League

Wesleyville
Spectators: 6720 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1720, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Gerard Bousquet started the match with the kick off. Joey Kiser received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Stephen Sirois tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 10 minutes, Gerard Bousquet put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Stephen Sirois. After a rather tough play, Wesleyville AFC's Reginald Thurman got a free kick in the 17th minute. Odis Ball's shot from long distance was a real pearl which went to the right and just passed Stephen Sirois - 0-3 was put on the score board in the 18th minute. 27 minutes into the match, Elphinstone AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Gaétan Fraser came free, but Rich Arias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gerard Bousquet sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 39th minute Gerard Bousquet shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stephen Sirois saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mary Valencia hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. Stephen Sirois made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerard Bousquet in the 46th minute of play. After the first half Elphinstone AFC were leading 1-3. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gaétan Fraser stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Elphinstone AFC were furious when Juan McKinnon was red carded, 52 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. After 51 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Elphinstone AFC! Rich Arias showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Mary Valencia, who was totally free with the ball in the 57th minute. If Mary Valencia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Mary Valencia had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Gaétan Fraser's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rich Arias was relentless in the 81st minute of the game. Gaétan Fraser blasted a shot towards the goal in the 89th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Rich Arias having to make a save. Mary Valencia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 89th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rich Arias made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gaétan Fraser in the 90th minute of play. Mary Valencia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The Wesleyville AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Elphinstone AFC's performance. The match ended with a win for Elphinstone AFC.