League

Bensley Park
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. Elijah Spivey started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the game, ValldHebron's Parker Yu nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Robin Henley made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. In the 8th minute, one of Pingyu FC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Pingyu FC. Robin Henley showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cory Abel in the 14th minute of the match. After a defensive mix-up in ValldHebron's zone, Benedict Massey stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Palmer Cassidy came out of the goal and Benedict Massey tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 18 minutes into the game, Lorenzo Naylor was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ValldHebron's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pingyu FC the free kick. 19 minutes into the game, Cory Abel was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ValldHebron's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Pingyu FC the free kick. In the 19th minute, Cory Abel hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ben Stoddard fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 21st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Palmer Cassidy having to interfere. If Benedict Massey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 24th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Darnell Bowling had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 26th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Curt Bergstrom had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 37th minute, Cory Abel ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Robin Henley was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Robin Henley came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by ValldHebron's Cory Abel. But to his dismay, Cory Abel quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-4. Ryan Buck hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. If Cory Abel had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Parker Yu stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Benedict Massey notched a goal, 1-4, to the right of ValldHebron's Palmer Cassidy. Palmer Cassidy was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Winford Messer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Palmer Cassidy having to interfere. Curt Bergstrom might have been able to make a better finish in the 63rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Palmer Cassidy. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Curt Bergstrom ran back to his position shaking his head. Elijah Spivey charged in rather forcefully in the 67th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elijah Spivey the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 68th minute, Elijah Spivey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Lorenzo Naylor was shown his second yellow card after 71 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. A collision led to ValldHebron getting a freekick after 71 minutes play. Lorenzo Naylor hit a great ball. When Eddy Tucker fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored ValldHebron's protests and gave Eddy Tucker a yellow card for diving instead. In the 73rd match minute, ValldHebron was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eddy Tucker to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th match minute, ValldHebron was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Isaiah Byers to maneuver through the defense. Winford Messer took the ball and in the 83 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Palmer Cassidy. Palmer Cassidy dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-4. After 89 played minutes Pingyu FC got a freekick which was hit by Darnell Bowling. After 91 played minutes ValldHebron got a freekick which was hit by Eddy Tucker. The Pingyu FC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching ValldHebron's performance. The match ended with a win for ValldHebron.