League

Stuttgart
Spectators: 7720 (Terracing: 5875, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 70) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Xavier Gobeo took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Logan Stevenson got free with Vincenzo Ross in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cyrus Guy hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. After 10 minutes, Xavier Gobeo mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Heat Wave Sports and the New York City FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 12th minute, Scottie McKay left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The New York City FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Salvatore Buckner received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Vincenzo Ross came out and tried to block the shot, but Salvatore Buckner slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 15th minute. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Salvatore Buckner took a quick shot and it went in 3-0 without a chance for Vincenzo Ross to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeremias Santio in the 25th minute of play forced Heat Wave Sports's goalkeeper Vincenzo Ross to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 31 minutes into the match, Xavier Thorpe dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Vincenzo Ross, 5-0. After 34 minutes, Cliff Hawk mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Heat Wave Sports and the New York City FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Cliff Hawk hit a great freekick 34 minutes into the match. Salvatore Buckner could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 36th minute of the match, but Vincenzo Ross made a huge save. Vincenzo Ross showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Xavier Thorpe in the 39th minute of the match. Salvatore Buckners short, quick shot in the 41stth minute got Vincenzo Ross to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Heat Wave Sports's defense didn't have a chance, in the 42nd minute, when Xavier Thorpe scored to the left of an out of position Vincenzo Ross, making the score, 6-0. Vincenzo Ross was out of position in the 47 minute of play, and Xavier Thorpe capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Xavier Thorpe really showed his touch with that goal: 7-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 7-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

In the 54th minute Jeremias Santio shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vincenzo Ross saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 54th match minute, Heat Wave Sports was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Cyrus Guy to maneuver through the defense. Jeremias Santio scored 8-0 in the 58th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Vincenzo Ross, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 61st minute, Xavier Thorpe ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Vincenzo Ross was frozen by the shot and now it was 9-0. Vincenzo Ross showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Scottie McKay, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. With his leg Errol Polonia managed to avoid a goal in the 71stth minute, when Heat Wave Sports's Xavier Gobeo fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Vincenzo Ross made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeremias Santio in the 73rd minute of play. Cyrus Guy kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Vincenzo Ross showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremias Santio in the 75th minute of the match. After 76 played minutes Heat Wave Sports got a freekick which was hit by Cyrus Guy. New York City FC's Clayton Waite was substituted for Osvaldo Oakes. New York City FC's Damien Whaley was substituted for Logan Stevenson. 80 minutes into the game, Xavier Thorpe cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 10-0. Vincenzo Ross was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Scottie McKay hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. 85 minutes into the game, J.P. Kirkland was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Heat Wave Sports's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave New York City FC the free kick. After 85 played minutes Heat Wave Sports got a freekick which was hit by J.P. Kirkland. Vincenzo Ross showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jeremias Santio in the 89th minute of the match. In the 89th match minute, New York City FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Clayton Waite to maneuver through the defense. Vincenzo Ross showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Salvatore Buckner in the 92nd minute of the match. Clayton Waite took the ball and in the 96 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Vincenzo Ross. Vincenzo Ross dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 11-0. New York City FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.