League

Newman Stadium
Spectators: 7505 (Terracing: 5629, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 150) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Terry Canales took the kick off in the first half of the match. Nathanial Carlson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Fletcher Jarvis went, in the 3rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. If Fletcher Jarvis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 7th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Fletcher Jarvis had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Chuck Morton received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 16th minute. Alistair Acuna tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 18thth minute of the game Terry Canales who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cincinnati Strikers's Alistair Acuna was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Chuck Morton could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Alistair Acuna made a huge save. Alistair Acuna made an important save on a dangerous shot by Chuck Morton in the 22nd minute. Cincinnati Strikers's Alistair Acuna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Terry Canales in the 24th minute of play. 30 minutes into the game, Houston Mosley was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Newman's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Cincinnati Strikers the free kick. After 31 played minutes Newman got a freekick which was hit by Houston Mosley. Chuck Morton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alistair Acuna having to interfere. Ezra Hawk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Nathanial Carlson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Fletcher Jarvis received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 40th minute. Nathanial Carlson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Daren Atkinson sent away a hard shot on goal in the 43rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Nathanial Carlson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fletcher Jarvis in the 45th minute of the match. After 46 minutes, Lyle Wilhelm mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Newman and the Cincinnati Strikers players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 48th minute there was a penalty for Cincinnati Strikers. Kurtis Clinton stepped forward and shot the ball to the right of a diving Nathanial Carlson. 0-2. The Newman players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Cincinnati Strikers were winning 0-2.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Daren Atkinson stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. After having played for 54 minutes, Chuck Morton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Newman's supporters crossed their fingers, but Chuck Morton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Terry Canales fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alistair Acuna having to interfere. Cincinnati Strikers's Alistair Acuna played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Chuck Morton in the 67th minute of play. Terry Canales fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 68th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Alistair Acuna having to interfere. Newman's Chuck Morton got a good chance for a goal in the 69th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 86th match minute, Cincinnati Strikers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kurtis Clinton to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 90 minutes, Chuck Morton put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Alistair Acuna. 94 minutes into the match, Chuck Morton had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Alistair Acuna. Cincinnati Strikers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Chuck Morton was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. After 97 played minutes Newman got a freekick which was hit by Houston Mosley. Jeers came from both ends of the stadium when the final whistle went. Neither team had looked impressive and the draw seeemd a fair result.