League

Clarksville
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Calito Bak's Rufus Bannister started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Brandon Cesario took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jorge Doty, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bernie Kraft received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 11th minute. Waldo Lozano tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Bernie Kraft fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Waldo Lozano having to interfere. After 18 minutes of play, Calito Bak's Rufus Bannister made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Brandon Cesario was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bernie Kraft sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. In the 24th minute the ball was on its way in behind Calito Bak's goalkeeper Waldo Lozano, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bernie Kraft got free with Waldo Lozano in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Waldo Lozano made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leroy Peralta in the 30th minute of play. Leroy Peralta kicked well hit freekick during the 33rd minute of the match. Brandon Cesario came out of the goal in the 37th minute to try and stop a shot by Calito Bak's Rufus Bannister. But to his dismay, Rufus Bannister quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. Clarksville's Olin Alonzo quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Brandon Yoshioka, made in the 45th minute of the game. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

The wind increased when Bernie Kraft made the kick off in the second half. The supporters of Calito Bak booed when Clarksville was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ollie Dyer didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jorge Doty's late challenge caught a Clarksville's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorge Doty helped the player get up and apologised. Bernie Kraft sent away a hard shot on goal in the 66th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. With a little luck, Clarksville's Brandon Cesario got control of the ball when Boyce Bowles tried to sneak it across the goal line. After having played for 76 minutes, Bernie Kraft managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Clarksville's supporters crossed their fingers, but Bernie Kraft was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Bernie Kraft fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Waldo Lozano having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 80th minute, Leroy Peralta managed to get in a good position for a shot. Clarksville's supporters rose to their feet, but Leroy Peralta was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Waldo Lozano breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 82ndth minute of the game Rufus Bannister who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Clarksville's Brandon Cesario was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Brandon Yoshioka got a throw-in 88 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Rufus Bannister. The Calito Bak supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Calito Bak would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.