U23 League

Liberty Stadium
Spectators: 150 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Umea Caubilla started the match with the kick off. In the 5th minute, Héctor Lloret ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tracy Pennington was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Tracy Pennington took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Umea Caubilla, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 11 minutes, Héctor Lloret took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Tracy Pennington to make any attempt to save it. After 15 played minutes FC Philotimo got a freekick which was hit by Sotomayor Pendones. After a rather tough play, FC Philotimo's Delgado Tendiero got a free kick in the 17th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Héctor Lloret got free with Tracy Pennington in the 21st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When FC Philotimo's Umea Caubilla in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Slower Lower FC's goalie prevented a goal. Jacob Scruggs hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Slower Lower FC's Tracy Pennington proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Slower Lower FC from getting a goal against them. Slower Lower FC's Tracy Pennington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Héctor Lloret in the 24th minute of play. Through an outstanding action, after 25 minutes, Tracy Pennington successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 26th minute, Héctor Lloret ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tracy Pennington was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-0. After some careless play in the Slower Lower FC defense, Umea Caubilla kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tracy Pennington. The Slower Lower FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tracy Pennington should have stopped the shot. Slower Lower FC's Tracy Pennington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gustavo Lloret in the 32nd minute of play. In the 36th match minute, Slower Lower FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Seth Yeats to maneuver through the defense. Tracy Pennington came out of the goal in the 39th minute to try and stop a shot by FC Philotimo's Umea Caubilla. But to his dismay, Umea Caubilla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. In the 42nd minute, Valerio Montoia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Slower Lower FC's zone, Sotomayor Pendones stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tracy Pennington came out of the goal and Sotomayor Pendones tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 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 players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Adalberto Numbers stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Umea Caubilla made a precise shot to the right of Tracy Pennington. Slower Lower FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 6-0. In the 57th minute, Umea Caubilla left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The FC Philotimo fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 7-0. Tracy Pennington showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Héctor Lloret in the 61st minute of the match. Jerome Middleton kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. If Francisco Henderson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 69th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 71 played minutes Slower Lower FC got a freekick which was hit by Jacob Scruggs. 74 minutes into the match, Umea Caubilla had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Tracy Pennington. Slower Lower FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Umea Caubilla was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 8-0. In the 77th minute, Vico Lloret made a precise shot to the right of Tracy Pennington. Slower Lower FC's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 9-0. After 80 minutes of play, FC Philotimo's Umea Caubilla made it 10-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Tracy Pennington was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Delgado Tendiero in the 88th minute of play forced Slower Lower FC's goalkeeper Tracy Pennington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.