League

Stanford
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cody Navarro took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cody Navarro sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walter Mixon in the 9th minute of play forced San francisco's goalkeeper Mitchell Burgess to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 11 minutes into the match, Olathe Falcons's goal looked a bit too open when Eliseo Schroeder came free, but Derek Arias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mitchell Burgess made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brent Alfaro in the 15th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Asher Goldstein put it in 0-1 from a short distance just to the right of Derek Arias. After 23 minutes of play, San francisco's Cody Navarro made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Derek Arias was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 26th minute, Eliseo Schroeder left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The San francisco fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Derek Arias showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Asher Goldstein in the 30th minute of the match. After 30 played minutes Olathe Falcons got a freekick which was hit by Brent Alfaro. 31 minutes into the match, Asher Goldstein notched a goal, 0-4, to the right of Olathe Falcons's Derek Arias. Derek Arias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Darren Ramey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Derek Arias having to interfere. Olathe Falcons's Derek Arias played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Asher Goldstein in the 47th minute of play. 48 minutes into the match, Cody Navarro had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Derek Arias. Olathe Falcons's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cody Navarro was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-5. Disappointed in the 0-5 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Brent Alfaro made a kick off. In the 55th minute, Tomas Libby hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Olathe Falcons getting a freekick after 56 minutes play. Rusty Fletcher hit a great ball. 58 minutes into the match, Asher Goldstein notched a goal, 0-6, to the right of Olathe Falcons's Derek Arias. Derek Arias was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mitchell Burgess made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Walter Mixon in the 67th minute of play. Asher Goldstein fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Derek Arias having to interfere. 72 minutes into the match, San francisco's goal looked a bit too open when Walter Mixon came free, but Mitchell Burgess reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tomas Libby kicked well hit freekick during the 73rd minute of the match. If Eliseo Schroeder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 78 minutes into the game, Shayne Rose was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Olathe Falcons's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave San francisco the free kick. San francisco's Asher Goldstein got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Darren Ramey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Darren Ramey recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 87th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 91st minute Walter Mixon 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. The crowd rose to their feet as San francisco's Asher Goldstein slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Derek Arias. That made the score 0-8 after 94 minutes of play. Cody Navarro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Derek Arias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. San francisco's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.