League Play-Off

Peotone Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Adolfo Huang took the kick off in the first half of the match. Peotone FC's Brock Alston played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adolfo Huang in the 3rd minute of play. Adolfo Huang recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 5th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Jermaine Grove received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Dalton Lentz tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 12th minute, Peotone FC's Armando Rubio dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-0. Dalton Lentz made a fantastic save in the 16th minute, when Jermaine Grove sent off a good shot on target. Adolfo Huang scored 1-1 in the 18th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Brock Alston, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Roberto Dumas might have been able to make a better finish in the 21st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Brock Alston. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Roberto Dumas ran back to his position shaking his head. If Armando Rubio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 23rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When the match had gone on for 25 minutes, Armando Rubio put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Dalton Lentz. Peotone FC's Brock Alston played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Adolfo Huang in the 30th minute of play. If Adolfo Huang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 33rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 35th minute Roberto Dumas shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Brock Alston saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Dalton Lentz stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Armando Rubio's shot from short distance in the 37th minute. If Armando Rubio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 40th minute, Colin McQueen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Adolfo Huang fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Brock Alston having to interfere. If Armando Rubio had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 47 minutes into the match, Jermaine Grove notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Chino's Dalton Lentz. Dalton Lentz was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 56th minute, Charlie Ortega ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dalton Lentz was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-1. Roberto Dumas could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 60th minute of the match, but Brock Alston made a huge save. Armando Rubio sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Brock Alston showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Adolfo Huang, who was totally free with the ball in the 76th minute. 77 minutes into the match, Peotone FC's goal looked a bit too open when Adolfo Huang came free, but Brock Alston reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Jermaine Grove's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Dalton Lentz read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 79th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 81st minute, Adolfo Huang managed to get in a good position for a shot. Chino's supporters rose to their feet, but Adolfo Huang was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Brock Alston breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Rene Richardson's late challenge caught a Chino's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Rene Richardson helped the player get up and apologised. In the 85th match minute, Peotone FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rene Richardson to maneuver through the defense. In the 87th minute, Adolfo Huang 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. Jermaine Grove took the ball and in the 91 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Dalton Lentz. Dalton Lentz dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 5-1. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Charlie Ortega during the 95th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 95 played minutes Peotone FC got a freekick which was hit by Charlie Ortega. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Peotone FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while Chino had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.