League

West Burlington
Spectators: 7776 (Terracing: 5833, Seating: 1788, VIP seats: 155) Merrill Rollins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rupert Thacker, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. 4 minutes into the match, Rufus Diamond notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of West Burlington's Merrill Rollins. Merrill Rollins was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Chad Trotter charged in rather forcefully in the 8th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Chad Trotter the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After 8 played minutes Atlantic Beach FC got a freekick which was hit by Chad Trotter. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stacy Cegielski in the 12th minute of play forced Atlantic Beach FC's goalkeeper Wally Weaver to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Benito Foster received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Wally Weaver tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rufus Diamond in the 19th minute of play forced West Burlington's goalkeeper Merrill Rollins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Merrill Rollins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rufus Diamond, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 23rd minute, Roscoe Ferrell hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Rupert Thacker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 28th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Merrill Rollins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rufus Diamond in the 29th minute of the match. In the 31st match minute, Atlantic Beach FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gregorio Cline to maneuver through the defense. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Rupert Thacker in the 34th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Merrill Rollins prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 36th minute, Rufus Diamond ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Merrill Rollins was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-2. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Al Foley in the 42nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Merrill Rollins saved West Burlington from getting behind. In the 47th minute the ball was on its way in behind West Burlington's goalkeeper Merrill Rollins, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Stacy Cegielski to strike the kick off in the second half. Rupert Thacker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 54th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Wally Weaver showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Benito Foster in the 60th minute of the match. Rupert Thacker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Merrill Rollins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Rupert Thacker scored 0-3 in the 66th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Merrill Rollins, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 80th match minute, West Burlington was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Odell Pierre to maneuver through the defense. After 83 played minutes West Burlington got a freekick which was hit by Arturo Storey. Rufus Diamond received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Merrill Rollins came out and tried to block the shot, but Rufus Diamond slotted it home off the left post making it 0-4 in the 88th minute. Rupert Thacker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 92nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Rupert Thacker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 94th minute. Merrill Rollins tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, West Burlington's Merrill Rollins got control of the ball when Rupert Thacker tried to sneak it across the goal line.