League Play-Off

Elkhornn
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Gavin Joyce took the kick off in the first half of the match. Mervin Ellison received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Gilbert Salinas tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Karl-Johan Grubb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Tomas Fairchild hit a great freekick 14 minutes into the match. Tad Duff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Karl-Johan Grubb in the 19th minute of play. After a rather tough play, Elkhorn's Tomas Fairchild got a free kick in the 19th minute. Terrell Roark made in the 29th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by TIKI TAKA FC's Ernestin Zwahlen. A collision led to TIKI TAKA FC getting a freekick after 30 minutes play. Jackson Moreno hit a great ball. After a rather tough play, Elkhorn's Dan Ochoa got a free kick in the 33rd minute. Karl-Johan Grubb fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tad Duff having to interfere.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Karl-Johan Grubb made a kick off. TIKI TAKA FC's attentive Jarrod Wiley managed to snatch the ball when Terrell Roark made a throw-in in the 51st minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Karl-Johan Grubb in the 56th minute of play forced Elkhorn's goalkeeper Tad Duff to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind TIKI TAKA FC's goalkeeper Gilbert Salinas, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Karl-Johan Grubb received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Tad Duff came out and tried to block the shot, but Karl-Johan Grubb slotted it home off the left post making it 0-2 in the 61st minute. TIKI TAKA FC made a substitution. Louis Shaw replaced Karl-Johan Grubb. Louis Shaw received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Tad Duff tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. TIKI TAKA FC made a substitution. Louis Donaldson replaced Ernestin Zwahlen. Louis Shaw sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Elkhorn's Tad Duff played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Louis Shaw in the 74th minute of play. Louis Shaws short, quick shot in the 76thth minute got Tad Duff to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tomas Fairchild during the 78th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. A collision led to Elkhorn getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Tomas Fairchild hit a great ball. After having played for 81 minutes, 高誉镇 managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. TIKI TAKA FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but 高誉镇 was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. A collision led to Elkhorn getting a freekick after 82 minutes play. Rashad Caudill hit a great ball. TIKI TAKA FC's Jarrod Wiley quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Terrell Roark, made in the 87th minute of the game. Tad Duff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Louis Shaw in the 91st minute of play. When Eric Naylor fell near the penalty area in the 92nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Elkhorn's protests and gave Eric Naylor a yellow card for diving instead. After 93 played minutes Elkhorn got a freekick which was hit by Eric Naylor. When the final whistle sounded TIKI TAKA FC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Elkhorn.