League

One Millennial Field
Spectators: 5100 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 100) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Grady Barlow got the match started through his kick off. When Stark FC's Warren Crenshaw in the 3rd minute got a chance for a shot 3rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Radical Centrist Academy's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 5 minutes, Blaine Boyles took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Byron Chen to make any attempt to save it. 9 minutes into the game, Warren Crenshaw cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Leif Armenta was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Stark FC's Santos Keen got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Warren Crenshaw had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 19 minutes into the match, Stark FC's goalkeeper Byron Chen had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lanny Uhl. When Stark FC's Warren Crenshaw in 25 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Leif Armenta guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. In the 27th minute Warren Crenshaw shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Leif Armenta saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Stark FC getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Donny Deal hit a great ball. The audience was convinced that Warren Crenshaw's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leif Armenta was relentless in the 33rd minute of the game. Warren Crenshaw fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leif Armenta having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Blaine Boyles got free with Byron Chen in the 36th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After having played for 39 minutes, Arturo Potter managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Stark FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Arturo Potter was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 46th minute, Len Copeland 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Warren Crenshaw made a kick off. Stark FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Phillip Seay in the 53rd minute. Phillip Seay made a great header on Stark FC's corner, it was just that Radical Centrist Academy's Leif Armenta managed to reach the ball for a save. Byron Chen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lanny Uhl in the 57th minute of the match. Radical Centrist Academy's Leif Armenta played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Warren Crenshaw in the 58th minute of play. Byron Chen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Royce Blount, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Arturo Potter's late challenge caught a Radical Centrist Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arturo Potter helped the player get up and apologised. Arturo Potter hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. 63 minutes into the match, Stark FC's goal looked a bit too open when Grady Barlow came free, but Byron Chen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leif Armenta took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Santo Snow, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Byron Chen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Royce Blount's shot from short distance in the 72nd minute. Byron Chen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Blaine Boyles in the 77th minute of play. A collision led to Stark FC getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Arturo Potter hit a great ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Warren Crenshaw in the 82nd minute of play forced Radical Centrist Academy's goalkeeper Leif Armenta to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Blaine Boyles in the 84th minute of play forced Stark FC's goalkeeper Byron Chen to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Leif Armenta showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Warren Crenshaw, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. In the 91stth minute of the game Royce Blount who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Stark FC's Byron Chen was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Santo Snow's late challenge caught a Radical Centrist Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santo Snow helped the player get up and apologised. In the 92nd minute, Santo Snow hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Stark FC's Byron Chen played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Leonardo Flood in the 96th minute of play. Stark FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.