Prized/Friendly Cup

El Cilindro de Miami
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cirilo Pietro kicked off to start the match. When Geoff Coronado fell near the penalty area in the 3rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Racing Miami Futbol Club's protests and gave Geoff Coronado a yellow card for diving instead. Fernando Dominix showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Al Scott in the 6th minute of the match. After 8 minutes of play, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Casey Sousa made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fernando Dominix was left in no man's land by his defense there! Racing Miami Futbol Club's Al Scott got a good chance for a goal in the 10th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Geoff Coronado was shown his second yellow card after 13 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. Al Scott might have been able to make a better finish in the 15th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Fernando Dominix. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Al Scott ran back to his position shaking his head. In the 16th minute, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Santos Metcalf ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Fernando Dominix. Fernando Dominix yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. With an all-out effort, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Fernando Dominix threw himself towards the right post 21 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Casey Sousa, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 25th minute, Arnaldo Orlanda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Al Scott could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 27th minute of the match, but Fernando Dominix made a huge save. Al Scott received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Fernando Dominix tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Henry Joseph got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 32nd match minute, C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cirilo Pietro to maneuver through the defense. The supporters of Racing Miami Futbol Club booed when C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 33 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valentin Gil didn't get a good kick on the ball. 34 minutes in the game Al Scott got a great opportunity which he missed by shooting outside the goal. C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's Fernando Dominix proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 39th minute of the match, managed to save C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ from getting a goal against them. When Valentin Gil fell near the penalty area in the 42nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's protests and gave Valentin Gil a yellow card for diving instead. In the 42nd minute, Valentin Gil hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

Fernando Dominix made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Casey Sousa in the 55th minute of play. Fernando Dominix took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jeffrey Chen, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Al Scott kicked well hit freekick during the 57th minute of the match. Casey Sousa fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fernando Dominix having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's zone, Casey Sousa stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Fernando Dominix came out of the goal and Casey Sousa tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Fernando Dominix didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Racing Miami Futbol Club's Casey Sousa shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 3-0 in the ordered_time% minute. Fernando Dominix came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Racing Miami Futbol Club's Casey Sousa. But to his dismay, Casey Sousa quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 4-0. After some fancy dribbling in the 74th minute, Al Scott managed to get in a good position for a shot. Racing Miami Futbol Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Al Scott was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Fernando Dominix breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Fernando Dominix took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Casey Sousa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 77 minutes into the match, Casey Sousa had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fernando Dominix. C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Casey Sousa was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 5-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casey Sousa in the 81st minute of play forced C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goalkeeper Fernando Dominix to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 87 minutes into the match, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Jeffrey Chen sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Fernando Dominix narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Santos Metcalf's late challenge caught a C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Santos Metcalf helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Racing Miami Futbol Club getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Santos Metcalf hit a great ball. Jeffrey Chen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 95 minutes into the match, C.A.Ituzaingo Ψ's goal looked a bit too open when Casey Sousa came free, but Fernando Dominix reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. Racing Miami Futbol Club had played much better football throughout.