League Play-Off

College Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Denny Woodward got the match started through his kick off. College's Alexis Escobar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Claude Cartwright in the 4th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Luther Prescott hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When Trenton Norman came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Stanley 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 Trenton Norman couldn't finish the play. Alexis Escobar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claude Cartwright, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Claude Cartwright fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 19th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexis Escobar having to interfere. Claude Cartwright took the ball and in the 21 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Alexis Escobar. Alexis Escobar dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. 24 minutes into the game, Trenton Norman cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Alexis Escobar was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Alexis Escobar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Claude Cartwright, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Claude Cartwright sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Trenton Norman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. The crowd rose to their feet as College's Denny Woodward slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Trenton Overton. That made the score 1-2 after 38 minutes of play. Denny Woodward fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 43rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Trenton Overton having to interfere. Alexis Escobar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Trenton Norman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claude Cartwright fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexis Escobar having to interfere. Gabriel McGinnis kicked well hit freekick during the 47th minute of the match. Trenton Norman fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 49th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alexis Escobar having to interfere. Disappointed in the 1-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Trenton Norman to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 54th minute Denny Woodward shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Trenton Overton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, College's goal looked a bit too open when Trenton Norman came free, but Alexis Escobar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet as Stanley's Trenton Norman slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alexis Escobar. That made the score 1-3 after 57 minutes of play. Trenton Overton made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Denny Woodward in the 63rd minute of play. 67 minutes into the match, Denny Woodward notched a goal, 2-3, to the right of Stanley's Trenton Overton. Trenton Overton was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Len Izturis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Len Izturis in the 72nd minute of play forced Stanley's goalkeeper Trenton Overton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Claude Cartwright had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Wilfred Allen took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 84th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Trenton Overton. Stanley's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. With his leg Alexis Escobar managed to avoid a goal in the 91stth minute, when Stanley's Claude Cartwright fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 93rd minute, Ron Ortiz ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Trenton Overton was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. In the 97th minute, Denny Woodward 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. Sherwood Washington kicked well hit freekick during the 98th minute of the match. If Len Izturis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 99th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.