League Play-Off

Estero 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. Cole Annan started the match with the kick off. Eusebio Abel hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. If Cole Annan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Quinn Hunt came up free with the goalie in the 8th minute, the Estero 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 Quinn Hunt couldn't finish the play. In the 9th minute, Cole Annan ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Sylvester Miranda was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. In the 16th minute, Cole Annan 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. Elias McGill took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Francisco Katz, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 21st minute Francisco Katz shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elias McGill saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 21st minute, Levi Jacobsen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Quinn Hunt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Sylvester Miranda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cole Annan 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cole Annan in the 38th minute of play forced Millville's goalkeeper Sylvester Miranda to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Elias McGill showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Norbert Green in the 45th minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Francisco Katz to make the kick off. Dwayne Paige's late challenge caught a Estero's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Dwayne Paige helped the player get up and apologised. 55 minutes into the match, Estero's Jeremiah Shields broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Quinn Hunt fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 57th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Sylvester Miranda having to interfere. A collision led to Estero getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Eusebio Abel hit a great ball. 65 minutes into the game, Jay Bartley was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Millville's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Estero the free kick. After 65 played minutes Millville got a freekick which was hit by Jay Bartley. In the 66th minute, Jeremiah Shields 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. Quinn Hunt received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 71st minute. Sylvester Miranda tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 73rd minute, Wiley Lind hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 75 minutes into the match, Estero's Quinn Hunt sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Sylvester Miranda narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Cole Annan came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Estero 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 Cole Annan couldn't finish the play. If Cole Annan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Sylvester Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Quinn Hunt, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Cole Annan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 84th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sylvester Miranda didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cole Annan went, in the 86th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Cole Annan scored 4-0 in the 92nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Sylvester Miranda, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Sylvester Miranda showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cole Annan, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. After having played for 97 minutes, Quinn Hunt managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Estero's supporters crossed their fingers, but Quinn Hunt was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. There was no doubt that Estero were the better team. Estero's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.