League Play-Off

Stanford
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Manchester City's Forrest Ferreira started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. The audience was convinced that Forrest Ferreira's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Derek Arias was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Forrest Ferreira fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Derek Arias having to interfere. A collision led to Olathe Falcons getting a freekick after 10 minutes play. Rusty Fletcher hit a great ball. Forrest Ferreira scored 0-1 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Derek Arias, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 21 minutes into the match, Manchester City's Edgardo Rosado sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Derek Arias narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When the match clock showed 23 minutes, the score became 0-2 when Forrest Ferreira sped through Olathe Falcons's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Derek Arias. After 26 minutes, Edgardo Rosado mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Manchester City and the Olathe Falcons players grew even worse after the yellow card. Son Peters showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Brent Alfaro, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. 30 minutes into the match, Olathe Falcons's goal looked a bit too open when Forrest Ferreira came free, but Derek Arias reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manchester City were awarded a corner in the 34th minute after Olathe Falcons's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Devin Francis took the corner. Elliot Huffman was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tim Maynard during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 39th match minute, Manchester City was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Forrest Ferreira to maneuver through the defense. When Tim Maynard was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 43 minutes had been played. After 44 played minutes Manchester City got a freekick which was hit by Tim Maynard. Brent Alfaro received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. Son Peters tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere.

The wind increased when Brent Alfaro made the kick off in the second half. Rusty Fletcher fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 53rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Son Peters having to interfere. Edgardo Rosado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 55th minute. Derek Arias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Edgardo Rosado fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Derek Arias having to interfere. After having played for 68 minutes, Forrest Ferreira managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Manchester City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Forrest Ferreira was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Emilio Nixon's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Derek Arias read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 71st minute of play. Derek Arias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgardo Rosado in the 73rd minute. A collision led to Olathe Falcons getting a freekick after 73 minutes play. Shayne Rose hit a great ball. If Forrest Ferreira had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Derek Arias made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edgardo Rosado in the 78th minute. Edgardo Rosado received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Derek Arias tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edgardo Rosado got free with Derek Arias in the 83rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edgardo Rosado got free with Derek Arias in the 87th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Edgardo Rosado sent away a hard shot on goal in the 90th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.