League

Hillsborough
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Sean Lamb kicked off to start the match. If Sean Lamb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Sebastian Pennington in the 5th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rodrigo Magee saved Arcola Youth Academy from getting behind. A collision led to Arcola Youth Academy getting a freekick after 18 minutes play. Lee Salazar hit a great ball. In the 19th minute, Jack Costello made a precise shot to the right of Rodrigo Magee. Arcola Youth Academy's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jack Costello got free with Rodrigo Magee in the 24th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sean Lamb in the 27th minute of play forced Hillsborough's goalkeeper Donald Kennedy to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sebastian Pennington struck a weak shot in the 30th minute. Rodrigo Magee didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hillsborough. Jack Costello sent away a hard shot on goal in the 31st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jack Costello fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rodrigo Magee having to interfere. Sebastian Pennington recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Sebastian Pennington was the one to do the kick off. Sean Lamb struck a weak shot in the 51st minute. Donald Kennedy didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Arcola Youth Academy. Sebastian Pennington struck a weak shot in the 52nd minute. Rodrigo Magee didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Hillsborough. Jack Costello might have been able to make a better finish in the 53rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Rodrigo Magee. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jack Costello ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience was convinced that Jack Costello's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Rodrigo Magee was relentless in the 58th minute of the game. Rodrigo Magee showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sebastian Pennington in the 59th minute of the match. Rodrigo Magee showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jack Costello, who was totally free with the ball in the 61st minute. If Sean Lamb had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 64th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rodrigo Magee didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Jack Costello went, in the 66th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Garret Hanson's late challenge caught a Arcola Youth Academy's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Garret Hanson helped the player get up and apologised. Garret Hanson hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After 70 played minutes Arcola Youth Academy's Ross Lott stole the ball from his opponents and shot the ball towards the upper left corner, but Donald Kennedy stretched himself as far as he could, and stopped the ball from passing the line. robbing Hillsborough of the goal. Donald Kennedy made an important save on a dangerous shot by Miles Ibarra in the 76th minute. The referee felt a red card was in order, 78 minutes into the game, when Darius Baez put in a rough tackle. In the 91st minute, Ross Lott fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Donald Kennedy, passed just outside the right post. After 94 played minutes Isidro Couch shot from long distance. At first the shot seemed to be simple for Hillsborough's Donald Kennedy to catch but Isidro Couch was lucky. It became 3-3 after the goalkeeper had been careless and dropped the ball into goal. Despite being the better team, Hillsborough failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.