League

Matute
Spectators: 7736 (Terracing: 5803, Seating: 1779, VIP seats: 154) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Lee Starkey took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Merle Whitten got free with Bernardo Childers in the 3rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Bernardo Childers took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Phil Beckman, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 5th match minute, RealBarca was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Davis Holzer to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Alianza Troy's Phil Beckman slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Bernardo Childers. That made the score 1-0 after 7 minutes of play. In the 12th minute, Alvin Hurd 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. After a defensive mix-up in Alianza Troy's zone, Willard Wright stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Eldon Coats came out of the goal and Willard Wright tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After some careless play in the Alianza Troy defense, Willard Wright kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Eldon Coats. The Alianza Troy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Eldon Coats should have stopped the shot. When the match had gone on for 20 minutes, Merle Whitten put it in 2-1 from a short distance just to the right of Bernardo Childers. King Chappelle recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Eldon Coats showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lee Starkey, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. Bernardo Childers made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Johnathon Altman in the 37th minute of play. If King Chappelle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Lee Starkey received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Eldon Coats tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After some fancy dribbling in the 47th minute, Phil Beckman managed to get in a good position for a shot. Alianza Troy's supporters rose to their feet, but Phil Beckman was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Bernardo Childers breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Phil Beckman to make the kick off. Bernardo Childers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merle Whitten, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. Alianza Troy's Eldon Coats proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 54th minute of the match, managed to save Alianza Troy from getting a goal against them. King Chappelle received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Eldon Coats tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Eldon Coats was a little too slow when King Chappelle got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 62nd minute. The score was now 4-2. Randall Kim hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Johnathon Altman's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Bernardo Childers was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. Bernardo Childers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Phil Beckman, who was totally free with the ball in the 78th minute. Bernardo Childers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Johnathon Altman, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. 82 minutes into the match, RealBarca's goal looked a bit too open when Phil Beckman came free, but Bernardo Childers reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Bernardo Childers showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merle Whitten, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. 84 minutes had been played when some careless play by RealBarca's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Ace Earl was slow to take the kick. During this time Alianza Troy's players had a chance to rest. For all the effort they put into the match, the RealBarca players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Alianza Troy.