League Play-Off

Phoenix Suns Park
Spectators: 38 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Sebastian Montoya started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute Sebastian Montoya shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bill Burger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Phoenix Suns Atletic's Bill Burger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sanford Egan in the 7th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sanford Egan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bill Burger was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. 11 minutes into the match, Sebastian Montoya had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bill Burger. Phoenix Suns Atletic's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sebastian Montoya was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After a rather tough play, Phoenix Suns Atletic's Gustavo Blair got a free kick in the 15th minute. Loren Chacon took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 16th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Bill Burger. Phoenix Suns Atletic's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Bill Burger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lenny Cortez in the 18th minute of the match. 21 minutes into the match, Sebastian Montoya notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Phoenix Suns Atletic's Bill Burger. Bill Burger was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 24th minute, Lenny Cortez got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Bill Burger showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lenny Cortez in the 26th minute of the match. 28 minutes into the match, Phoenix Suns Atletic's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Vaughn came free, but Bill Burger reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bill Burger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Montoya in the 29th minute of play. Phoenix Suns Atletic's Bill Burger played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lenny Cortez in the 36th minute of play. In the 41st minute Sanford Egan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bill Burger saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Itta Bena's Sebastian Montoya got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After some careless play in the Phoenix Suns Atletic defense, Sanford Egan kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Bill Burger. The Phoenix Suns Atletic fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Bill Burger should have stopped the shot. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Gustavo Blair made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Cordarryl Rancel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bill Burger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sanford Egan in the 56th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Sanford Egan in the 62nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Bill Burger prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 64th minute, Sanford Egan hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 66th match minute, Phoenix Suns Atletic was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gustavo Blair to maneuver through the defense. Bill Burger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Loren Chacon in the 69th minute of play. Sanford Egan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 70th minute of the match, but Bill Burger made a huge save. 81 minutes into the game, Sanford Egan cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-5. Bill Burger was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 84 minutes into the match, Phoenix Suns Atletic's goal looked a bit too open when Simon Vaughn came free, but Bill Burger reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 89 minutes into the match, Phoenix Suns Atletic's goal looked a bit too open when Lenny Cortez came free, but Bill Burger reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bill Burger made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastian Montoya in the 92nd minute of play. Phoenix Suns Atletic's Bill Burger proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 94th minute of the match, managed to save Phoenix Suns Atletic from getting a goal against them. When the match was over Itta Bena could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Phoenix Suns Atletic throughout the match.