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TORONTO LYNX UNWRAP 2009 PDL SCHEDULE
 WEDNESDAY
JANUARY 28, 2009 (TORONTO, CANADA)
The Toronto Lynx released their 2009 Premier Development
League (PDL) schedule today, featuring eight regular season
home games at four venues throughout the GTA. The Lynx will
host Great Lakes Division opponents once again at Centennial
Park Stadium, Varsity Centre and Edelweiss Park in Bolton,
and will play matches at the Hershey Centre Sports Zone in
Mississauga for the first time. Toronto will look to build
upon last year's successful season which saw them reach the
playoffs for the first time since 2000.
Toronto kicks off their 3rd PDL season with a
two-game road swing against Central Conference powerhouses
Chicago Fire and Michigan Bucks. The club opens on Saturday
May 30 in Chicago against the Fire at 9:00 PM Eastern before
travelling to Pontiac to tackle the Bucks at 7:30 PM. The
Lynx then return to Toronto for their 13th home
opener on Wednesday June 3 at Centennial Park Stadium for
the annual School Day matinee match at 11:00 AM. Expansion
team Forest City London will make their first visit to
Toronto for the game, one of the yearly highlights for
school children throughout the region.
On the heels of last season's successful debut "Lynxfest"
event in Bolton, the Lynx will return there to play two home
games at Edelweiss Park in conjunction with the Bolton
Wanderers Soccer Club. The Indiana Invaders will provide
the opposition on Saturday June 20 at 4:00 PM, while the
Fort Wayne Fever will make the trek to Bolton on Saturday
July 11 at 4:00 PM.
Elite soccer will return to Mississauga this summer when the
Lynx host two PDL matches at the Hershey Centre Sports
Zone. The Lynx welcome the Kalamazoo Outrage on Wednesday
June 17 at 7:30 PM in the first of the games, before
wrapping up their regular-season schedule on Sunday July 19
at 4:00 PM.
The Lynx will again host their annual "Summer Sizzler Youth
Day" matinee on Wednesday July 15 at 11:00 AM at Varsity
Centre versus the Cleveland Internationals. The afternoon
game for summer camps, schools and youth programs
consistently sees the highest attendance of the year for the
team, and this year the Lynx will be highly motivated to
avenge their 2008 playoff loss to the Internationals in
front of a large partisan crowd at the downtown stadium.
"We have high expectations for our team this season," said
Lynx Head Coach Duncan Wilde. "We reached the playoffs last
season and fully expect to do so this year once again, and
go farther than we did last season. A number of quality
players from our Under 20 squad will be making the jump to
the PDL roster this season, and they will give us even more
depth. The U20's narrowly lost the Super-20 League final
last year, and this experience will allow them to be
successful at the PDL level, and they will be hungry to take
the next step."
Season tickets and tickets for all 2009 Toronto Lynx and
Lady Lynx games are available starting Monday by contacting
the Lynx ticket hotline at 416-251-4625 x 31 or by emailing
tickets@lynxsoccer.com. The full schedule is listed
below, and is available at
www.lynxsoccer.com.
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