League Play-Off

Steeleville
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Santiago Ruffin got the match started through his kick off. After a defensive mix-up in Steeleville AFC's zone, Santiago Ruffin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Christopher Ortiz came out of the goal and Santiago Ruffin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The audience was convinced that Nicholas Winter's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zack Fields was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. The audience thought a goal was coming when Young Fletcher got free with Zack Fields in the 8th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Steeleville AFC's Nicholas Winter got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When Rodney Cullen fell near the penalty area in the 13th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Steeleville AFC's protests and gave Rodney Cullen a yellow card for diving instead. In the 14thth minute of the game Santiago Ruffin who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Steeleville AFC's Christopher Ortiz was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After having played for 14 minutes, Santiago Ruffin managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Attack Mori FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Santiago Ruffin was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 22nd minute, Santiago Ruffin made a precise shot to the right of Christopher Ortiz. Steeleville AFC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When Santiago Ruffin came up free with the goalie in the 27th minute, the Attack Mori FC 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 Santiago Ruffin couldn't finish the play. 29 minutes into the game, Attack Mori FC's Vincent Culver nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Christopher Ortiz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-2. Attack Mori FC's Zack Fields played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nicholas Winter in the 37th minute of play. Josh McLeod fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Christopher Ortiz having to interfere. Christopher Ortiz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Tyrone Glass went, in the 46th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. 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 Nicholas Winter made a kick off. After 53 minutes of play, Steeleville AFC's Young Fletcher made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Zack Fields was left in no man's land by his defense there! Zack Fields took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Young Fletcher, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zack Fields made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ward Castaneda in the 62nd minute of play. In the 64th match minute, Steeleville AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Owen Benitez to maneuver through the defense. In the 67th minute, Ward Castaneda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought a goal was coming when Santiago Ruffin got free with Christopher Ortiz in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The crowd rose to their feet as Attack Mori FC's Santiago Ruffin slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Christopher Ortiz. That made the score 1-4 after 76 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Young Fletcher in the 79th minute of play forced Attack Mori FC's goalkeeper Zack Fields to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Nicholas Winter fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 85th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zack Fields having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Young Fletcher in the 89th minute of play forced Attack Mori FC's goalkeeper Zack Fields to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zack Fields showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Young Fletcher, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Zack Fields took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Young Fletcher, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 93 minutes into the game, Steeleville AFC's Ward Castaneda nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Zack Fields made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-4. Zack Fields showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ward Castaneda, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute. The Steeleville AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Attack Mori FC's performance. The match ended with a win for Attack Mori FC.