League

Hillsborough
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Stephen Bailey made the kick off which started today's match. Stephen Bailey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 12th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Kip Kinney having to interfere. After 14 minutes, Dean Boggs mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Corralitos AFC and the Hillsborough players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 13th minute, one of Corralitos AFC:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Corralitos AFC. Hillsborough's Manuel Forrest played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Geoffrey Alvarado in the 22nd minute of play. A collision led to Corralitos AFC getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Ben House hit a great ball. Stephen Bailey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 26th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 34th minute, Geoffrey Alvarado left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Corralitos AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. 40 minutes into the match, Micah Knox notched a goal, 1-3, to the right of Hillsborough's Manuel Forrest. Manuel Forrest was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Gerardo Nicholas scored 1-4 in the 44th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Manuel Forrest, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After the first half Corralitos AFC were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Geoffrey Alvarado made a kick off. 52 minutes into the match, Corralitos AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Daniel Morales came free, but Kip Kinney reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Hillsborough's Manuel Forrest proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Hillsborough from getting a goal against them. In the 55th minute, Stephen Bailey ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Kip Kinney was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-4. The supporters of Corralitos AFC booed when Hillsborough was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 59 match minutes in a wonderful position. Josef Phelps didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Gerardo Nicholas came up free with the goalie in the 61st minute, the Corralitos AFC 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 Gerardo Nicholas couldn't finish the play. Manuel Forrest showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Geoffrey Alvarado, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. Corralitos AFC's Geoffrey Alvarado got a good chance for a goal in the 65th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 67th minute, Corralitos AFC's Geoffrey Alvarado ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Manuel Forrest. Manuel Forrest yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-5. In the 71st minute of the match Zane Vincent sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Manuel Forrest skillfully saved the ball. Jerold Goins hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Geoffrey Alvarado in the 73rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Manuel Forrest saved Hillsborough from getting behind. If Stephen Bailey had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Daniel Morales scored 3-5 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kip Kinney, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Stephen Bailey received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 87th minute. Kip Kinney tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 88th minute Daniel Morales shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Kip Kinney saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The Hillsborough supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Corralitos AFC's performance. The match ended with a win for Corralitos AFC.