League

New Jersey Fire
Spectators: 7229 (Terracing: 5423, Seating: 1663, VIP seats: 143) After a defensive mix-up in Amapari's zone, Robinho Almeida stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Prado came out of the goal and Robinho Almeida tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ronan Woodward received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Jonathan Prado tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 6 minutes into the game, André Donatello was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Amapari's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave New Jersey Fire the free kick. After a defensive mix-up in Amapari's zone, Robinho Almeida stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jonathan Prado came out of the goal and Robinho Almeida tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Lucas Dante managed to get in a good position for a shot. New Jersey Fire's supporters rose to their feet, but Lucas Dante was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jonathan Prado breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Robinho Almeida took the ball and in the 18 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jonathan Prado. Jonathan Prado dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robinho Almeida in the 25th minute of play forced Amapari's goalkeeper Jonathan Prado to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Ronan Woodward in the 32nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jonathan Prado saved Amapari from getting behind. In the 34th minute Ronan Woodward shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Prado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Robinho Almeida received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Jonathan Prado came out and tried to block the shot, but Robinho Almeida slotted it home off the left post making it 4-0 in the 36th minute. 40 minutes into the match, Amapari's goalkeeper Jonathan Prado had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ronan Woodward. Robinho Almeida was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 42nd minute. New Jersey Fire's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. When Elói Nóbrega fell near the penalty area in the 47th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Amapari's protests and gave Elói Nóbrega a yellow card for diving instead. 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 5-0.

Robinho Almeida fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 55th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jonathan Prado having to interfere. Jonathan Prado didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Alfredão Vidal went, in the 56th minute, to the upper right corner, 7-0 was the resulting score. In the 59th minute, Robinho Almeida 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. Kléberson de Medeiros took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oséias do Valle, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Robinho Almeida had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Ronan Woodward recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 65th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 67 minutes into the game, New Jersey Fire's Robinho Almeida nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Jonathan Prado made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. In the 71st minute Robinho Almeida shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonathan Prado saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 74 minutes, Lucas Dante managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. New Jersey Fire's supporters crossed their fingers, but Lucas Dante was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Luiz Gustavo Carioca hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. In the 78th minute, Robinho Almeida 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. Robinho Almeida blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Jonathan Prado having to make a save. Robinho Almeida scored 9-0 in the 83rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonathan Prado, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Jonathan Prado came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by New Jersey Fire's Ronan Woodward. But to his dismay, Ronan Woodward quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 10-0. After 96th play minutes Robinho Almeida shot 12-0, a short shot which went by Jonathan Prado and just under the crossbar into goal.