League Play-Off

Viva Las Vegas
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Gaston Boyce got the match started through his kick off. Monroe Diaz recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 11th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 23 minutes into the match, Pangnirtung's goal looked a bit too open when Gaston Boyce came free, but Lyman English reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nicolas Chauvin charged in rather forcefully in the 25th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Nicolas Chauvin the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 25th match minute, Pangnirtung was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Nicolas Chauvin to maneuver through the defense. 29 minutes into the match, Pangnirtung's goal looked a bit too open when Bradly McGee came free, but Lyman English reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gaston Boyce took the ball and in the 31 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Lyman English. Lyman English dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Lindsay Staples kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 37thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Pangnirtung's keeper Lyman English was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. If Gaston Boyce had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Lyman English showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gaston Boyce in the 39th minute of the match. Lindsay Staples fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lyman English having to interfere. 45 minutes into the game, Dee France was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pangnirtung's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Matapedia the free kick. In the 44th minute, one of Pangnirtung:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Pangnirtung. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 1-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cody Swartz was the one to do the kick off. After 50 played minutes Matapedia got a freekick which was hit by Theodore Metz. Lyman English didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Matapedia's Lindsay Staples shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 2-0 in the ordered_time% minute. In the 64th minute of the match Alfred Robertson sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lyman English skillfully saved the ball. 67 minutes into the match, Pangnirtung's goal looked a bit too open when Lindsay Staples came free, but Lyman English reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 77th minute, Gaston Boyce ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Lyman English was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. In the 84th match minute, Matapedia was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Theodore Metz to maneuver through the defense. Bradly McGee received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 88th minute. Lyman English tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A hard shot by Porfirio Mullen from long distance, 93 minutes into the match, got Hilton Tracy's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Matapedia's supporters were highly satisfied with the result. They cheered their team of the pitch, having watched them win a very even match.