League Play-Off

Crafton Park
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. Cole Pearson started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd match minute, Bieszczadzkie Anioły was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Werner McAlpin to maneuver through the defense. In the 10th minute, Cole Pearson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cole Kimball showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vance Thurman in the 13th minute of the match. Julio Crusher could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 17th minute of the match, but Osoitz Letatu made a huge save. With 22 minutes on the clock, Jefferson Cao Xiao commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 21st minute of the game. One of Bieszczadzkie Anioły:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of Crafton:s goal. When the match had been going on for 24 minutes, Crafton's Ricky Zeigler got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Osoitz Letatu. Cole Pearson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Osoitz Letatu having to interfere. In the 28th match minute, Bieszczadzkie Anioły was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudio Cottrell to maneuver through the defense. Osoitz Letatu made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Leonardo Eaton in the 33rd minute of play. In the 37th minute, Edward Abraham 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. Cole Pearson hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. Claudio Cottrell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Cole Kimball having to interfere. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Claudio Cottrell was the one to do the kick off. If Claudio Cottrell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 51st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 55th minute, Werner McAlpin 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. In the 56th match minute, Bieszczadzkie Anioły was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudio Cottrell to maneuver through the defense. Cole Pearson received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Osoitz Letatu tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. If Cole Pearson had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 69th minute Julio Crusher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Osoitz Letatu saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Cole Kimball made a fantastic save in the 72nd minute, when Claudio Cottrell sent off a good shot on target. 88 minutes into the match, Bieszczadzkie Anioły's Werner McAlpin sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Cole Kimball narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Claudio Cottrell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 93rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.