League Play-Off

Littel Rock
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Jay Kenney took the kick off in the first half of the match. Lance Staley was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jay Kenney showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 6 minute of play. Randy Pope charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Randy Pope the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Lance Staley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jay Kenney in the 14th minute of play. After 15 minutes, Dalton Sewell mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Little Rock Rangers and the Lech Poznań players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rigoberto Adams showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Douglass Glenn in the 16th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Josh Hare got free with Lance Staley in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. If Josh Hare had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 20th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Hugo Bingham received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Rigoberto Adams tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jay Kenney sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Josh Hare received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Lance Staley tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Lech Poznań's zone, Jay Kenney stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lance Staley came out of the goal and Jay Kenney tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 34th minute, Josh Hare managed to get in a good position for a shot. Little Rock Rangers's supporters rose to their feet, but Josh Hare was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lance Staley breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 36 minutes into the match, Lech Poznań's goal looked a bit too open when Jay Kenney came free, but Lance Staley reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jay Kenney in the 40th minute of play forced Lech Poznań's goalkeeper Lance Staley to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Lech Poznań getting a freekick after 47 minutes play. Darron Long hit a great ball. Jay Kenney was extremely unlucky when he, in the 49th minute, took a shot that hit the right post and went out. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Douglass Glenn to strike the kick off in the second half. 57 minutes into the game, Darron Long was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Lech Poznań's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Little Rock Rangers the free kick. In the 57th minute, Darron Long hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Little Rock Rangers's Jay Kenney got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lance Staley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jay Kenney in the 62nd minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Lech Poznań's zone, Josh Hare stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Lance Staley came out of the goal and Josh Hare tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. A collision led to Lech Poznań getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Jessie Stone hit a great ball. Little Rock Rangers's Josh Hare got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Hugo Bingham sent away a hard shot on goal in the 71st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lance Staley took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jay Kenney, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Jamar Sargent during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Jamar Sargent hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Jay Kenney sent away a hard shot on goal in the 81st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After some fancy dribbling in the 86th minute, Jay Kenney managed to get in a good position for a shot. Little Rock Rangers's supporters rose to their feet, but Jay Kenney was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Lance Staley breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Lance Staley showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josh Hare, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. Randy Pope hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. In the 91st minute Jay Kenney shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lance Staley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 93rd minute of the match Kerry Shields shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Lance Staley showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 94th minute Jay Kenney shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Lance Staley saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Josh Hare's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Lance Staley read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 98th minute of play. Little Rock Rangers's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.