League

Clifton Forge
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Ed McCloud started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Carson Wilhelm made a fantastic save in the 4th minute, when Trevor Beltre sent off a good shot on target. Carson Wilhelm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jamel Diaz in the 5th minute of play. After 14 minutes of play, Grand Forks AFC's Mason Minton made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kevin Hensley was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 16th minute, Garret Sousa hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 17th minute of the match Lawrence Bergstrom shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kevin Hensley showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. 18 minutes into the match, Grand Forks AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Jonathon Wilkes came free, but Carson Wilhelm reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Terrence Hall got free with Carson Wilhelm in the 22nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Terrence Hall got free with Carson Wilhelm in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience was convinced that Mason Minton's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Kevin Hensley was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. After 34 minutes of play, Grand Forks AFC's Ed McCloud made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Kevin Hensley was left in no man's land by his defense there! After 38 played minutes Grand Forks AFC got a freekick which was hit by Mason Minton. The supporters of Grand Forks AFC booed when Charizard FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 40 match minutes in a wonderful position. Garret Sousa didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ed McCloud in the 41st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kevin Hensley saved Charizard FC from getting behind. Mason Minton's late challenge caught a Charizard FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mason Minton helped the player get up and apologised. Mason Minton hit a great freekick 43 minutes into the match. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Terrence Hall to make the kick off. Carson Wilhelm didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jamel Diaz went, in the 51st minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. With an all-out effort, Grand Forks AFC's Kevin Hensley threw himself towards the right post 54 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ed McCloud, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Kevin Hensley showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ed McCloud in the 57th minute of the match. Carson Wilhelm made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Terrence Hall in the 59th minute of play. Carson Wilhelm stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Terrence Hall's shot from short distance in the 64th minute. Grand Forks AFC's Carson Wilhelm played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jonathon Wilkes in the 65th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Mason Minton got free with Kevin Hensley in the 68th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 69 minutes into the match, Jonathon Wilkes had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Carson Wilhelm. Grand Forks AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jonathon Wilkes was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-2. In the 79th minute, Trevor Beltre 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. In the 82nd minute, Cody McCoy ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Carson Wilhelm was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-2. A collision led to Charizard FC getting a freekick after 86 minutes play. Cody McCoy hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Grand Forks AFC's Lawrence Bergstrom tried to score from far away in the 87th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Kevin Hensley made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ed McCloud in the 89th minute of play. When the match had gone on for 93 minutes, Ed McCloud took a quick shot and it went in 4-3 without a chance for Kevin Hensley to make any attempt to save it. There was no doubt that Charizard FC were the better team. Charizard FC's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.