League

Elmwood Place Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Elias Addison took the kick off in the first half of the match. Norman Mims showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Elias Addison, who was totally free with the ball in the 7th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Elmwood Place AFC's zone, Garry Lawson stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Norman Mims came out of the goal and Garry Lawson tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 12th match minute, Elmwood Place AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Richie Pham to maneuver through the defense. The audience was convinced that Elias Addison's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Norman Mims was relentless in the 13th minute of the game. Garry Lawson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 19th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Garry Lawson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 29th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Elias Addison in the 31st minute of play forced Elmwood Place AFC's goalkeeper Norman Mims to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Richie Pham hit a great freekick 33 minutes into the match. 34 minutes into the match, Wilburton FC's Tyler Kearney broke free and took a long shot that unfortunately flew wide. A fine initiative that could have resulted in a goal. Elmwood Place AFC were awarded a corner in the 41th minute after Wilburton FC's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Joseph Dunlap took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Joseph Dunlap got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Angelo Mathis quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Elias Addison charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Elias Addison the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Elias Addison kicked well hit freekick during the 41st minute of the match. 46 minutes into the match, Garry Lawson had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Norman Mims. Elmwood Place AFC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Garry Lawson was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-1.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ulysses Eubanks to strike the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, Wilburton FC's Abraham Cates got a free kick in the 51st minute. Norman Mims made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Elias Addison in the 56th minute of play. In the 60thth minute of the game Elias Addison who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Elmwood Place AFC's Norman Mims was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 63 minutes into the match, Elmwood Place AFC's goalkeeper Norman Mims had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Garry Lawson. If Elias Addison had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Elmwood Place AFC's Norman Mims proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 69th minute of the match, managed to save Elmwood Place AFC from getting a goal against them. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Trevor Soto during the 70th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 70 played minutes Elmwood Place AFC got a freekick which was hit by Trevor Soto. Elmwood Place AFC's defense didn't have a chance, in the 71st minute, when Elias Addison scored to the left of an out of position Norman Mims, making the score, 0-2. 76 minutes in the game, Elias Addison fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Norman Mims having to interfere. Norman Mims took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Elias Addison, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Elias Addison fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Norman Mims having to interfere. Lane Parsons hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Elias Addison fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Norman Mims having to interfere. Wilburton FC played a much better game than Elmwood Place AFC and deserved their victory. The Elmwood Place AFC players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.