Friendly League

AA Arena
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) University of Rochester's Drew Casey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bennvar Nobel in the 6th minute of play. 8 minutes into the match, University of Rochester's Dale Kirkpatrick sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Arvin Hökkvist narrowly saved just below the crossbar. After 9 minutes American Airlines's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Wawrzyniec Damaski who took care of the corner kick. Arvin Hökkvist came out of the goal in the 11th minute to try and stop a shot by University of Rochester's Dale Kirkpatrick. But to his dismay, Dale Kirkpatrick quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. A collision led to University of Rochester getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Ernesto Cao Xiao hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anoush Khalatbari in the 23rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Drew Casey saved University of Rochester from getting behind. After 24 minutes University of Rochester's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Darnell Metcalf who took care of the corner kick. It was a well-played corner which Edwin 雷震南 managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. 26 minutes into the game, American Airlines's Bennvar Nobel nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Drew Casey made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Ernesto Cao Xiao hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. When Dale Kirkpatrick came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the University of Rochester fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dale Kirkpatrick couldn't finish the play. In the 37th minute, Darnell Metcalf made a precise shot to the right of Drew Casey. University of Rochester's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. A sloppy throw-in by Robbin De Brouwer in the 39th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by University of Rochester's Wayne Bragg. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bennvar Nobel in the 42nd minute of play forced University of Rochester's goalkeeper Drew Casey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 44 minutes of play, American Airlines's Anoush Khalatbari made it 3-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Drew Casey was left in no man's land by his defense there! The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-1.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Anoush Khalatbari stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Wayne Bragg charged in rather forcefully in the 51st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Wayne Bragg the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 52 played minutes, American Airlines's Darnell Metcalf shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Drew Casey came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in American Airlines reached it. University of Rochester's attentive Wayne Bragg managed to snatch the ball when Robbin De Brouwer made a throw-in in the 55th minute of the game. In the 56th minute the ball was on its way in behind University of Rochester's goalkeeper Drew Casey, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Drew Casey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Fabio Cannata in the 60th minute of play. Dale Kirkpatrick fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Arvin Hökkvist having to interfere. 69 minutes into the match, University of Rochester's goal looked a bit too open when Edwin 雷震南 came free, but Drew Casey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Drew Casey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edwin 雷震南, who was totally free with the ball in the 70th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bennvar Nobel in the 72nd minute of play forced University of Rochester's goalkeeper Drew Casey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 75 minutes into the match, University of Rochester's goal looked a bit too open when Edwin 雷震南 came free, but Drew Casey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, University of Rochester's Bryon Little got a free kick in the 78th minute. Drew Casey showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anoush Khalatbari, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. University of Rochester's Drew Casey played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edwin 雷震南 in the 81st minute of play. When the match had gone on for 84 minutes, Dale Kirkpatrick took a quick shot and it went in 4-2 without a chance for Arvin Hökkvist to make any attempt to save it. Drew Casey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Anoush Khalatbari, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Anoush Khalatbari's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Drew Casey was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. Drew Casey made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lyuben Karavelov in the 89th minute of play. Anoush Khalatbari scored 5-2 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Drew Casey, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Darnell Metcalf in the 94th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Drew Casey prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 95th minute, Bryon Little hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 96th minute, Darnell Metcalf left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The American Airlines fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-2. There was no doubt that American Airlines were the better team. American Airlines's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.