U18 League

La Playa
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Phil Craft got the match started through his kick off. With a little luck, American Airlines's Anthony Shields got control of the ball when Bihar Arriaga tried to sneak it across the goal line. A collision led to American Airlines getting a freekick after 6 minutes play. Yong Zamora hit a great ball. A collision led to American Airlines getting a freekick after 14 minutes play. Alistair Heller hit a great ball. Anthony Shields showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Matthew McConaughey in the 17th minute of the match. Carlos Adams sent away a hard shot on goal in the 24th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Yong Zamora hit a great freekick 28 minutes into the match. In the 29th minute of the match Quique Partarroyo sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Anthony Shields skillfully saved the ball. Zayvius Hernan kicked well hit freekick during the 34th minute of the match. Pablo-Enrique Oribe came out of the goal in the 41st minute to try and stop a shot by American Airlines's Phil Craft. But to his dismay, Phil Craft quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-1. In the 45th minute, Jaen Marroquin 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. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Bihar Arriaga to make the kick off. 52 minutes into the game, Mark Greenwood cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Pablo-Enrique Oribe was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Mark Greenwood had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, American Airlines's Youri Gagarin got a free kick in the 69th minute. A collision led to American Airlines getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Dalton Priest hit a great ball. Phil Craft could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Pablo-Enrique Oribe made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bihar Arriaga in the 85th minute of play forced American Airlines's goalkeeper Anthony Shields to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 91 played minutes Playa Malvín got a freekick which was hit by Zayvius Hernan. In the 93rd minute, Dalton Priest hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 95 minutes into the match, American Airlines's goal looked a bit too open when Bihar Arriaga came free, but Anthony Shields reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.