League Play-Off

Sturgeon Bay Park
Spectators: 35 (Terracing: 27, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Hugh Warren took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 3rd minute, Ronald Chandler ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Harry Crane was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. After 8 minutes, Wallace Lewis mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Forked River FC and the Sturgeon Bay FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Sturgeon Bay FC booed when Forked River FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 8 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wallace Lewis didn't get a good kick on the ball. Ronald Chandler received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 10th minute. Harry Crane tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. A collision led to Forked River FC getting a freekick after 11 minutes play. Jayson Burgos hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Sturgeon Bay FC's zone, Rocky Cardona stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Brad Driver came out of the goal and Rocky Cardona tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Harry Crane made a fantastic save in the 19th minute, when Ronald Chandler sent off a good shot on target. Harry Crane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugh Warren in the 20th minute of play. Domenico Wolf kicked well hit freekick during the 22nd minute of the match. Forked River FC's Harry Crane proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 23rd minute of the match, managed to save Forked River FC from getting a goal against them. In the 26th minute, Ronald Chandler 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 having played for 30 minutes, Deon Burt managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Forked River FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Deon Burt was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After a defensive mix-up in Forked River FC's zone, Hugh Warren stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Harry Crane came out of the goal and Hugh Warren tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Harry Crane made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hugh Warren in the 36th minute of play. Ronald Chandler sent away a hard shot on goal in the 40th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Walter Farris came up free with the goalie in the 42nd minute, the Sturgeon Bay FC 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 Walter Farris couldn't finish the play. Hugh Warren sent away a hard shot on goal in the 44th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The audience was convinced that Hugh Warren's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Harry Crane was relentless in the 46th minute of the game. Otis Murillo charged in rather forcefully in the 47th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Otis Murillo the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. In the 47th match minute, Sturgeon Bay FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Otis Murillo to maneuver through the defense. Deon Burt might have been able to make a better finish in the 48th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Brad Driver. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Deon Burt ran back to his position shaking his head.

The wind increased when Tristan Davis made the kick off in the second half. Brad Driver made a fantastic save in the 53rd minute, when Deon Burt sent off a good shot on target. If Hugh Warren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Hal Pack during the 58th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Hal Pack hit a great freekick 58 minutes into the match. If Hugh Warren had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 63rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Brad Driver came out of the goal in the 66th minute to try and stop a shot by Forked River FC's Deon Burt. But to his dismay, Deon Burt quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. A collision led to Forked River FC getting a freekick after 68 minutes play. Renato Wetzel hit a great ball. When Ronald Chandler came up free with the goalie in the 74th minute, the Sturgeon Bay FC 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 Ronald Chandler couldn't finish the play. In the 78th minute Tristan Davis shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brad Driver saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 82 minutes into the match, Deon Burt had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Brad Driver. Sturgeon Bay FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Deon Burt was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. After a rather tough play, Forked River FC's Renato Wetzel got a free kick in the 88th minute. With an all-out effort, Forked River FC's Brad Driver threw himself towards the right post 95 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Tristan Davis, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. When Sturgeon Bay FC's Ronald Chandler in the 96th minute got a chance for a shot 96th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Forked River FC's goalie prevented a goal. Forked River FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.