U23 League

Sunset Park
Spectators: 152 (Terracing: 114, Seating: 35, VIP seats: 3) After 2 minutes, Douglas Pace mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brooklyn SC and the C. A. Pipon Pipon players grew even worse after the yellow card. Douglas Pace hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. The Brooklyn SC fans' excitement grew in the 5th match minute when Brooklyn SC's Richard Roma looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. The crowd rose to their feet as Brooklyn SC's Douglas Pace slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Clemente Armani. That made the score 2-0 after 9 minutes of play. Douglas Pace could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 15th minute of the match, but Clemente Armani made a huge save. 16 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goal looked a bit too open when Eddie Zamora came free, but Clemente Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16th minute, Danial Lefler hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 20 played minutes Brooklyn SC got a freekick which was hit by Greg Giraldo. After 22 minutes Brooklyn SC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jose José who took care of the corner kick. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Denis Crow was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Frankie Gunn in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 28th minute Lanny Valle shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Frankie Gunn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 28 minutes into the match, Brooklyn SC's goal looked a bit too open when Lanny Valle came free, but Frankie Gunn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Richard Roma could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Clemente Armani made a huge save. Ace Owens kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. Eddie Zamora sent away a hard shot on goal in the 34th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 37 minutes into the match, C. A. Pipon Pipon's goal looked a bit too open when Richard Roma came free, but Clemente Armani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 38th minute Eddie Zamora shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Clemente Armani saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Brooklyn SC's Eddie Zamora got a good chance for a goal in the 40th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. A collision led to C. A. Pipon Pipon getting a freekick after 45 minutes play. Danial Lefler hit a great ball. Brooklyn SC's Richard Roma got a good chance for a goal in the 47th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lanny Valle to strike the kick off in the second half. Frankie Gunn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lanny Valle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Frankie Gunn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lanny Valle, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Eddie Zamora in the 57th minute of play forced C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalkeeper Clemente Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute, Danial Lefler had to leave the field with a concussion. During the 59th minute of the match Douglas Pace completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Douglas Pace a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. C. A. Pipon Pipon's Landon Vogt was substituted for Danial Lefler. Douglas Pace hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Julio Hess received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 65th minute. Clemente Armani tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Clemente Armani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Richard Roma, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Brooklyn SC defense, Jose José kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Frankie Gunn. The Brooklyn SC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Frankie Gunn should have stopped the shot. The supporters of C. A. Pipon Pipon booed when Brooklyn SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Richard Roma didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frankie Gunn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jose José in the 77th minute of the match. With a little luck, Brooklyn SC's Frankie Gunn got control of the ball when Raphael Houser tried to sneak it across the goal line. Frankie Gunn was a little too slow when Jose José got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 81st minute. The score was now 2-2. If Julio Hess had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After 85 played minutes C. A. Pipon Pipon got a freekick which was hit by Bill Livingston. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julio Hess in the 88th minute of play forced C. A. Pipon Pipon's goalkeeper Clemente Armani to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Clemente Armani showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eddie Zamora, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. The audience was convinced that Eddie Zamora's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Clemente Armani was relentless in the 91st minute of the game. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Eddie Zamora put it in 3-2 from a short distance just to the right of Clemente Armani. Brooklyn SC's Eddie Zamora got a good chance for a goal in the 96th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Clemente Armani didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Eddie Zamora went, in the 97th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-2 was the resulting score. C. A. Pipon Pipon's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.