League Play-Off

Wiejski w Zapalowie
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Kraig Lozano made the kick off which started today's match. Russ Penn made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Scott Cano sent off a good shot on target. The audience thought a goal was coming when Scott Cano got free with Russ Penn in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When LKS Orkan Zapalow's Gerard Tabor in the 9th minute got a chance for a shot 9th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Atletico Madrid's goalie prevented a goal. 12 minutes into the match, Jed Spaulding had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ethan Jacob. LKS Orkan Zapalow's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Jed Spaulding was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1. After 17 minutes of play, Atletico Madrid's Jed Spaulding made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ethan Jacob was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ethan Jacob showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Giovanni Cornelius in the 23rd minute of the match. In the 25th minute Gerard Tabor shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Russ Penn saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Scott Cano charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Scott Cano the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. When Atletico Madrid's Jed Spaulding in 30 game minutes managed to cut through with the ball in front of the goal, only having to shoot. Ethan Jacob guarding the goal like a pit bull was extremely focused and managed to reach the ball just by the crossbar before it went in. In the 32nd minute, Jed Spaulding 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. Ronny Ogden hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Deshawn Longoria was probably a little too eager to shoot when he, in the 35th played minute, shot the ball from way out. The shot was hard, but the ball flew wide of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kraig Lozano in the 38th minute of play forced LKS Orkan Zapalow's goalkeeper Ethan Jacob to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rudy Daniels kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. When Jed Spaulding came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the Atletico Madrid 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 Jed Spaulding couldn't finish the play.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Gerard Tabor was the one to do the kick off. The long shot by Curt Dozier in the 53rd minute really tested Ethan Jacob's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Ethan Jacob had great luck who in the 60thth minute grab hold of the ball when Kraig Lozano from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. Ronny Ogden got his second yellow card in the match during the 77th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. After 84 played minutes Atletico Madrid's Jed Spaulding stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Ethan Jacob stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing LKS Orkan Zapalow of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kraig Lozano in the 90th minute of play forced LKS Orkan Zapalow's goalkeeper Ethan Jacob to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Kraig Lozano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. When the final whistle sounded Atletico Madrid left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than LKS Orkan Zapalow.