League

Finegayan Park
Spectators: 7696 (Terracing: 5773, Seating: 1770, VIP seats: 153) Jefferson Novak started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Sergio Aguirre made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jefferson Novak in the 4th minute of play. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hector Hodges during the 7th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 7 played minutes East Orange got a freekick which was hit by Hector Hodges. Sergio Aguirre showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alberto Thayer in the 9th minute of the match. After 10 played minutes WolfPack got a freekick which was hit by Brent Nunez. East Orange's Milton Norton proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 15th minute of the match, managed to save East Orange from getting a goal against them. When Jefferson Novak came up free with the goalie in the 17th minute, the East Orange fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Jefferson Novak couldn't finish the play. WolfPack's Sergio Aguirre played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alberto Thayer in the 19th minute of play. If Jefferson Novak had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Brent Nunez took the ball and in the 34 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Milton Norton. Milton Norton 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. Jefferson Novak might have been able to make a better finish in the 46th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Sergio Aguirre. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jefferson Novak ran back to his position shaking his head. Domenico Gilmore received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Milton Norton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

Jefferson Novak did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-2 to the left of a surprised Sergio Aguirre 53 minutes into the match. Milton Norton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hunter Greenwood in the 61st minute of the match. Sergio Aguirre was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 63rd minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Rufus Barger. In the 66th minute, Alberto Thayer ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sergio Aguirre was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hunter Greenwood in the 70th minute of play forced East Orange's goalkeeper Milton Norton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Hunter Greenwood sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Hector Hodges kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. 81 minutes into the game, Raymond Boyce was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. WolfPack's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave East Orange the free kick. In the 82nd minute, Raymond Boyce hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience thought it was a sure goal in the 83rd minute, when East Orange's Reuben Busby after having done a great run through the defense got himself free with Sergio Aguirre in WolfPack's goal and fired away a shot, but it missed the goal by a fraction of an inch. Alberto Thayer's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Sergio Aguirre read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 87th minute of play. The WolfPack fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. East Orange were clearly better and deserved to take the win.