League

Pine Island
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Sterling Gunn took the kick off in the first half of the match. The audience was convinced that Lonnie Day's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Zachery Chan was relentless in the 8th minute of the game. In the 13th minute, Lonnie Day left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Glenside AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. In the 16th minute, Lonnie Day 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. In the 20th minute Monty Pace shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zachery Chan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Zachery Chan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lonnie Day in the 21st minute of the match. Pine Island AFC's Zachery Chan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lonnie Day in the 23rd minute of play. 29 minutes into the match, Pine Island AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Pace came free, but Zachery Chan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 31 minutes into the match, Pine Island AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Lonnie Day came free, but Zachery Chan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Pine Island AFC's zone, Lonnie Day stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Zachery Chan came out of the goal and Lonnie Day tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. When Monty Pace came up free with the goalie in the 36th minute, the Glenside AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Monty Pace couldn't finish the play. 38 minutes into the match, Pine Island AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Lonnie Day came free, but Zachery Chan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Zachery Chan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Lonnie Day, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The wind increased when Lonnie Day made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sterling Gunn in the 53rd minute of play forced Glenside AFC's goalkeeper Stefan Chappelle to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 54 minutes Glenside AFC's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Monty Eddy who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in J.C. Ashley almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Glenside AFC's Stefan Chappelle did a great save. In the 57th minute, Monty Pace left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Glenside AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. When Lonnie Day came up free with the goalie in the 63rd minute, the Glenside AFC fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Lonnie Day couldn't finish the play. Sterling Gunn kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Monty Pace got free with Zachery Chan in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 85th minute, Sterling Gunn managed to get in a good position for a shot. Pine Island AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Sterling Gunn was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Stefan Chappelle breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Sterling Gunn fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stefan Chappelle having to interfere. After having played for 89 minutes, Sterling Gunn managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Pine Island AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sterling Gunn was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Benjamin Byrne recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 90th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Sterling Gunn had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 92nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 94 minutes into the match, Pine Island AFC's Sterling Gunn sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Stefan Chappelle narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The Pine Island AFC supporters were disappointed that their team didn't take anything from the match, despite matching Glenside AFC's performance. The match ended with a win for Glenside AFC.