League Play-Off

Roma
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Merlin Babcock took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Westminster East booed when Roma AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 10 match minutes in a wonderful position. Alec Crusher didn't get a good kick on the ball. Norman Draper blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lucas Bergman having to make a save. Ed Burton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lawrence Kaplan having to interfere. Norman Draper succeeded in the game's 20th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 1-0. Lucas Bergman made a fantastic save in the 34th minute, when Lewis Cameron sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Lewis Cameron got free with Lucas Bergman in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 37th minute, Westminster East's Jeramy Chavez seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Jeramy Chavez the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Westminster East protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Jeramy Chavez had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 37th minute of the game. One of Westminster East:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Roma AFC:s goal. With a little luck, Westminster East's Lucas Bergman got control of the ball when Lewis Cameron tried to sneak it across the goal line. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lewis Cameron to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lewis Cameron in the 54th minute of play forced Westminster East's goalkeeper Lucas Bergman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 56 minutes of play, Roma AFC's Lewis Cameron made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lucas Bergman was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Westminster East's Terry Roberson got a free kick in the 63rd minute. In the 64th minute Norman Draper shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Bergman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zachary Macias blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Lucas Bergman having to make a save. Lewis Cameron sent away a hard shot on goal in the 68th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 70th minute Lewis Cameron shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lucas Bergman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Westminster East's Willard Hart got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 73 minutes into the match, Lewis Cameron notched a goal, 5-0, to the right of Westminster East's Lucas Bergman. Lucas Bergman was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Norman Draper fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Lucas Bergman having to interfere. Lucas Bergman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lewis Cameron in the 83rd minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Norman Draper had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Lucas Bergman. Westminster East's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Norman Draper was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. Lewis Cameron struck a weak shot in the 91st minute. Lucas Bergman didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Roma AFC. Lucas Bergman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lewis Cameron, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. There was no doubt that Roma AFC were the better team. Roma AFC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.