U23 League

Newmarket Fly Bird
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) Mathieu Roland had several of the Mankato's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 6 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-0 score and a disappointed Johnathon Gallo as he didn't even see the shot coming. Gilles Russell's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Johnathon Gallo firmly grabbed it by the left post. 12 minutes into the match, Norman Bergman had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Clifton Slaughter. Fly T.T's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Norman Bergman was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-1. In the 15th minute the ball was on its way in behind Mankato's goalkeeper Johnathon Gallo, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Gilles Russell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Johnathon Gallo made a huge save. When Léonard Keys fell near the penalty area in the 18th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Fly T.T's protests and gave Léonard Keys a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to Fly T.T getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Léonard Keys hit a great ball. Johnathon Gallo made a fantastic save in the 23rd minute, when Gilles Russell sent off a good shot on target. Clifton Slaughter took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Norman Bergman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes had been played when some careless play by Fly T.T's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rich Latham was slow to take the kick. During this time Mankato's players had a chance to rest. Mankato's Rich Latham was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Clifton Slaughter in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Clifton Slaughter showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Norman Bergman, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Gilles Russell kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. In the 46th match minute, Fly T.T was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Léonard Keys to maneuver through the defense. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Norman Bergman to make the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Paris Hawley during the 55th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 55th minute, Paris Hawley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 60 minutes into the match, Mathieu Roland notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of Mankato's Johnathon Gallo. Johnathon Gallo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Norman Bergmans short, quick shot in the 64thth minute got Clifton Slaughter to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. 65 minutes into the match, Mankato's goal looked a bit too open when Gilles Russell came free, but Johnathon Gallo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mathieu Roland in the 69th minute of play forced Mankato's goalkeeper Johnathon Gallo to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 70th match minute, Mankato was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Armando Zuniga to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute Dexter Jeffers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clifton Slaughter saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Johnathon Gallo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Mathieu Roland went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. A collision led to Mankato getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Armando Zuniga hit a great ball. In the 85th minute of the match Lamar Walls sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Johnathon Gallo skillfully saved the ball. Johnathon Gallo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gilles Russell, who was totally free with the ball in the 86th minute. After some careless play in the Mankato defense, Gilles Russell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Johnathon Gallo. The Mankato fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Johnathon Gallo should have stopped the shot. Paris Hawley hit a great freekick 96 minutes into the match. There was no doubt that Fly T.T were the better team. Fly T.T's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.