League Play-Off

Bensenville Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Reynaldo Manley started the match with the kick off. 9 minutes into the match, Murray Agoos notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Bensenville FC's Bennett Harman. Bennett Harman was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 15th minute, Tim Foote hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Kasey Drew was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Reynaldo Manley showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-1 in the 18 minute of play. A collision led to Blooming Prairie getting a freekick after 21 minutes play. Juan Moody hit a great ball. Kasey Drew was a little too slow when Reynaldo Manley got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 22nd minute. The score was now 2-1. Bennett Harman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Dave Gary in the 25th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Bensenville FC's D.J. Bonds got a free kick in the 26th minute. Kirby Goff fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bennett Harman having to interfere. If Reynaldo Manley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 29th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Milo McClellan came up free with the goalie in the 35th minute, the Bensenville 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 Milo McClellan couldn't finish the play. Kasey Drew was out of position in the 37 minute of play, and Sylvester Velazquez capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Sylvester Velazquez really showed his touch with that goal: 3-2. A collision led to Blooming Prairie getting a freekick after 46 minutes play. Virgil Babcock hit a great ball. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dave Gary stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. The audience thought a goal was coming when Kirby Goff got free with Bennett Harman in the 52nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 53rd minute, Sylvester Velazquez left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Bensenville FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-2. Reynaldo Manley recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 56th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Sylvester Velazquez scored 5-2 in the 60th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Kasey Drew, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. A collision led to Blooming Prairie getting a freekick after 63 minutes play. Rick Reyes hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Loren Patten got free with Bennett Harman in the 67th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Kirby Goff came up free with the goalie in the 77th minute, the Blooming Prairie 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 Kirby Goff couldn't finish the play. Blooming Prairie's Kasey Drew played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reynaldo Manley in the 80th minute of play. 82 minutes into the game, Gerardo Clark cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 7-2. Kasey Drew was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. When the match had gone on for 92 minutes, Reynaldo Manley put it in 8-2 from a short distance just to the right of Kasey Drew. Reynaldo Manley kicked well hit freekick during the 94th minute of the match. Bennett Harman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Dave Gary, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Dave Gary came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Blooming Prairie 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 Dave Gary couldn't finish the play. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Bensenville FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Blooming Prairie had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.