U23 League

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Domingo Lopez started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. After 5 minutes San Antonio HotSPURS's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Daron Davidson who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Daron Davidson almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but San Antonio HotSPURS's Ross Buchanan did a great save. In the 6thth minute of the game Armando Leobardo who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but San Antonio HotSPURS's Ross Buchanan was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 8th minute Daron Davidson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ross Buchanan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jude Vang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Simon Stover in the 10th minute of play. Ross Buchanan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Armando Leobardo's shot from short distance in the 13th minute. Ross Buchanan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domingo Lopez in the 17th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Domingo Lopez in the 17th minute of play forced San Antonio HotSPURS's goalkeeper Ross Buchanan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A hard shot 20 in the game by Domingo Lopez from a close distance when the talented Ross Buchanan managed to make a qualified save. San Antonio HotSPURS's players were relieved. El Canalla de Chicago's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Daron Davidson in the 21st minute. A collision led to San Antonio HotSPURS getting a freekick after 22 minutes play. Simon Stover hit a great ball. Raul Knox sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 25 minutes into the game, Armando Leobardo recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Ross Buchanan. Armando Leobardo showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-0. If Simon Stover had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 27th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ross Buchanan stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Kareem Hendricks's shot from short distance in the 29th minute. After 32nd play minutes Domingo Lopez shot 2-0, a short shot which went by Ross Buchanan and just under the crossbar into goal. Simon Stover might have been able to make a better finish in the 40th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jude Vang. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Simon Stover ran back to his position shaking his head. Ross Buchanan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Daron Davidson in the 42nd minute of the match. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Simon Stover to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute of the game Cody Gentry made a throw-in which Norberto Bristol played forward. After 54 minutes of play, El Canalla de Chicago's Domingo Lopez made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ross Buchanan was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 59th minute, Daron Davidson made a precise shot to the right of Ross Buchanan. San Antonio HotSPURS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 5-0. El Canalla de Chicago made a substitution. Rudolf Pendleton replaced Daron Davidson. In the 63rd minute, Rudolf Pendleton left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Canalla de Chicago fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 6-0. Ross Buchanan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Domingo Lopez in the 72nd minute of play. 74 minutes into the match, Raul Knox notched a goal, 7-0, to the right of San Antonio HotSPURS's Ross Buchanan. Ross Buchanan was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The supporters of San Antonio HotSPURS booed when El Canalla de Chicago was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Curtis Daniel didn't get a good kick on the ball. 79 minutes into the match, San Antonio HotSPURS's goal looked a bit too open when Domingo Lopez came free, but Ross Buchanan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ross Buchanan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Leobardo in the 81st minute of play. Ross Buchanan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raul Knox in the 82nd minute of the match. Ross Buchanan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domingo Lopez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rudolf Pendleton hit a great freekick 88 minutes into the match. Ross Buchanan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rudolf Pendleton, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rudolf Pendleton in the 95th minute of play forced San Antonio HotSPURS's goalkeeper Ross Buchanan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. El Canalla de Chicago fully deserved thier win.