Friendly League

City Network Park
Spectators: 36 (Terracing: 28, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Will Theilacker took the kick off in the first half of the match. The supporters of Cachorro Louco F.C. booed when Los Angeles Premier FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 6 match minutes in a wonderful position. Domenico Keane didn't get a good kick on the ball. A collision led to Los Angeles Premier FC getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Jamal Ciccaglione hit a great ball. In the 10th match minute, Los Angeles Premier FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Domenico Keane to maneuver through the defense. In the 11th minute, Troy Carlisle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Los Angeles Premier FC's zone, Claudinei Saldanha stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Tom Epperson came out of the goal and Claudinei Saldanha tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 18th match minute, Los Angeles Premier FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jamal Ciccaglione to maneuver through the defense. Adalberto Sabóia hit a great freekick 22 minutes into the match. 24 minutes into the match, Los Angeles Premier FC's goal looked a bit too open when Leandro Dionísio came free, but Tom Epperson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Danial Waddell blasted a shot towards the goal in the 25th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Erasmo Palmeira having to make a save. In the 28th minute, Alex Cosme left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Cachorro Louco F.C. fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Leandro Dionísio received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 32nd minute. Tom Epperson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Cachorro Louco F.C.'s defense didn't have a chance, in the 34th minute, when Will Theilacker scored to the left of an out of position Erasmo Palmeira, making the score, 1-1. After some careless play in the Los Angeles Premier FC defense, Alex Cosme kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Tom Epperson. The Los Angeles Premier FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Tom Epperson should have stopped the shot. Leandro Dionísio kicked well hit freekick during the 42nd minute of the match. Jamal Ciccaglione hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. In the 46th minute, Will Theilacker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The Los Angeles Premier FC players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Cachorro Louco F.C. were winning 1-2.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Alex Cosme made a kick off. In the 52nd minute, Troy Carlisle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cachorro Louco F.C.'s Erasmo Palmeira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Danial Waddell in the 55th minute of play. In the 59th minute of the match, Ivo Sá got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tom Epperson was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Tom Epperson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Cosme in the 60th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Los Angeles Premier FC's goalkeeper Tom Epperson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ivo Sá. In the 64th minute of the match, Percival de Mendonça got a very nice opportunity to score, but Tom Epperson was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. 66 minutes into the match, Los Angeles Premier FC's goal looked a bit too open when Alex Cosme came free, but Tom Epperson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Tom Epperson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Cosme in the 69th minute of play. The corner led Los Angeles Premier FC's Giovanni Cody to fire away a dangerous shot which Erasmo Palmeira despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Alex Cosme in the 79th minute of play forced Los Angeles Premier FC's goalkeeper Tom Epperson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tom Epperson made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Leandro Dionísio sent off a good shot on target. In the 81st minute, Domenico Keane hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a little luck, Los Angeles Premier FC's Tom Epperson got control of the ball when Leandro Dionísio tried to sneak it across the goal line. Los Angeles Premier FC's Tom Epperson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alex Cosme in the 87th minute of play. 89 minutes into the match, Los Angeles Premier FC's goalkeeper Tom Epperson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Leandro Dionísio. Tom Epperson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Ivo Sá in the 90th minute. In the 91st minute, Los Angeles Premier FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Dário Paiva fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Tom Epperson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alex Cosme in the 93rd minute of play. Tom Epperson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Leandro Dionísio in the 95th minute. Tom Epperson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Alex Cosme, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cachorro Louco F.C.'s players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.