League

Heights Park
Spectators: 7384 (Terracing: 5539, Seating: 1698, VIP seats: 147) University Heights AFC's Son Aguilera started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. If Shawn Gagne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 5th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Elliott Welsh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theodore Kincaid, who was totally free with the ball in the 8th minute. If Son Aguilera had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Elliott Welsh showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Son Aguilera, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. Ernesto Rich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Randy Bernal, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. In the 20th match minute, University Heights AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gavin Abraham to maneuver through the defense. Randy Bernal received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 23rd minute. Ernesto Rich tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Shawn Gagne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. With a little luck, West Helena FC's Elliott Welsh got control of the ball when James Vick tried to sneak it across the goal line. University Heights AFC's Ernesto Rich played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shawn Gagne in the 35th minute of play. Sebastian Schwartz hit a great freekick 36 minutes into the match. Elliott Welsh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Son Aguilera in the 42nd minute of play. In the 44th minute, Ramon Whitley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ernesto Rich showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Shawn Gagne, who was totally free with the ball in the 48th minute. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Randy Bernal to strike the kick off in the second half. Elliott Welsh took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Son Aguilera, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match had gone on for 59 minutes, Randy Bernal took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Ernesto Rich to make any attempt to save it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Randy Bernal in the 62nd minute of play forced University Heights AFC's goalkeeper Ernesto Rich to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 63rd minute Son Aguilera shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Elliott Welsh saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 65th minute University Heights AFC were awarded a corner. Morgan Maher went to the cornerflag to take it. Randy Bernal sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gavin Abraham's late challenge caught a West Helena FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Gavin Abraham helped the player get up and apologised. Ernesto Rich stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Randy Bernal's shot from short distance in the 78th minute. Ernesto Rich made an important save on a dangerous shot by Shawn Gagne in the 88th minute. When James Vick came up free with the goalie in the 94th minute, the University Heights 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 James Vick couldn't finish the play. In the 95th minute, Ramon Whitley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Son Aguilera sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.