League

Boulder Creek
Spectators: 6727 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Donny Moreno made the kick off which started today's match. Kristopher Pierce recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 3rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ursenal's Oren Lipscomb played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Donny Moreno in the 5th minute of play. If Donny Moreno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 11th minute, Donny Moreno ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Oren Lipscomb was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Oren Lipscomb showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristopher Pierce in the 16th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, La Crescent's Murray Delong got a free kick in the 26th minute. After some careless play in the La Crescent defense, Maurice Shipman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Trent Harrison. The La Crescent fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Trent Harrison should have stopped the shot. Donny Moreno fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Oren Lipscomb having to interfere. Ursenal's Oren Lipscomb played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kristopher Pierce in the 34th minute of play. After having played for 35 minutes, Donny Moreno managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. La Crescent's supporters crossed their fingers, but Donny Moreno 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 42nd minute Kristopher Pierce shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Oren Lipscomb saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. La Crescent's Kristopher Pierce got a good chance for a goal in the 44th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Donny Moreno took the ball and in the 46 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Oren Lipscomb. Oren Lipscomb dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Lee Flint made a kick off. 56 minutes into the game, Elton Hirsch was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. La Crescent's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Ursenal the free kick. Donny Moreno received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Oren Lipscomb tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Oren Lipscomb made an important save on a dangerous shot by Kristopher Pierce in the 62nd minute. Donny Moreno sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Donny Moreno's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Oren Lipscomb read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 66th minute of play. When Donny Moreno came up free with the goalie in the 69th minute, the La Crescent 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 Donny Moreno couldn't finish the play. If Donny Moreno had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 75 played minutes Ursenal got a freekick which was hit by Maurice Shipman. Kristopher Pierce kicked a quick shot right in front of the goal in the 78thth minute. Though ot was a great shot Ursenal's keeper Oren Lipscomb was sill able to block leaving the score board unchanged. Oren Lipscomb showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donny Moreno, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. 83 minutes into the match, Ursenal's goalkeeper Oren Lipscomb had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Kristopher Pierce. Donny Moreno received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Oren Lipscomb tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Ursenal's Oren Lipscomb got control of the ball when Kristopher Pierce tried to sneak it across the goal line. When the match was over La Crescent could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Ursenal throughout the match.