League Play-Off

Loomis
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Curt Lay kicked off to start the match. After some careless play in the Loomis defense, Dallas Holbrook kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Damien Perez. The Loomis fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Damien Perez should have stopped the shot. In the 12th minute, Gustavo Hyatt hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Thanks to some nice moves Tyler Holmes could shoot a difficult shot in the 14th minute, which Jonas Caballero however easily saved by the left post. Las Vegas Futbol Club's Jonas Caballero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jimmy Felix in the 16th minute of play. Wilmer Emerson kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. Damien Perez showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilmer Emerson in the 19th minute of the match. A collision led to Loomis getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Sam French hit a great ball. Damien Perez came out of the goal in the 25th minute to try and stop a shot by Las Vegas Futbol Club's Curt Lay. But to his dismay, Curt Lay quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Jimmy Felix took the ball and in the 28 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonas Caballero. Jonas Caballero dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Taylor Mohr in the 34th minute of play forced Las Vegas Futbol Club's goalkeeper Jonas Caballero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 36 minutes into the game, Dallas Holbrook cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-4. Damien Perez was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dallas Holbrook in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Damien Perez saved Loomis from getting behind. After having played for 47 minutes, Dallas Holbrook managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Las Vegas Futbol Club's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dallas Holbrook was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After the first half Las Vegas Futbol Club were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jimmy Felix to make the kick off. Curt Lay recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 58 minutes into the match, Loomis's goalkeeper Damien Perez had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Dallas Holbrook. When Curt Lay came up free with the goalie in the 59th minute, the Las Vegas Futbol Club 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 Curt Lay couldn't finish the play. Loomis's Damien Perez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save Loomis from getting a goal against them. In the 63rd minute, Curt Lay 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. Damien Perez stood somewhat misplaced when Dallas Holbrook came free in front of goal and shot 1-5 to the left of him in the 65 minute. 68 minutes into the match, Dallas Holbrook had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Damien Perez. Loomis's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dallas Holbrook was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-6. Curt Lay received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 72nd minute. Damien Perez tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonas Caballero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Claudio Tovar in the 74th minute of the match. Dallas Holbrook had several of the Loomis's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 79 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-7 score and a disappointed Damien Perez as he didn't even see the shot coming. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Karl Blair during the 87th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Karl Blair hit a great freekick 87 minutes into the match. The Loomis fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Las Vegas Futbol Club were clearly better and deserved to take the win.