Official Cup

Saddledome Stadium
Spectators: 195 (Terracing: 147, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Eelco Neijsen started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. An unexpectedly hard shot by Niels Schirring in the 4th minute of play forced Flames FC's goalkeeper Jerrod Staples to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kurt Neijsen hit a great freekick 5 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Fokke Henselmans's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jerrod Staples was relentless in the 7th minute of the game. Winthont FC's Fokke Bergman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Orval Crow in the 12th minute of play. Donald Kearns kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. Fokke Bergman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Orval Crow in the 18th minute of play. After taking down the ball on Flames FC's corner Valère Flowers fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Fokke Bergman quite easily take care of the ball. In the 22nd minute, Donald Kearns hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Beau Hinojosa's late challenge caught a Winthont FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Beau Hinojosa helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Flames FC's Beau Hinojosa got a free kick in the 26th minute. Orval Crow's late challenge caught a Winthont FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Orval Crow helped the player get up and apologised. In the 29th match minute, Flames FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Orval Crow to maneuver through the defense. When Winthont FC's Eelco Neijsen in the 31st minute got a chance for a shot 31st didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Flames FC's goalie prevented a goal. Flames FC's Jerrod Staples played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Niels Schirring in the 34th minute of play. Jerrod Staples took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Eelco Neijsen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Niels Schirring received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Jerrod Staples tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 40 minutes into the match, Fokke Henselmans had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jerrod Staples. Flames FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Fokke Henselmans was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. If Eelco Neijsen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Flames FC's Ellsworth Erwin got a free kick in the 46th minute. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Orval Crow made a kick off. If Niels Schirring had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jerrod Staples didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Winthont FC's Fokke Henselmans shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. 65 minutes into the match, Winthont FC's Eelco Neijsen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jerrod Staples narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Fokke Henselmans got free with Jerrod Staples in the 66th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Matt Stokes kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. Fokke Bergman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Berry Corley in the 81st minute of the match. The corner led to Flames FC's Donald Kearns getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. Eelco Neijsen in the 86thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jerrod Staples, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Donald Kearns in the 87th minute of play forced Winthont FC's goalkeeper Fokke Bergman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 90 played minutes Flames FC got a freekick which was hit by Berry Corley. Eelco Neijsen could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 93rd minute of the match, but Jerrod Staples made a huge save. The Flames FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Winthont FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.