Friendly League

Vila Belmiro
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The supporters of Brooklyn SC booed when Santos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Darryl Pollard didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Sherwood Franks's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Osvaldo Cadena was relentless in the 6th minute of the game. In the 10th minute, Darryl Pollard hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 12th minute Martin Andrade shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rusty Little saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Brooklyn SC getting a freekick after 13 minutes play. Scot Lincoln hit a great ball. Osvaldo Cadena made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from J.P. Delarosa in the 15th minute of play. Rusty Little showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Scot Lincoln in the 16th minute of the match. Warren Childers charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Warren Childers the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Warren Childers hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Osvaldo Cadena showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from J.P. Delarosa, who was totally free with the ball in the 23rd minute. The supporters of Brooklyn SC booed when Santos FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 29 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sherwood Franks didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 33rd match minute, Santos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Milton Heath to maneuver through the defense. 42 minutes into the game, Randall Haynes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Rusty Little was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Sherwood Franks stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sherwood Franks in the 55th minute of play forced Brooklyn SC's goalkeeper Osvaldo Cadena to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to Brooklyn SC getting a freekick after 58 minutes play. Randall Haynes hit a great ball. Christopher Rowley charged in rather forcefully in the 59th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Christopher Rowley the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After recieving a nice pass, Santos FC's Jamar Maxwell tried to score from far away in the 60th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. Jamar Maxwell kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. In the 64th match minute, Santos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jamar Maxwell to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Pascal Dailey got free with Rusty Little in the 65th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Benito Hyde's late challenge caught a Brooklyn SC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Benito Hyde helped the player get up and apologised. A collision led to Santos FC getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Benito Hyde hit a great ball. In the 66th minute, Randall Haynes hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to Brooklyn SC getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. A.J. Spangler hit a great ball. After 70 played minutes, Santos FC's Jamar Maxwell shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Osvaldo Cadena came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Santos FC reached it. Brooklyn SC were furious when Jon Smith was red carded, 73 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. A collision led to Brooklyn SC getting a freekick after 74 minutes play. Jon Smith hit a great ball. If Martin Andrade had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 81st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 88th minute, Scot Lincoln hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Osvaldo Cadena took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from J.P. Delarosa, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Darrell Nava fell near the penalty area in the 95th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Santos FC's protests and gave Darrell Nava a yellow card for diving instead. In the 95th minute, Darrell Nava hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the final whistle sounded Brooklyn SC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Santos FC.