U23 League

Arborial Park
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jeffrey Yoshioka got the match started through his kick off. In the 2nd match minute, ForestFire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lamar Knapp to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lane Martinez in the 5th minute of play forced Fire Breathers FC's goalkeeper Rik Sirguero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 7 minutes into the match, Presebal Baldes notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of ForestFire's Reed Molina. Reed Molina was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Rik Sirguero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Duncan Nichols, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Rik Sirguero showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Duncan Nichols in the 12th minute of the match. Rik Sirguero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Eddy Amos, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. 16 minutes into the game, Fire Breathers FC's Presebal Baldes 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, 0-2. After some careless play in the ForestFire defense, Presebal Baldes kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Reed Molina. The ForestFire fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Reed Molina should have stopped the shot. Xose Zabarte lost his temper 25 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Fire Breathers FC's Rik Sirguero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Fire Breathers FC from getting a goal against them. 28 minutes into the match, Fire Breathers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Lane Martinez came free, but Rik Sirguero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fire Breathers FC's Presebal Baldes got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Rik Sirguero took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Duncan Nichols, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Fire Breathers FC's Rik Sirguero proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 35th minute of the match, managed to save Fire Breathers FC from getting a goal against them. Presebal Baldes struck a weak shot in the 42nd minute. Reed Molina didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Fire Breathers FC. Disappointed in the 1-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The wind increased when Presebal Baldes made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jeffrey Yoshioka in the 51st minute of play forced Fire Breathers FC's goalkeeper Rik Sirguero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Rik Sirguero showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Lane Martinez, who was totally free with the ball in the 51st minute. In the 52nd match minute, Fire Breathers FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roland Boudon to maneuver through the defense. Sal Chamberlain made in the 56th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Duncan Nichols. 57 minutes into the match, Fire Breathers FC's goal looked a bit too open when Duncan Nichols came free, but Rik Sirguero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Reed Molina stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Presebal Baldes's shot from short distance in the 58th minute. The audience was convinced that Presebal Baldes's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Reed Molina was relentless in the 59th minute of the game. 65 minutes into the game, Jeffrey Yoshioka was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ForestFire's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Fire Breathers FC the free kick. The supporters of Fire Breathers FC booed when ForestFire was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jeffrey Yoshioka didn't get a good kick on the ball. Rik Sirguero came out of the goal in the 71st 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 2-3. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Duncan Nichols in the 74th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rik Sirguero saved Fire Breathers FC from getting behind. Rik Sirguero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeffrey Yoshioka in the 79th minute of play. If Eddy Amos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. A collision led to ForestFire getting a freekick after 84 minutes play. Russell Stinson hit a great ball. In the 85th minute, Presebal Baldes 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. In the 93rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ForestFire's goalkeeper Reed Molina, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Rik Sirguero made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jeffrey Yoshioka in the 95th minute of play. The Fire Breathers FC players were relieved to hear the final whistle blow to end the match. The away crowd was happy to see their team win after a very tight game.