Friendly League

Arborial Park
Spectators: 42 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) El Canalla de Chicago's Joaquim Vilar started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Joaquim Vilar's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Shaki Conn read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 2nd minute of play. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by ForestFire's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Claude Mueller was slow to take the kick. During this time El Canalla de Chicago's players had a chance to rest. The corner ended in Claude Mueller almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but ForestFire's Shaki Conn did a great save. Emmanuel Lockhart charged in rather forcefully in the 11th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Emmanuel Lockhart the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Joaquim Vilar 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. Wilbur Hyde came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by ForestFire's Tracy Shah. But to his dismay, Tracy Shah quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. Lance Green hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. 27 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Tracy Shah came free, but Wilbur Hyde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, ForestFire's Lucas Navarro got a free kick in the 37th minute. Wilbur Hyde made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Ben Gilliam sent off a good shot on target. A collision led to El Canalla de Chicago getting a freekick after 44 minutes play. Pascal Combs hit a great ball. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Lucas Navarro to make the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lucas Navarro in the 52nd minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Wilbur Hyde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wilbur Hyde made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tracy Shah in the 54th minute of play. With a little luck, ForestFire's Shaki Conn got control of the ball when Domingo Lopez tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 62nd minute, Joaquim Vilar 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. El Canalla de Chicago's Cary Ackerman was substituted for Andreas Sanchez. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tracy Shah in the 66th minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Wilbur Hyde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. ForestFire's Tracy Shah got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. El Canalla de Chicago's Armando Leobardo was substituted for Claude Mueller. Shaki Conn took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Joaquim Vilar, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Wilbur Hyde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Navarro in the 71st minute of the match. Wilbur Hyde showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tracy Shah, who was totally free with the ball in the 73rd minute. Wilbur Hyde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lucas Navarro in the 78th minute of the match. 80 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Tracy Shah came free, but Wilbur Hyde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tracy Shah in the 81st minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Wilbur Hyde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Shaki Conn made an important save on a dangerous shot by Joaquim Vilar in the 83rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justin Raines in the 85th minute of play forced ForestFire's goalkeeper Shaki Conn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Justin Raines received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Shaki Conn came out and tried to block the shot, but Justin Raines slotted it home off the left post making it 2-1 in the 90th minute. 93 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Tracy Shah came free, but Wilbur Hyde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Brad Brock fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 94th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilbur Hyde having to interfere. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. ForestFire had played much better football throughout.