League Play-Off

Jersey St Aubin
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Will Fernandez got the match started through his kick off. If Will Fernandez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 7th minute, Lorenzo Ramirez made a precise shot to the right of Andrés Escobar. Stratford's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 10th minute, Alvaro Vasquez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 11th minute Ivan Ulloa shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alvaro Pimentel saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Lorenzo Ramirez came up free with the goalie in the 18th minute, the Jersey St Aubin 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 Lorenzo Ramirez couldn't finish the play. Lorenzo Ramirez received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 21st minute. Andrés Escobar tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 31 minutes into the match, Jersey St Aubin's goal looked a bit too open when Marvin Alas came free, but Alvaro Pimentel reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alvaro Pimentel came out of the goal in the 42nd minute to try and stop a shot by Stratford's Marvin Alas. But to his dismay, Marvin Alas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. The score stood at 2-2 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Marvin Alas stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Alvaro Pimentel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marvin Alas in the 56th minute of the match. Guillermo Noyola hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 62nd minute, Julio Alferez hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Angel Palencia scored 2-3 in the 64th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Alvaro Pimentel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Guillermo Noyola recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 68th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Andrés Escobar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lorenzo Ramirez went, in the 69th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-3 was the resulting score. After a defensive mix-up in Stratford's zone, Lorenzo Ramirez stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Andrés Escobar came out of the goal and Lorenzo Ramirez tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 76th minute, William Larios hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 81 minutes, Lorenzo Ramirez made it 4-3 with a short kick to the right side. Stratford's Andrés Escobar tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Lorenzo Ramirez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Will Fernandez came up free with the goalie in the 86th minute, the Jersey St Aubin 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 Will Fernandez couldn't finish the play. Andrés Escobar showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lorenzo Ramirez, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. After some careless play in the Stratford defense, Lorenzo Ramirez kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Andrés Escobar. The Stratford fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Andrés Escobar should have stopped the shot. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Jersey St Aubin had won after a very even match.