League Play-Off

Benzema Stadium
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Sam Miner got the match started through his kick off. Jake Kitchen made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Bara Miss sent off a good shot on target. In the 4th minute Marshrose were awarded a corner. Heath Akins went to the cornerflag to take it. 6 minutes into the game, Marshrose's Bara Miss nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jake Kitchen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 9 minutes into the match, Marshrose's Bara Miss sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jake Kitchen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. In the 14th minute, Bara Miss got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. A collision led to Marshrose getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Julio Kearney hit a great ball. Marshrose's Charles Griggs got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 19th minute, Earle Hollis hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Charles Griggs's late challenge caught a Moose FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Charles Griggs helped the player get up and apologised. Bara Miss scored 2-0 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jake Kitchen, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 31 minutes into the match, Moose FC's goal looked a bit too open when Bara Miss came free, but Jake Kitchen reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The corner went over the outstretched arms of Moose FC's goalie and right to Sammie Laderoute. He fired away a shot at goal, but the shot had too much spin, and it went just outside the goal. Moose FC's manager breathed a sigh of relief on the sidelines as his team had managed to escape an almost certain goal. In the 36th minute Wilber Padgett shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jake Kitchen saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 38th minute of the match Marshrose got a corner. Moose FC's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Heath Akins ran over to the corner to take the kick. Jake Kitchen made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wilber Padgett in the 39th minute of play. Bara Miss blasted a shot towards the goal in the 42nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jake Kitchen having to make a save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Bara Miss got free with Jake Kitchen in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 45th match minute, Moose FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Abel Jacques to maneuver through the defense. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The wind increased when Bara Miss made the kick off in the second half. Jake Kitchen showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilber Padgett, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. 51 minutes into the game, Marshrose's Wilber Padgett nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jake Kitchen made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-0. Jake Kitchen showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bara Miss in the 54th minute of the match. Jake Kitchen didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Bara Miss went, in the 58th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. Wilber Padgett's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Jake Kitchen read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 60th minute of play. If Bara Miss had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The supporters of Moose FC booed when Marshrose was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 64 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sammie Laderoute didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bara Miss sent away a hard shot on goal in the 67th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 69 minutes of play, Marshrose's Bara Miss made it 5-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jake Kitchen was left in no man's land by his defense there! 74 minutes into the match, Marshrose's Edward Desilets sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jake Kitchen narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 6-0 became the score in the 77th minute when Bara Miss elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. Charles Griggs hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Marshrose's Royce Rodriquez proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 81st minute of the match, managed to save Marshrose from getting a goal against them. Jake Kitchen stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Bara Miss's shot from short distance in the 85th minute. Heath Akins struck a weak shot in the 86th minute. Jake Kitchen didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Marshrose. Sam Miner struck a weak shot in the 90th minute. Royce Rodriquez didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Moose FC. In the 92nd minute, Abel Jacques hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee ended the match the Marshrose players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.