League Play-Off

Miami Center
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) If Rashad Godwin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 5th minute, Alfonzo Borden made a precise shot to the right of Bennett Reynolds. Sporting Miami's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. In the 8th minute, Ethan Major 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. After a defensive mix-up in Alpha FC's zone, Jude Lowe stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Rupert Crane came out of the goal and Jude Lowe tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rupert Crane showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ethan Major in the 14th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ethan Major got free with Rupert Crane in the 17th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ethan Major in the 19thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Rupert Crane, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 19th match minute, Alpha FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Doug Herbert to maneuver through the defense. In the 20th minute, Bradley Stein hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The audience was convinced that Ethan Major's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rupert Crane was relentless in the 23rd minute of the game. The crowd rose to their feet as Jude Lowe kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Rupert Crane. That made the score 2-1 in the 24 minute of play. Ethan Major succeeded in the game's 27th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-1. If Ethan Major had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpected shot in the 38th minute by Bradley Stein got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. The audience was convinced that Ethan Major's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rupert Crane was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. If Roger Pena had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 41st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ethan Majors short, quick shot in the 45thth minute got Rupert Crane to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Rupert Crane made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ethan Major in the 46th minute. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Ethan Major stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Salvador Weiss during the 54th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a defensive mix-up in Sporting Miami's zone, Rashad Godwin stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bennett Reynolds came out of the goal and Rashad Godwin tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Rupert Crane came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Sporting Miami's Ethan Major. But to his dismay, Ethan Major quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. After having played for 63 minutes, Roger Pena managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Sporting Miami's supporters crossed their fingers, but Roger Pena was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ethan Major in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rupert Crane saved Alpha FC from getting behind. When the match had gone on for 67 minutes, Ethan Major put it in 7-1 from a short distance just to the right of Rupert Crane. Rupert Crane stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ethan Major's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. Rupert Crane showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ethan Major, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. After 73 minutes, Ethan Major made it 8-1 with a short kick to the right side. Alpha FC's Rupert Crane tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 81st minute Ethan Major shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rupert Crane saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ethan Major in the 84th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rupert Crane saved Alpha FC from getting behind. 86 minutes into the match, Alpha FC's goal looked a bit too open when Ethan Major came free, but Rupert Crane reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 87 minutes into the match, Jude Lowe had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Rupert Crane. Alpha FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jude Lowe was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 9-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ethan Major in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rupert Crane saved Alpha FC from getting behind. The audience was convinced that Ethan Major's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rupert Crane was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ethan Major in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rupert Crane saved Alpha FC from getting behind. Sporting Miami's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.