League

Ceredo
Spectators: 6723 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1723, VIP seats: 0) Browardale FC's Donnie Manning started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Browardale FC's Jeff Taylor played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Woody Hobson in the 2nd minute of play. When Donnie Manning came up free with the goalie in the 4th minute, the Browardale FC 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 Donnie Manning couldn't finish the play. 9 minutes into the match, Ulysses Haley notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Ceredo's Marco Call. Marco Call was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 17th minute Silas Bowling shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Call saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 17 played minutes Ceredo got a freekick which was hit by Ben Shipley. 19 minutes into the match, Ulysses Haley notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of Ceredo's Marco Call. Marco Call was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 24 played minutes Woody Hobson rounded Browardale FC's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 1-2. When Ulysses Haley came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Browardale FC 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 Ulysses Haley couldn't finish the play. Preston Marquez hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. The long shot by Josh Vick in the 31st minute really tested Jeff Taylor's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Ceredo's Walton Stern got a good chance for a goal in the 37th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Marco Call showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Donnie Manning, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. In the 41st minute the ball was on its way in behind Ceredo's goalkeeper Marco Call, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marco Call showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Donnie Manning in the 43rd minute of the match. Donnie Manning sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 1-2.

The wind increased when Woody Hobson made the kick off in the second half. With a little luck, Ceredo's Marco Call got control of the ball when Donnie Manning tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 54th minute, Marco Watts hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ulysses Haley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Through an outstanding action, after 58 minutes, Marco Call successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Woody Hobson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 60th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Woody Hobson in the 62nd minute of play forced Browardale FC's goalkeeper Jeff Taylor to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some fancy dribbling in the 63rd minute, Donnie Manning managed to get in a good position for a shot. Browardale FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Donnie Manning was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Call breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Ulysses Haley received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Marco Call came out and tried to block the shot, but Ulysses Haley slotted it home off the left post making it 1-3 in the 65th minute. When Browardale FC's Ulysses Haley in the 69th minute got a chance for a shot 69th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Ceredo's goalie prevented a goal. When the match had gone on for 71 minutes, Ulysses Haley took a quick shot and it went in 1-4 without a chance for Marco Call to make any attempt to save it. Silas Bowling recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 76th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Ceredo's Marco Call proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 80th minute of the match, managed to save Ceredo from getting a goal against them. After 84 minutes, Ben Shipley mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Ceredo and the Browardale FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 92 minutes of play, Ceredo's Woody Hobson made it 2-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jeff Taylor was left in no man's land by his defense there! The Ceredo fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Browardale FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.