initially stopped it, but Holloway put the rebound in anyway to draw the game even at 1-1. Syracuse had earlier taken the lead on a goal from Hungarian forward Cjaba Kerekes. The Salty Dogs were reduced to 9 men when Beninto Kimble was given his second yellow card of the match 4 minutes into the second half. Both Kimble and Foss will have to sit out the replay on June 21. After waiting 30 minutes for the lightning to clear, South Jersey went on full attack, looking for the winning goal, but Syracuse packed in their defense and stopped the Barons, until the referee decided the weather conditions were too dangerous to continue the match.

Reports - Syracuse Post-Standard   South Jersey Barons

June 15, 2004
Winslow High School - Tansboro, New Jersey
Syracuse Salty Dogs   1       South Jersey Barons     1
Cjaba Kerekes        22'      Neil Holloway          27'

* Match abandoned after 75 minutes due to lightning and darkness. To be replayed on June 21, 2004

 

                      ::Lineups::

Syracuse Salty Dogs           South Jersey Barons

Byron Foss (GK)               Pat Hannigan (GK)

Benito Kemble                 David Daigle

Tim O’Neill                   Leon Brown

Jason Perry                   John Thompson

Chris Fehrle                  Joe Banks

 -Paul Nagy 29' (GK)          Neil Holloway

Ryan Mack                      -Ruben Mingo 71'

Lars Lyssand                  Brian Devlin

Frankie Sanfilippo            Justin Sadler

Ryan Hall                     Tony Donatelli

 -Rene Rivas 62'              Byron Carmichael

Anthony Maher                 Matt Maher

Cjaba Kerekes         

 -Machel Millwood 46'
Also used: -Ian Woan, 46’

                    ::Misconduct::

Benito Kemble         9'      Neil Holloway          20'
Byron Foss           26'
Benito Kemble        49'
Benito Kemble        49'

 

Stats Summary     SSD SJB
Shots             12   9
Saves              8  11
Corners            7   3
Fouls             17  15
Offside            3   4

 

Referee-Mike Constantine
AR1-Saap Hassam  AR2-Allen Stodt Sr.
4th Official-Kleinstaber

Att - 110