League Play-Off

Cuba
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ervin Tillman got the match started through his kick off. With his leg Randy Chung managed to avoid a goal in the 4thth minute, when Cuba FC's Wilmer Ramsey fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Ismael Bean's late challenge caught a Cuba FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Ismael Bean helped the player get up and apologised. Ismael Bean kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Cuba FC's Edmundo Chu got a free kick in the 6th minute. In the 13th minute, Edmundo Chu hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Cuba FC's Grant Marin got a free kick in the 15th minute. If Phil Elder had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 17th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wilmer Ramsey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Sonny McCullough showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Garrett McNeil in the 23rd minute of the match. Ervin Tillman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 25th minute. Randy Chung tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cuba FC's Young Barton shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 28th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Randy Chung but with some difficulty. Garrett McNeil sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Phil Elder scored 0-1 in the 32nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sonny McCullough, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Bronson Gold took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 35th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Sonny McCullough. Cuba FC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Randy Chung came out of the goal in the 36th minute to try and stop a shot by Cuba FC's Wilmer Ramsey. But to his dismay, Wilmer Ramsey quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. After 42 minutes of play, Gallipolis FC's Phil Elder made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Sonny McCullough was left in no man's land by his defense there! Sonny McCullough took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Garrett McNeil, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Sergio Petersen charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Sergio Petersen the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Sergio Petersen hit a great freekick 48 minutes into the match. Wilmer Ramsey sent away a hard shot on goal in the 49th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After the first half Gallipolis FC were leading 1-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Garrett McNeil made a kick off. Randy Chung stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Edmundo Chu's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. In the 63rd minute, Wilmer Ramsey 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. 65 minutes into the match, Gallipolis FC's goal looked a bit too open when Wilmer Ramsey came free, but Randy Chung reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. A collision led to Gallipolis FC getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Ismael Bean hit a great ball. Gallipolis FC's Randy Chung played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wilmer Ramsey in the 72nd minute of play. Ervin Tillman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. If Edmundo Chu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilmer Ramsey in the 94th minute of play forced Gallipolis FC's goalkeeper Randy Chung to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Phil Elder got free with Sonny McCullough in the 96th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Wilmer Ramsey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 98th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Randy Chung having to interfere. 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. Cuba FC fully deserved thier win.