League Play-Off

Orange Grove Stadium
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Titus Gallegos started the match with the kick off. Reyes Mueller sent away a hard shot on goal in the 5th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 7 minutes of play, Kedineta's Douglass Lange made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Dominique Friedman was left in no man's land by his defense there! When Gregg Petersen fell near the penalty area in the 11th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored New Britain CT Polska's protests and gave Gregg Petersen a yellow card for diving instead. In the 11th minute, one of New Britain CT Polska: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 New Britain CT Polska. Reyes Mueller blasted a shot towards the goal in the 15th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dominique Friedman having to make a save. Tony MacWilliams sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Tony MacWilliams received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 22nd minute. Hans Saenz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 26th match minute, New Britain CT Polska was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gregg Petersen to maneuver through the defense. 27 minutes into the match, Lane Finney sent off a long shot that looked like it was going straight into the goal, but because Dominique Friedman threw himself in his full length he managed to grip the ball by the left post, and there was no goal for Lane Finney this time. Dominique Friedman came out of the goal in the 30th minute to try and stop a shot by Kedineta's Reyes Mueller. But to his dismay, Reyes Mueller quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 3-0. If Douglass Lange had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dominique Friedman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Douglass Lange, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 41st minute, Reyes Mueller managed to get in a good position for a shot. Kedineta's supporters rose to their feet, but Reyes Mueller was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Dominique Friedman breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when Reyes Mueller got free with Dominique Friedman in the 44th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Reyes Mueller to make the kick off. Hans Saenz showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Titus Gallegos, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Dean Ryder charged in rather forcefully in the 56th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dean Ryder the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Kedineta's Dean Ryder got a free kick in the 56th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Douglass Lange in the 63rd minute of play forced New Britain CT Polska's goalkeeper Dominique Friedman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Reyes Mueller scored 4-0 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dominique Friedman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Reyes Mueller sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Douglass Lange fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dominique Friedman having to interfere. Dominique Friedman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Reyes Mueller in the 72nd minute of the match. After 73 played minutes New Britain CT Polska got a freekick which was hit by Rudolph Woodall. Dominique Friedman came out of the goal in the 77th minute to try and stop a shot by Kedineta's Douglass Lange. But to his dismay, Douglass Lange quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. 90 minutes into the game, New Britain CT Polska's Tony MacWilliams nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hans Saenz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 5-1. After 93 played minutes Kedineta got a freekick which was hit by Douglass Lange. If Douglass Lange had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Kedineta fully deserved thier win.