League Play-Off

East Orange
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) In the 3rdth minute of the game Marlin Woodall who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but East Orange's Milton Norton was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Warren Starnes in the 4th minute of play forced East Orange's goalkeeper Milton Norton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, San Diego Minas's Ramon Finn got a free kick in the 16th minute. After 17 played minutes, East Orange's Reuben Busby shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Guilherme Lage came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in East Orange reached it. 19 minutes had been played when some careless play by San Diego Minas's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Reuben Busby was slow to take the kick. During this time East Orange's players had a chance to rest. After a defensive mix-up in San Diego Minas's zone, Alberto Thayer stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Guilherme Lage came out of the goal and Alberto Thayer tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Guilherme Lage stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jefferson Novak's shot from short distance in the 22nd minute. Alberto Thayer could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Guilherme Lage made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jefferson Novak in the 28th minute of play forced San Diego Minas's goalkeeper Guilherme Lage to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 30th minute, Aurelio Sawyer had to leave the field with a concussion. 30 minutes into the game, Clark Connell was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. San Diego Minas's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave East Orange the free kick. In the 31st match minute, San Diego Minas was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clark Connell to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute, Warren Starnes left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The San Diego Minas fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Milton Norton stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Warren Starnes's shot from short distance in the 40th minute. 42 minutes into the match, Warren Starnes notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of East Orange's Milton Norton. Milton Norton was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. 46 minutes in the game, Alberto Thayer fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Guilherme Lage having to interfere. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-2 lead.

Marlin Woodall sent away a hard shot on goal in the 51st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpected shot in the 53rd minute by Warren Starnes got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. In the 55thth minute of the game Marlin Woodall who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but East Orange's Milton Norton was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Warren Starnes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 59th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milton Norton having to interfere. Marlin Woodall received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Milton Norton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Warren Starnes fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Milton Norton having to interfere. Milton Norton made an important save on a dangerous shot by Warren Starnes in the 68th minute. In the 70th minute, Esteban McCoy hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 73 played minutes San Diego Minas got a freekick which was hit by Stevie German. Guilherme Lage showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reuben Busby in the 74th minute of the match. East Orange's Milton Norton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marlin Woodall in the 76th minute of play. Warren Starnes received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Milton Norton tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Hector Hodges hit a great freekick 82 minutes into the match. After 83 played minutes, San Diego Minas's Stevie German shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Milton Norton came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in San Diego Minas reached it. In the 86th minute, Warren Starnes ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Milton Norton was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Warren Starnes recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 89th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marlin Woodall in the 91st minute of play forced East Orange's goalkeeper Milton Norton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The East Orange supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching San Diego Minas's performance. The match ended with a win for San Diego Minas.