League

Olivia
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Raritan's Florian Bell started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Shayne Witherspoon came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Olivia's Randall Bishop. But to his dismay, Randall Bishop quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Florian Bell during the 9th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 9th match minute, Raritan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florian Bell to maneuver through the defense. Shayne Witherspoon was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Victor Doss showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-0 in the 11 minute of play. 15 minutes into the match, Olivia's goal looked a bit too open when Noah Reece came free, but Romeo Ramos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Shayne Witherspoon didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Victor Doss went, in the 17th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Olivia's zone, Gerard Shields stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Romeo Ramos came out of the goal and Gerard Shields tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Romeo Ramos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theo Gallegos, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. Romeo Ramos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Theo Gallegos went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Hayden Nesbitt's late challenge caught a Raritan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Hayden Nesbitt helped the player get up and apologised. Hayden Nesbitt kicked well hit freekick during the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theo Gallegos in the 31st minute of play forced Olivia's goalkeeper Romeo Ramos to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Shayne Witherspoon made a fantastic save in the 36th minute, when Victor Doss sent off a good shot on target. In the 38th minute of the match, Dane Fulton tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Shayne Witherspoon saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Shayne Witherspoon made a fantastic save in the 39th minute, when Ramiro Santana sent off a good shot on target. Fabian Murphy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 41st minute of the match, but Shayne Witherspoon made a huge save. Shayne Witherspoon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dane Fulton in the 42nd minute of the match. After 46 played minutes, Raritan's Lee Humphries shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Romeo Ramos came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Raritan reached it. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dane Fulton to make the kick off. Peter Braun kicked well hit freekick during the 54th minute of the match. After having played for 60 minutes, Dane Fulton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Olivia's supporters crossed their fingers, but Dane Fulton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Dane Fulton took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Shayne Witherspoon. Shayne Witherspoon 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. Shayne Witherspoon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Doss in the 72nd minute of the match. Shayne Witherspoon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabian Murphy, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Shayne Witherspoon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dane Fulton in the 74th minute of play. Victor Doss blasted a shot towards the goal in the 75th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Shayne Witherspoon having to make a save. Shayne Witherspoon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Doss in the 90th minute of the match. Shayne Witherspoon showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ramiro Santana, who was totally free with the ball in the 94th minute. In the 96th match minute, Raritan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Florian Bell to maneuver through the defense. When the referee ended the match the Olivia players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.