League

Many Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Peter De La Cruz started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Walker Thurman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Rudy Decker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Walker Thurman's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 11thth minute, Rudy Decker skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The supporters of Many booed when Nacional was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 16 match minutes in a wonderful position. Gregorio Gore didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Peter De La Cruz had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Walker Thurman might have been able to make a better finish in the 19th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rudy Decker. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Walker Thurman ran back to his position shaking his head. Rudy Decker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Peter De La Cruz, who was totally free with the ball in the 21st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter De La Cruz in the 23rd minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Rudy Decker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 24th minute, Walker Thurman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rudy Decker was a little too slow when Peter De La Cruz got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 29th minute. The score was now 1-0. In the 35th minute the ball was on its way in behind Nacional's goalkeeper Rudy Decker, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Peter De La Cruz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rudy Decker having to interfere. Rudy Decker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Peter De La Cruz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Walker Thurman succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 2-0 in the 44th playminute. 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.

The wind increased when Brandon Denne made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brandon Denne in the 51st minute of play forced Many's goalkeeper Roland Rojas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a defensive mix-up in Nacional's zone, Walker Thurman stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rudy Decker came out of the goal and Walker Thurman tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. If Walker Thurman had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Rudy Decker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Peter De La Cruz in the 61st minute of play. 62 minutes into the game, Alistair Beck was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Nacional's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Many the free kick. After a rather tough play, Nacional's Alistair Beck got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Claudio Bocanegra, 63 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. The Many fans' excitement grew in the 67th match minute when Many's Peter De La Cruz looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 3-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Walker Thurman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 70th minute. Rudy Decker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Gregorio Gore hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. 73 minutes into the game, Walker Thurman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-0. Rudy Decker was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Roland Rojas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Brandon Denne in the 76th minute of the match. In the 84thth minute of the game Peter De La Cruz who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nacional's Rudy Decker was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 89th minute, Walker Thurman left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Many fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Walker Thurman in the 93rd minute of play forced Nacional's goalkeeper Rudy Decker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 97th minute Brandon Denne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Roland Rojas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.