League

Rock Island Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Wallace Huber got the match started through his kick off. Josh Richards took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wallace Huber, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 6 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Wallace Huber sped through STL FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Josh Richards. In the 9th minute, Len King hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Len King got the opportunity to take care of a free kick it resulted in a really dangerous shot that almost went in the goal. Instead the ball went too high, a missed opportunity for Syosset FC. Wallace Huber fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Josh Richards having to interfere. Carlo Pate sent away a hard shot on goal in the 14th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Rodney Buckner hit a great freekick 17 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Syosset FC's Randolph Benedict got a free kick in the 29th minute. Wallace Huber sent away a hard shot on goal in the 33rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jorge Phelps's late challenge caught a STL FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jorge Phelps helped the player get up and apologised. In the 36th minute, Jorge Phelps hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. An unexpectedly hard shot by Len King in the 44th minute of play forced STL FC's goalkeeper Josh Richards to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Parker Talbot hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Theron Easley to make the kick off. Len King received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Josh Richards tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to STL FC getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Garret Hufnagel hit a great ball. Sylvester Hooks sent away a hard shot on goal in the 58th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Kristofer Lawrence took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Theron Easley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Wallace Huber had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Syosset FC's Randolph Benedict got a free kick in the 63rd minute. Parker Talbot kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. In the 67th minute of the match Olin Sheets shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kristofer Lawrence showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. After a defensive mix-up in STL FC's zone, Len King stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Josh Richards came out of the goal and Len King tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Kristofer Lawrence made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Theron Easley in the 73rd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Theron Easley in the 81st minute of play forced Syosset FC's goalkeeper Kristofer Lawrence to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wallace Huber received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Josh Richards tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After 89 minutes, Virgilio Mansfield mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Syosset FC and the STL FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Syosset FC's Virgilio Mansfield got a free kick in the 89th minute. In the 91st minute of the match Larry Lake shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Kristofer Lawrence showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sylvester Hooks in the 93rd minute of play forced Syosset FC's goalkeeper Kristofer Lawrence to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 97th minute, STL FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Len King fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched Syosset FC eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.