U21 League

Solo Arena
Spectators: 161 (Terracing: 121, Seating: 37, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Tyson Helton kicked off to start the match. A collision led to Recolta Alamor getting a freekick after 4 minutes play. Norberto Ivey hit a great ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cameron Cardona in the 8th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Dylan Beckman saved Recolta Alamor from getting behind. Rex Ellis's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Willie Cabrera firmly grabbed it by the left post. After a rather tough play, Stowe City's Cameron Cardona got a free kick in the 23rd minute. In the 25th minute, Omar Dobarral 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. 37 minutes into the game, Rex Ellis lined in a short shot 2-0 behind a frustrated Willie Cabrera. Cameron Cardona fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dylan Beckman having to interfere. If Omar Dobarral had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 47 minutes into the match, Alonzo Donahue had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Willie Cabrera. Stowe City's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Alonzo Donahue was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-0. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Edinho Bueno was the one to do the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Terrell McCracken during the 60th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Recolta Alamor's Terrell McCracken got a free kick in the 61st minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilbert Velasco in the 63rd minute of play forced Stowe City's goalkeeper Willie Cabrera to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Tyson Helton's late challenge caught a Stowe City's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tyson Helton helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Recolta Alamor's Tyson Helton got a free kick in the 65th minute. Reginald Fisher received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 66th minute. Dylan Beckman tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Willie Cabrera showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tyson Helton in the 70th minute of the match. Through an outstanding action, after 71 minutes, Dylan Beckman successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 73rd minute, Recolta Alamor's Terrell McCracken seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Terrell McCracken the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Recolta Alamor protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Terrell McCracken had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. In the 72nd minute, one of Recolta Alamor:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Recolta Alamor. Recolta Alamor:s Dylan Beckman showed great skill when he stopped Reginald Fisher:s penalty. In the 75th match minute, Recolta Alamor was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Rupert Simmons to maneuver through the defense. Edinho Bueno scored 3-1 in the 77th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Dylan Beckman, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The supporters of Stowe City booed when Recolta Alamor was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 81 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wilbert Velasco didn't get a good kick on the ball. 82 minutes into the match, Omar Dobarral dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Dylan Beckman, 3-2. Stowe City made a substitution. Kenneth Sargent replaced Edinho Bueno. In the 88th minute Rupert Simmons shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Willie Cabrera saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Tyson Helton scored 4-2 in the 89th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Willie Cabrera, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Stowe City's attentive Kevin Yoder managed to snatch the ball when Alonzo Donahue made a throw-in in the 92nd minute of the game. With a little luck, Recolta Alamor's Dylan Beckman got control of the ball when Kenneth Sargent tried to sneak it across the goal line. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. Recolta Alamor had won after a very even match.