League

The Colony
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Curt Finch made the kick off which started today's match. Milo Engel took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 5th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Raymond Steiner. KoloboK's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Raymond Steiner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Pineda, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After 19 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for ALBEAGLES FC! When the match had been going on for 21 minutes, KoloboK's Alfonso Dawkins got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Dan Savage. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Nelson Pineda in the 25th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Raymond Steiner saved KoloboK from getting behind. Raymond Steiner showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nelson Pineda, who was totally free with the ball in the 26th minute. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by KoloboK's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Darrel Chan was slow to take the kick. During this time ALBEAGLES FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Richard McCall got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Raymond Steiner quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Dan Savage made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfonso Dawkins in the 31st minute of play. Curt Finch took the ball and in the 39 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Raymond Steiner. Raymond Steiner dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. KoloboK's Raymond Steiner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Curt Finch in the 43rd minute of play. Milo Engel hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alfonso Dawkins made a kick off. In the 55th match minute, ALBEAGLES FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Milo Engel to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Alfonso Dawkins's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dan Savage was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Maxwell Street charged in rather forcefully in the 63rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Maxwell Street the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 63rd minute, Maxwell Street hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. KoloboK's Raymond Steiner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Curt Finch in the 67th minute of play. Nelson Pineda fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 69th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Raymond Steiner having to interfere. After 72 played minutes ALBEAGLES FC got a freekick which was hit by Nelson Pineda. In the 75th minute Curt Finch shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raymond Steiner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Curt Finch struck a weak shot in the 79th minute. Raymond Steiner didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ALBEAGLES FC. In the 82nd minute Curt Finch shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Raymond Steiner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 87th minute, Alfonso Dawkins made a precise shot to the right of Dan Savage. ALBEAGLES FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Curt Finch in the 90th minute of play forced KoloboK's goalkeeper Raymond Steiner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alfonso Dawkins fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 92nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dan Savage having to interfere. The home crowd let out a huge roar when the referee blew for the end of the game. KoloboK were victorious despite being under pressure from ALBEAGLES FC for much of the match.