League

Craigmyle
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Merle Reyna started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute, Toussaint Buchanan 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. Léonard Morales hit a great freekick 15 minutes into the match. Ned Fontaine showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Toussaint Buchanan, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. Ahmed Matson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 19th minute. Renard Stovall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Léonard Morales received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Renard Stovall tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Mississauga Mavericks getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Shad Hutchins hit a great ball. Renard Stovall was out of position in the 33 minute of play, and Merle Reyna capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Merle Reyna really showed his touch with that goal: 1-0. If Merle Reyna had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 38 minutes, Geraldo Pack mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mississauga Mavericks and the Craigmyle players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Craigmyle booed when Mississauga Mavericks was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Geraldo Pack didn't get a good kick on the ball. Léonard Morales sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Merle Reyna struck a weak shot in the 41st minute. Renard Stovall didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Craigmyle. In the 43rd minute Merle Reyna shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Renard Stovall saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Stéphane Teague charged in rather forcefully in the 46th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Stéphane Teague the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 46 played minutes Mississauga Mavericks got a freekick which was hit by Stéphane Teague. 48 minutes had been played when some careless play by Mississauga Mavericks's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Hosea McCall was slow to take the kick. During this time Craigmyle's players had a chance to rest. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Mississauga Mavericks's goalie and right to Everett Sosa. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Mississauga Mavericks's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal.

The audience was convinced that Merle Reyna's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Renard Stovall was relentless in the 55th minute of the game. Renard Stovall stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Merle Reyna's shot from short distance in the 65th minute. Renard Stovall came out of the goal in the 73rd minute to try and stop a shot by Craigmyle's Merle Reyna. But to his dismay, Merle Reyna quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. Renard Stovall took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Léonard Morales, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 79th minute, Léonard Morales left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Craigmyle fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-1. Merle Reyna took the ball and in the 84 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Renard Stovall. Renard Stovall dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-1. After a rather tough play, Mississauga Mavericks's Shad Hutchins got a free kick in the 91st minute. In the 92nd minute of the match Hosea McCall sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Renard Stovall skillfully saved the ball. Stéphane Teague hit a great freekick 92 minutes into the match. A collision led to Mississauga Mavericks getting a freekick after 95 minutes play. Stéphane Teague hit a great ball. Renard Stovall showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Merle Reyna in the 96th minute of the match. When Léonard Morales came up free with the goalie in the 98th minute, the Craigmyle 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 Léonard Morales couldn't finish the play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Craigmyle had won after a very even match.