U23 League

Vale of Knights
Spectators: 160 (Terracing: 120, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) Black Knights FC's Brendan Otto 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. The audience was convinced that Sebastián Rambert's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Trenton Call was relentless in the 4th minute of the game. Trenton Call showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sebastián Rambert, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. A collision led to Black Knights FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Hugo Harrison hit a great ball. Reginald Hartman could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 9th minute of the match, but Miguel Ángel Santoro made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Stewart Cruz during the 13th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In a very dangerous position, a player in Black Knights FC fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 12th minute. Penalty! In the 18th minute Sebastián Rambert shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trenton Call saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Miguel Ángel Santoro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Brendan Otto, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Trenton Call made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastián Rambert in the 27th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sandy Spaulding's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Trenton Call was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. With a little luck, C. A. Independiente's Miguel Ángel Santoro got control of the ball when Reginald Hartman tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 39th minute Brendan Otto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Ángel Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Conrad Carrington was the one to do the kick off. 50 minutes into the match, C. A. Independiente's goal looked a bit too open when Markus Montano came free, but Miguel Ángel Santoro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sebastián Rambert scored 0-2 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Trenton Call, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 54 minutes into the match, Jon Stapleton had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Miguel Ángel Santoro. C. A. Independiente's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jon Stapleton was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. Black Knights FC's George Cao Xiao pulled a muscle in his leg after 60 minutes and couldn't finish the game. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Conrad Carrington during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Black Knights FC made a substitution. Virgil Rios replaced George Cao Xiao. Conrad Carrington hit a great freekick 62 minutes into the match. Miguel Ángel Santoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reginald Hartman in the 65th minute of play. Flint Prince lost his temper 66 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. In the 66th minute, one of C. A. Independiente: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 C. A. Independiente. Markus Montano walked up to take care of the penalty kick. He was aiming for the top corner, but the ball went just outside the post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cole Kidd in the 71st minute of play forced C. A. Independiente's goalkeeper Miguel Ángel Santoro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Trenton Call made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sebastián Rambert in the 73rd minute of play. After 75 minutes of play, C. A. Independiente's Sandy Spaulding made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Trenton Call was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 86th match minute, C. A. Independiente was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wallace Whatley to maneuver through the defense. Miguel Ángel Santoro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reginald Hartman in the 87th minute of the match. In the 91st minute Brendan Otto shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Miguel Ángel Santoro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 93 minutes into the match, C. A. Independiente's goal looked a bit too open when Brendan Otto came free, but Miguel Ángel Santoro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Miguel Ángel Santoro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Reginald Hartman in the 95th minute of play.