League

Cocoa Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ralph McNair took the kick off in the first half of the match. Cocoa's DeAndre Hahn got a good chance for a goal in the 3rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. St Lukes Pioneers were furious when Johnnie Vazquez was red carded, 5 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 5th minute of the game. One of St Lukes Pioneers:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Cocoa:s goal. Cocoa's DeAndre Hahn managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Flint Charles in the 14 minute of the game. When Ralph McNair came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the Cocoa 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 Ralph McNair couldn't finish the play. In the 17th minute, Ronald Carlton 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. St Lukes Pioneers's defense didn't have a chance, in the 19th minute, when Ralph McNair scored to the left of an out of position Graig Singleton, making the score, 2-0. Flint Charles kicked well hit freekick during the 21st minute of the match. If Ronald Carlton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to St Lukes Pioneers getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Garry Carrington hit a great ball. 36 minutes into the match, St Lukes Pioneers's goal looked a bit too open when Cameron Sims came free, but Graig Singleton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Ralph McNair came up free with the goalie in the 39th minute, the Cocoa 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 Ralph McNair couldn't finish the play. Ronald Carlton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roy Bartlett having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind St Lukes Pioneers's goalkeeper Graig Singleton, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ralph McNair in the 55th minute of play forced St Lukes Pioneers's goalkeeper Graig Singleton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute of the match Cocoa got a corner. St Lukes Pioneers's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ralph McNair ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner went over the outstretched arms of St Lukes Pioneers's goalie and right to Eduardo Hawkins. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. St Lukes Pioneers's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. 57 minutes into the match, Cocoa's DeAndre Hahn sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Graig Singleton narrowly saved just below the crossbar. St Lukes Pioneers's Graig Singleton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ralph McNair in the 71st minute of play. Ronald Carlton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Roy Bartlett having to interfere. After 83 played minutes St Lukes Pioneers got a freekick which was hit by Flint Charles. After 84 played minutes Cocoa got a freekick which was hit by Eduardo Hawkins. After 87 played minutes St Lukes Pioneers got a freekick which was hit by Ronald Carlton. Graig Singleton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ralph McNair in the 94th minute of play.