League Play-Off

Perham
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Avery Trotter got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd minute, Bradley Page ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dean Nolan was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 6 minutes into the game, Bradley Page cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Dean Nolan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Dean Nolan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shelton Valenzuela, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After a rather tough play, Perham FC's Clint Pitts got a free kick in the 15th minute. If Bradley Page had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 16th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Dean Nolan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Shelton Valenzuela in the 18th minute of the match. Terence Sears recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Shelton Valenzuela took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dean Nolan. Dean Nolan dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-3. Shelton Valenzuela fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 25th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. Shelton Valenzuela sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The throw-in from Isidro Staley in the 33rd minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by New Jersey Lions FC's Johnnie Albert. After having played for 34 minutes, Johnnie Albert managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. New Jersey Lions FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Johnnie Albert was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Gary Elmore had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Johnnie Albert fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dean Nolan having to interfere. 45 minutes into the game, Shelton Valenzuela cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-4. Dean Nolan was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After the first half New Jersey Lions FC were leading 0-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Shelton Valenzuela to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Avery Trotter in the 56th minute of play forced New Jersey Lions FC's goalkeeper Chris Reagan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dean Nolan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shelton Valenzuela, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. Wilber Helton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 61st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dean Nolan having to interfere. In the 65th minute, Bradley Page fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. Abraham Padilla kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Bradley Page blasted a shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Dean Nolan having to make a save. If Shelton Valenzuela had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Terence Sears had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 84th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the match had gone on for 86 minutes, Johnnie Albert took a quick shot and it went in 1-6 without a chance for Dean Nolan to make any attempt to save it. Johnnie Albert's late challenge caught a Perham FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Johnnie Albert helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, New Jersey Lions FC's Johnnie Albert got a free kick in the 90th minute. Chris Reagan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Avery Trotter, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Chris Reagan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Avery Trotter, who was totally free with the ball in the 96th minute. The Perham FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. New Jersey Lions FC were clearly better and deserved to take the win.