League

Burney
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Raymundo Blankenship started the match with the kick off. Leif Perdue's late challenge caught a FC Cincinnati's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leif Perdue helped the player get up and apologised. Leif Perdue hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. With a little luck, Barka's Scot Davila got control of the ball when Mike Sheridan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Wade Graham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tom Hager, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. FC Cincinnati's Wade Graham played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tom Hager in the 24th minute of play. The supporters of FC Cincinnati booed when Barka was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 26 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leif Perdue didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 27th minute, Tom Barrow sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Barka's Scot Davila didn't even have to move. Scot Davila made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Raymundo Blankenship in the 29th minute of play. Raymundo Blankenship fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Scot Davila having to interfere. If Cesar Dillon had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eliseo Tracy in the 41st minute of play forced FC Cincinnati's goalkeeper Wade Graham to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wade Graham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cesar Dillon in the 42nd minute of the match.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cesar Dillon was the one to do the kick off. Barka were awarded a corner in the 53th minute after FC Cincinnati's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Murray Lucas took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Murray Lucas got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Wade Graham quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. When Mike Sheridan came up free with the goalie in the 60th minute, the FC Cincinnati 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 Mike Sheridan couldn't finish the play. When Dennis Youngblood fell near the penalty area in the 70th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored FC Cincinnati's protests and gave Dennis Youngblood a yellow card for diving instead. Dennis Youngblood kicked well hit freekick during the 70th minute of the match. In the 73rd minute, Mike Sheridan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Scot Davila was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. If Mike Sheridan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Cesar Dillon recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 82nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Cesar Dillon took the ball and in the 85 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Wade Graham. Wade Graham dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Tom Hager charged in rather forcefully in the 94th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tom Hager the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Tom Hager kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. If Raymundo Blankenship had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.