League

Elora Park
Spectators: 6727 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1727, VIP seats: 0) Nampa's Jean Koenig 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. Mathis Parham's late challenge caught a Nampa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Mathis Parham helped the player get up and apologised. Mathis Parham kicked well hit freekick during the 2nd minute of the match. In the 5th minute, Daniel Jodion 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. In the 13th minute, Tom Ventura hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 14th minute, Arnulfo Rocha sent off a long shot on goal, but the shot was nowhere near the goal and Elora AFC's Noah Rosa didn't even have to move. Noah Rosa showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jean Koenig in the 20th minute of the match. Carmen Warner hit a great freekick 23 minutes into the match. After having played for 24 minutes, Ignacio Escobedo managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Elora AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Ignacio Escobedo was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Orlando Meredith was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Ignacio Escobedo showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 26 minute of play. Noah Rosa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jean Koenig, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The supporters of Nampa booed when Elora AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Orlando Nicholson didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Nampa's Orlando Meredith got control of the ball when Frederick Whitley tried to sneak it across the goal line. Orlando Meredith made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Escobedo in the 39th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 48th minute, Antonia Carrillo managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nampa's supporters rose to their feet, but Antonia Carrillo was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Noah Rosa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The wind increased when Ignacio Escobedo made the kick off in the second half. Noah Rosa showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jean Koenig, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. Frederick Whitley fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 56th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Orlando Meredith having to interfere. Nampa's Orlando Meredith played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ignacio Escobedo in the 58th minute of play. Nampa's Darrel Jeffries suffered a sore knee after 65 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Tom Ventura's late challenge caught a Nampa's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tom Ventura helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Nampa booed when Elora AFC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tom Ventura didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a little luck, Elora AFC's Noah Rosa got control of the ball when Daniel Jodion tried to sneak it across the goal line. Daniel Jodion took the ball and in the 69 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Noah Rosa. Noah Rosa dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-1. Orlando Meredith showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ignacio Escobedo, who was totally free with the ball in the 77th minute. After some fancy dribbling in the 78th minute, Daniel Jodion managed to get in a good position for a shot. Nampa's supporters rose to their feet, but Daniel Jodion was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Noah Rosa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. With his leg Noah Rosa managed to avoid a goal in the 81stth minute, when Nampa's Daniel Jodion fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Daniel Jodion sent away a hard shot on goal in the 82nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Orlando Meredith made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Escobedo in the 92nd minute of play. Nampa's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.