League

Victory Park
Spectators: 6987 (Terracing: 5977, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 10) Weldon Numbers started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Mickey Pham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kasey Weaver, who was totally free with the ball in the 10th minute. 11 minutes into the game, Ahmed Zimmerman was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Roanoke FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Monte Vista AFC the free kick. The supporters of Monte Vista AFC booed when Roanoke FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ahmed Zimmerman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sol Gilliam took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 12th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Mickey Pham. Roanoke FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After some careless play in the Roanoke FC defense, Weldon Numbers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mickey Pham. The Roanoke FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mickey Pham should have stopped the shot. 19 minutes into the game, Woody Woodall was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Roanoke FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Monte Vista AFC the free kick. In the 20th minute, Woody Woodall hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 27 minutes of play Roanoke FC's Woody Woodall was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of Monte Vista AFC booed when Roanoke FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 28 match minutes in a wonderful position. Woody Woodall didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mickey Pham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kasey Weaver, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 31st minute Kasey Weaver shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mickey Pham saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mickey Pham took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerald Vigil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Willie Carbajal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Lane Womack in the 35th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Monte Vista AFC's Gerald Vigil sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Mickey Pham narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Mickey Pham showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Weldon Numbers in the 40th minute of the match. Mickey Pham made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gerald Vigil in the 42nd minute of play. When Larry Morris fell near the penalty area in the 43rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Roanoke FC's protests and gave Larry Morris a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Roanoke FC getting a freekick after 43 minutes play. Larry Morris hit a great ball. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lane Womack to make the kick off. Mickey Pham showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kasey Weaver, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. In the 62nd match minute, Roanoke FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Ahmed Zimmerman to maneuver through the defense. Solomon Melvin hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Gerald Vigil got free with Mickey Pham in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Through an outstanding action, after 78 minutes, Mickey Pham successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 83 minutes into the game, Lane Womack cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Willie Carbajal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 93rd minute, Gerald Vigil ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mickey Pham was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. When the match was over Monte Vista AFC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Roanoke FC throughout the match.