League

Gardiner
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cody Navarro got the match started through his kick off. Eliseo Schroeder kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Mitchell Burgess showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bryan Gallagher, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Christian Adkins in the 10th minute of play forced San francisco's goalkeeper Mitchell Burgess to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tomas Libby kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. After 14 minutes of play, Gardiner AFC's Christian Adkins made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mitchell Burgess was left in no man's land by his defense there! If Darren Ramey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After some careless play in the Gardiner AFC defense, Darren Ramey kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Kris Burton. The Gardiner AFC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Kris Burton should have stopped the shot. After 24 minutes, Cody Navarro made it 1-2 with a short kick to the right side. Gardiner AFC's Kris Burton tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Asher Goldstein put it in 1-3 from a short distance just to the right of Kris Burton. After 33 played minutes, San francisco's Darren Ramey shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Kris Burton 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 San francisco reached it. After 34 played minutes Gardiner AFC got a freekick which was hit by Christian Adkins. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Asher Goldstein managed to get in a good position for a shot. San francisco's supporters rose to their feet, but Asher Goldstein was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kris Burton breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Asher Goldstein in the 38th minute of play forced Gardiner AFC's goalkeeper Kris Burton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Asher Goldstein had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Eliseo Schroeder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 46th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. San francisco's Mitchell Burgess proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 48th minute of the match, managed to save San francisco from getting a goal against them. The Gardiner AFC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. San francisco were winning 1-4.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Darren Metcalf stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd match minute, San francisco was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Asher Goldstein to maneuver through the defense. When Asher Goldstein came up free with the goalie in the 54th minute, the San francisco 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 Asher Goldstein couldn't finish the play. In the 61st minute Waldo Ayala shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mitchell Burgess saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 62 minutes into the game, Waldo Ayala cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-4. Mitchell Burgess was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tomas Libby during the 65th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Gardiner AFC booed when San francisco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas Libby didn't get a good kick on the ball. The supporters of Gardiner AFC booed when San francisco was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas Libby didn't get a good kick on the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Darren Ramey during the 76th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 76 played minutes San francisco got a freekick which was hit by Darren Ramey. Mitchell Burgess didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Darren Metcalf went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-4 was the resulting score. Cody Navarro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Kris Burton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eliseo Schroeder 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. Mitchell Burgess showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bryan Gallagher, who was totally free with the ball in the 95th minute. San francisco's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.