League Play-Off

Tysons Corner Park
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Bill Smalls made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 3rd minute Tobias Hubbard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Markus Uhl saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 4th minute, Tysons Corner's Alex Nicholas seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Alex Nicholas the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Tysons Corner protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Alex Nicholas had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Alex Nicholas kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. Bill Smalls scored 0-1 in the 8th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Basil Beck, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Basil Beck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bill Smalls in the 11th minute of the match. 14 minutes in the game Maurice Sylvester did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Vito Hairston. Terrance McHugh sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Tysons Corner's zone, Roosevelt Ortega stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Basil Beck came out of the goal and Roosevelt Ortega tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After a rather tough play, Kalamazoo's Ed Adkins got a free kick in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cesar Maher in the 26th minute of play forced Kalamazoo's goalkeeper Markus Uhl to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bill Smalls sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 30 minutes into the match, Roosevelt Ortega had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Basil Beck. Tysons Corner's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Roosevelt Ortega was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. When Kalamazoo's Bill Smalls in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Tysons Corner's goalie prevented a goal. The audience was convinced that Roosevelt Ortega's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Basil Beck was relentless in the 34th minute of the game. After a defensive mix-up in Tysons Corner's zone, Roosevelt Ortega stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Basil Beck came out of the goal and Roosevelt Ortega tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bill Smalls sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Basil Beck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bill Smalls, who was totally free with the ball in the 41st minute. Basil Beck took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bill Smalls, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wiley Winter in the 46th minute of play forced Tysons Corner's goalkeeper Basil Beck to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Terrance McHugh was the one to do the kick off. Basil Beck showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bill Smalls, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Roosevelt Ortega could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 56th minute of the match, but Basil Beck made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 57 minutes, Basil Beck successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Bill Smalls took a quick shot and it went in 0-3 without a chance for Basil Beck to make any attempt to save it. In the 70th minute of the match Ed Adkins sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Basil Beck skillfully saved the ball. Markus Uhl took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cesar Maher, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 79 minutes of play, Kalamazoo's Roosevelt Ortega made it 0-5 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Basil Beck was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 86th minute, Bill Smalls reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Basil Beck. The goal made the score 0-6. Basil Beck made an important save on a dangerous shot by Roosevelt Ortega in the 95th minute. In the 97th minute Kristofer Rubin shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Basil Beck saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Kalamazoo's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.