Challenge

Lake Junaluska Park
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Tomas Illescas took the kick off in the first half of the match. If Tomas Illescas had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 4th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Keenan Blake could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 6th minute of the match, but Jonathan Ferrant made a huge save. In the 7th minute Keenan Blake shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Ferrant saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When %teams%'s Keenan Blake was free in front of goal, he didn't hesitate to shoot 2-0 just inside the left pole, 11 minutes into the game. Jonathan Ferrant was annoyed at himself for letting in the shot. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Lake Junaluska FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 13 match minutes in a wonderful position. Keenan Blake didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 20th minute, Patricio Costa 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. Hilario Carro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patricio Costa in the 20th minute of the match. In the 24th match minute, Lake Junaluska FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Joel Pollard to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Lake Junaluska FC's Vince Mabry got a free kick in the 26th minute. Tomas Illescas fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 29th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Hilario Carro having to interfere. Venezuela's Patricio Costa quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Robin Irvin, made in the 31st minute of the game. When Vince Mabry fell near the penalty area in the 35th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lake Junaluska FC's protests and gave Vince Mabry a yellow card for diving instead. After a rather tough play, Lake Junaluska FC's Vince Mabry got a free kick in the 35th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Patricio Costa in the 37th minute of play forced Lake Junaluska FC's goalkeeper Hilario Carro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Venezuela getting a freekick after 38 minutes play. Patricio Costa hit a great ball. Jonathan Ferrant took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Keenan Blake, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Lake Junaluska FC's Trevor Hamlin got a free kick in the 47th minute. A hard and well directed shot from Tomas Illescas led 47 minutes into the game to a goal after the ball had bounced deceptively just in front of the goal. Lake Junaluska FC's Hilario Carro became a little unsure and couldn't grip the ball before it was over the goalline. Thus it was 2-1. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Keenan Blake made a kick off. In the 54th minute, Tomas Illescas reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Hilario Carro. The goal made the score 2-2. 58 minutes into the game, Venezuela's Tomas Illescas nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Hilario Carro made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-3. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Camilo Gaos during the 61st minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 61st minute, Camilo Gaos hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65th match minute, Lake Junaluska FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vince Mabry to maneuver through the defense. Darron Messer scored 4-3 in the 67th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Ferrant, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Keenan Blake fell near the penalty area in the 69th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Lake Junaluska FC's protests and gave Keenan Blake a yellow card for diving instead. After 69 played minutes Lake Junaluska FC got a freekick which was hit by Keenan Blake. 71 minutes into the match, Lake Junaluska FC's goalkeeper Hilario Carro had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Tomas Illescas. 73 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Darron Messer came free, but Jonathan Ferrant reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Keenan Blake in the 82nd minute of play forced Venezuela's goalkeeper Jonathan Ferrant to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Venezuela booed when Lake Junaluska FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 82 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robin Irvin didn't get a good kick on the ball. Hilario Carro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tomas Illescas in the 84th minute of the match. 85 minutes into the match, Lake Junaluska FC's Jonathon Frost sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jonathan Ferrant narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Vince Mabry was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 92 minutes had been played. A collision led to Lake Junaluska FC getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Vince Mabry hit a great ball. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the Lake Junaluska FC players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.