League Play-Off

Naples
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Winston Matthews got the match started through his kick off. After 2 minutes of play, Naples AFC's Mohammed Fowler made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mitch Samuels was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mitch Samuels showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joshua Frazier, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. If Winston Matthews had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Winston Matthews's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddie Shearer was relentless in the 11th minute of the game. 14 minutes into the match, Mechanicville's goal looked a bit too open when Ronny Corbin came free, but Mitch Samuels reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eddie Shearer showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Winston Matthews, who was totally free with the ball in the 16th minute. Joshua Frazier could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Mitch Samuels made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Boyd Ferreira during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Boyd Ferreira hit a great freekick 18 minutes into the match. Kelly Walsh took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 19th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Eddie Shearer. Naples AFC's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Mohammed Fowler took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Mitch Samuels to make any attempt to save it. If Winston Matthews had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After 32 played minutes Mechanicville got a freekick which was hit by Winston Matthews. In the 35th minute of the game Guy Rector made a throw-in which Joshua Frazier played forward. In the 37th minute, Boyd Ferreira hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Sheldon Benjamin received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Eddie Shearer tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, Mechanicville's Jeremy Kirby got a free kick in the 45th minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ronny Corbin made a kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohammed Fowler in the 53rd minute of play forced Mechanicville's goalkeeper Mitch Samuels to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mitch Samuels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mohammed Fowler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mitch Samuels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from J.P. Lewis in the 55th minute of play. In the 67th minute, Joshua Frazier made a precise shot to the right of Mitch Samuels. Mechanicville's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. 73 minutes into the match, Mechanicville's goal looked a bit too open when Boyd Ferreira came free, but Mitch Samuels reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute Joshua Frazier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mitch Samuels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Joshua Frazier during the 79th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Joshua Frazier hit a great freekick 79 minutes into the match. Mitch Samuels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joshua Frazier in the 83rd minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohammed Fowler in the 84th minute of play forced Mechanicville's goalkeeper Mitch Samuels to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mitch Samuels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronny Corbin in the 86th minute of play. In the 87th match minute, Mechanicville was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Donny Ladner to maneuver through the defense. Mitch Samuels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mohammed Fowler, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Naples AFC's Ronny Corbin got a free kick in the 91st minute. In the 93rd minute, one of Naples AFC: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 Naples AFC. Kelly Walsh placed the ball on the penalty spot and got himself ready to shoot. Post out!