League

Honda Stadium
Spectators: 5020 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 20) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Freddie Elder made the kick off which started today's match. Vanquish Utd's Moises Burks proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Vanquish Utd from getting a goal against them. In the 9th minute the ball was on its way in behind Chicago Red Bandits FC's goalkeeper Rusty Lowery, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 10 minutes into the game, Gerry Fitzgerald was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Chicago Red Bandits FC's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Vanquish Utd the free kick. In the 11th match minute, Chicago Red Bandits FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gerry Fitzgerald to maneuver through the defense. After 15 played minutes, Vanquish Utd's Basil William shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Rusty Lowery 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 Vanquish Utd reached it. After a rather tough play, Vanquish Utd's Elton McLeod got a free kick in the 18th minute. Moises Burks took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonah Kramer, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 22 played minutes Jonah Kramer rounded Vanquish Utd's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-0. 28 minutes into the game, Freddie Elder cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Rusty Lowery was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jonah Kramer received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Moises Burks tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jonah Kramer recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Rueben Johnstons short, quick shot in the 46thth minute got Moises Burks to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Moises Burks was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jonah Kramer showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 2-1 in the 47 minute of play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jonah Kramer to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute Rueben Johnston shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Moises Burks saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Rex Frey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rusty Lowery showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Freddie Elder in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 64th match minute, Vanquish Utd was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Elton McLeod to maneuver through the defense. Jonah Kramer fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Moises Burks having to interfere. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Phil Medina during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The audience thought a goal was coming when Rex Frey got free with Rusty Lowery in the 72nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 83 minutes into the match, Jonah Kramer notched a goal, 3-2, to the right of Vanquish Utd's Moises Burks. Moises Burks was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Vanquish Utd's Freddie Elder got a good chance for a goal in the 88th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Freddie Elder fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rusty Lowery having to interfere. Elton McLeod's late challenge caught a Chicago Red Bandits FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Elton McLeod helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Vanquish Utd's Elton McLeod got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Julio Faulkner charged in rather forcefully in the 95th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Julio Faulkner the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 95th minute, Julio Faulkner hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 96th minute of the match Domenico McLaughlin sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rusty Lowery skillfully saved the ball. After 98 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Chicago Red Bandits FC! The referee gave Vanquish Utd a penalty, 102 minutes into the game. The penalty shot was made by Domenico McLaughlin, who made a well placed shot into the net to the right of Chicago Red Bandits FC's Rusty Lowery. 3-3.