U23 World League

Arborial Park
Spectators: 7684 (Terracing: 5764, Seating: 1767, VIP seats: 153) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Fausto Solustiano took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, ForestFire's Lane Martinez ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cristian Hats. Cristian Hats yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. 8 minutes into the match, PLASNIKE's goalkeeper Cristian Hats had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Edgardo Courtney. Cristian Hats showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lane Martinez in the 9th minute of the match. Jeffrey Yoshioka who was well placed in front of the goal fired away a dangerous shot that in the 10thth minute tested the skills of Cristian Hats when he managed to save the team from getting behind. 14 minutes into the game, ForestFire's Lane Martinez nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Cristian Hats made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. Cristian Hats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lamar Knapp in the 17th minute of play. PLASNIKE's Aldo Favila got a good chance for a goal in the 18th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 21st minute, Duncan Nichols left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ForestFire fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-0. Jeffrey Yoshioka could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but Cristian Hats made a huge save. 26 minutes into the game, PLASNIKE's Casimiro Inko nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Reed Molina made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 3-1. After 29 played minutes PLASNIKE got a freekick which was hit by Gaudencio Vito. In the 30th match minute, ForestFire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Eddy Amos to maneuver through the defense. PLASNIKE's Cristian Hats proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 33rd minute of the match, managed to save PLASNIKE from getting a goal against them. In the 36th minute, ForestFire's Lamar Knapp ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Cristian Hats. Cristian Hats yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 4-1. Cristian Hats showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duncan Nichols in the 39th minute of the match. Casimiro Inko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Reed Molina having to interfere. Cristian Hats came out of the goal in the 45th minute to try and stop a shot by ForestFire's Duncan Nichols. But to his dismay, Duncan Nichols quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Jeffrey Yoshioka to make the kick off. Cristian Hats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edgardo Courtney in the 54th minute of play. In the 60th minute Lamar Knapp shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Cristian Hats saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, ForestFire's Sal Chamberlain got a free kick in the 66th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lane Martinez in the 75th minute of play forced PLASNIKE's goalkeeper Cristian Hats to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. PLASNIKE's Cristian Hats played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeffrey Yoshioka in the 76th minute of play. 77 minutes into the match, PLASNIKE's goal looked a bit too open when Lane Martinez came free, but Cristian Hats reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cristian Hats showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duncan Nichols in the 81st minute of the match. Cristian Hats showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jeffrey Yoshioka, who was totally free with the ball in the 82nd minute. Cristian Hats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lane Martinez in the 85th minute of play. Cristian Hats took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Duncan Nichols, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute, Lane Martinez made a precise shot to the right of Cristian Hats. PLASNIKE's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 7-1. Cristian Hats showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lane Martinez in the 91st minute of the match. Aldo Romero's late challenge caught a ForestFire's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Aldo Romero helped the player get up and apologised. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. ForestFire fully deserved thier win.