U18 League

Somerset Stadium
Spectators: 149 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Lincoln Root started the match with the kick off. Foster Isaac recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Alfred Russo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cristopher Saenz in the 9th minute of play. In the 11th minute, Thomas Thomson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Alfred Russo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cristopher Saenz, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Raymundo Hammond took the ball and in the 14 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alfred Russo. Alfred Russo dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. After 20 minutes of play, Brooklyn SC's Foster Isaac made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Alfred Russo was left in no man's land by his defense there! Alfred Russo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Foster Isaac went, in the 24th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. In the 28th match minute, Somerset was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nathan Muniz to maneuver through the defense. 32 minutes into the match, Johnnie Gould had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alfred Russo. Somerset's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Johnnie Gould was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-4. In the 40th minute Raymundo Hammond shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alfred Russo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Foster Isaac in the 41st minute of play forced Somerset's goalkeeper Alfred Russo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfred Russo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Foster Isaac in the 44th minute of play. After 45 played minutes Somerset got a freekick which was hit by Adrian Stafford.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Johnnie Gould stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Somerset's Alfred Russo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Somerset from getting a goal against them. Cristopher Saenz hit a great freekick 56 minutes into the match. A collision led to Somerset getting a freekick after 57 minutes play. Ervin Woodall hit a great ball. Randall Haynes was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 64th minute. Brooklyn SC's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. Brooklyn SC's Arnoldo Escobedo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Casper Epps in the 66th minute of play. Alfred Russo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raymundo Hammond in the 69th minute of the match. Nathan Muniz kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. With a little luck, Somerset's Alfred Russo got control of the ball when Foster Isaac tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alfred Russo was a little too slow when Johnnie Gould got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 74th minute. The score was now 0-6.