League Play-Off

Luigi Ferraris
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The audience was convinced that Garret Cage's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Leon Ruff was relentless in the 5th minute of the game. Harvey Dupre recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 7th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 10th minute, Harvey Dupre left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The America United fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. When Harvey Dupre came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the America United fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Harvey Dupre couldn't finish the play. Quinn Lowry fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zackary McCall having to interfere. Jarod Post hit a great freekick 20 minutes into the match. Bradley Bolton hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. Garret Cage fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 23rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Leon Ruff having to interfere. The supporters of America United booed when Genoa CFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Benito Bartlett didn't get a good kick on the ball. 35 minutes into the match, America United's goal looked a bit too open when Bradley Bolton came free, but Zackary McCall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Leon Ruff showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Harvey Dupre in the 38th minute of the match. After 40 played minutes Genoa CFC got a freekick which was hit by Glenn Tobin. Zackary McCall made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Quinn Lowry sent off a good shot on target. In the 46th match minute, America United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Albert Schroeder to maneuver through the defense.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Bradley Bolton stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 52nd minute, Benito Bartlett ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Zackary McCall was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. 58 minutes into the match, Genoa CFC's goal looked a bit too open when Garret Cage came free, but Leon Ruff reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 61 minutes into the match, America United's goal looked a bit too open when Quinn Lowry came free, but Zackary McCall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zackary McCall showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bradley Bolton, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. If Harvey Dupre had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 74th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bradley Bolton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Zackary McCall having to interfere. Glenn Tobin kicked well hit freekick during the 83rd minute of the match. With an all-out effort, America United's Leon Ruff threw himself towards the right post 84 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Garret Cage, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Garret Cage took the ball and in the 89 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Leon Ruff. Leon Ruff dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-2. 95 minutes into the match, Genoa CFC's goal looked a bit too open when Garret Cage came free, but Leon Ruff reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 97 minutes, Bob Dukes mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the America United and the Genoa CFC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 96th minute of the game. One of America United:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Genoa CFC:s goal. In the 98th minute there was a penalty for Genoa CFC. Thaddeus Crocker stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Zackary McCall. 2-2. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.