League

San Manuel
Spectators: 7778 (Terracing: 5834, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Vicente Yoshioka made the kick off which started today's match. After a rather tough play, Umbrella's Sydney Harrington got a free kick in the 4th minute. Ace Talbot received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Noel Crews tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Ace Talbot had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 16th minute, Jason Lovett left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Umbrella fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Noel Crews showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ace Talbot in the 20th minute of the match. In the 23rd minute, Winfred Burgos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After some fancy dribbling in the 24th minute, Jason Lovett managed to get in a good position for a shot. Umbrella's supporters rose to their feet, but Jason Lovett was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Noel Crews breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ollie William sent away a hard shot on goal in the 25th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Ace Talbot fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Noel Crews having to interfere. In the 35th minute, Jason Lovett got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Umbrella's Corey Vigil got a good chance for a goal in the 36th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Corey Vigil had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 41 minutes into the game, Ollie William cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-3. Noel Crews was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Ollie William recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Ace Talbot was the one to do the kick off. After some fancy dribbling in the 53rd minute, Winfred Burgos managed to get in a good position for a shot. San Manuel's supporters rose to their feet, but Winfred Burgos was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Gilbert Tilley breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Noel Crews made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ollie William in the 56th minute. Ace Talbot received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Noel Crews came out and tried to block the shot, but Ace Talbot slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 59th minute. Mickey Hutton struck a weak shot in the 63rd minute. Noel Crews didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Umbrella. San Manuel's Noel Crews played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mickey Hutton in the 65th minute of play. After a rather tough play, San Manuel's Terrence Pope got a free kick in the 66th minute. In the 71st minute Mickey Hutton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Noel Crews saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jason Lovett who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 73rdth minute tested the skills of Noel Crews when he managed to save the team from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mickey Hutton in the 74th minute of play forced San Manuel's goalkeeper Noel Crews to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 78 minutes into the match, San Manuel's goal looked a bit too open when Mickey Hutton came free, but Noel Crews reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 80 minutes into the match, San Manuel's goal looked a bit too open when Sydney Harrington came free, but Noel Crews reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gilbert Tilley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vicente Yoshioka in the 81st minute of play. Corey Vigil received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Noel Crews tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gilbert Tilley took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Winfred Burgos, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gilbert Tilley showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vicente Yoshioka in the 88th minute of the match. 89 minutes into the match, Ollie William had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Noel Crews. San Manuel's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Ollie William was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-6. If Mickey Hutton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 93rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ollie William might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Noel Crews. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Ollie William ran back to his position shaking his head. Umbrella's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.