League

Norton Stadium
Spectators: 6712 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1712, VIP seats: 0) Cobi Lovell made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind ttttt's goalkeeper Derick Herrington, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After some careless play in the Norton defense, Ezra Beach kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ervin Barajas. The Norton fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ervin Barajas should have stopped the shot. Domenic Costa hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In the 16th minute, Nolan Banks hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, ttttt's Derick Herrington got control of the ball when Quinn Singh tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ezra Beach fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 20th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ervin Barajas having to interfere. In the 29th play minute Quinn Singh came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Derick Herrington. 1-1. The audience was convinced that Angelo Blanton's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Derick Herrington was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cobi Lovell in the 37th minute of play forced Norton's goalkeeper Ervin Barajas to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Angelo Blanton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Derick Herrington having to interfere. 2-1 became the score in the 48th minute when Quinn Singh elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Angelo Blanton to make the kick off. The attack was good, but when Angelo Blanton in the 56th minute was about to shoot he didn't kick quite good enough and the ball went high over goal. Derick Herrington made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Angelo Blanton in the 58th minute of play. In the 61st minute, Quinn Singh 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. Angelo Blanton sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Quinn Singh in the 69th minute of play forced ttttt's goalkeeper Derick Herrington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience was convinced that Angelo Blanton's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Derick Herrington was relentless in the 71st minute of the game. In the 77th minute Angelo Blanton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Derick Herrington saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Derick Herrington came out of the goal in the 79th minute to try and stop a shot by Norton's Quinn Singh. But to his dismay, Quinn Singh quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-1. ttttt's Derick Herrington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Quinn Singh in the 82nd minute of play. After 84th play minutes Quinn Singh shot 4-1, a short shot which went by Derick Herrington and just under the crossbar into goal. When Angelo Blanton came up free with the goalie in the 92nd minute, the Norton 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 Angelo Blanton couldn't finish the play. In the 94th minute Angelo Blanton shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Derick Herrington saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 98th minute Cobi Lovell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ervin Barajas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ttttt's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.