World League

War Memorial Stadium
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5626, Seating: 1725, VIP seats: 149) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Edwin McNamara got the match started through his kick off. 10 minutes into the match, Akademia Maliqi's goalkeeper Timoteo Lucero had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Lanny Lilly. 1-0 became the score in the 14th minute when Mats McNamara elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Timoteo Lucero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edwin McNamara in the 23rd minute of play. When the match clock showed 26 minutes, the score became 1-1 when Ivón Echavarri sped through Wyoming Cowboys's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Henning Berglund. Henning Berglund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Alexandru Nastac in the 29th minute of the match. Henning Berglund showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivón Echavarri in the 32nd minute of the match. Timoteo Lucero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mats McNamara in the 39th minute of play. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by Wyoming Cowboys's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nexhat Zhiva was slow to take the kick. During this time Akademia Maliqi's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Øyvind Skoglund got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Henning Berglund quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save.

59 minutes into the match, Wyoming Cowboys's Nils McNamara sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Timoteo Lucero narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 62nd minute Edwin McNamara shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Timoteo Lucero saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Wyoming Cowboys's goal looked a bit too open when Alexandru Nastac came free, but Henning Berglund reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Through an outstanding action, after 68 minutes, Henning Berglund successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Timoteo Lucero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mats McNamara, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Akademia Maliqi's Emmanuel Urruti managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Nils McNamara in the 72 minute of the game. Ivón Echavarri scored 1-2 in the 74th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Henning Berglund, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Rodney Huston hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Ivón Echavarri kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Akademia Maliqi's Timoteo Lucero played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Mats McNamara in the 80th minute of play. Timoteo Lucero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Verner Myr, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 84th minute, one of Akademia Maliqi: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 Akademia Maliqi. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Akademia Maliqi's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Nils McNamara was slow to take the kick. During this time Wyoming Cowboys's players had a chance to rest. The corner led Wyoming Cowboys's Mats McNamara to fire away a dangerous shot which Timoteo Lucero despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. Wyoming Cowboys's Henning Berglund played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alexandru Nastac in the 90th minute of play. In the 92nd minute, Verner Myr left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Wyoming Cowboys fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Wyoming Cowboys were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Akademia Maliqi for a fine match.