U23 League

La Playa
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Racing Miami Futbol Club's Shane Smiley started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Erasto Quizan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Shane Smiley in the 4th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Godofredo Maysonet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Playa Malvín's Jamie Fox got a free kick in the 9th minute. After recieving a nice pass, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Quincy Walker tried to score from far away in the 10th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. In the 12th match minute, Playa Malvín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Godofredo Maysonet to maneuver through the defense. 15 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Genaro Cassidy came free, but Erasto Quizan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The throw-in from Godofredo Maysonet in the 17th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Racing Miami Futbol Club's Quincy Walker. After 19 played minutes Playa Malvín got a freekick which was hit by Efren Domao. In the 26th minute, Genaro Cassidy made a precise shot to the right of Erasto Quizan. Playa Malvín's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. After 30 played minutes Racing Miami Futbol Club got a freekick which was hit by Donald Kaufman. Franco Di Giambattista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gauargi Molleda in the 31st minute of play. Playa Malvín's attack was well implemented in the 31st minute, but when Gauargi Molleda was about to shoot he didn't get a good hit on the ball and it hit the crossbar and flew over. Goal Kick. In the 35th minute, Genaro Cassidy left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Racing Miami Futbol Club fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-2. Franco Di Giambattista made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Enzo Vogrinčič in the 38th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Shane Smiley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Erasto Quizan was relentless in the 40th minute of the game. When James Joyner came up free with the goalie in the 46th minute, the Racing Miami Futbol Club fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that James Joyner couldn't finish the play. Disappointed in the 0-2 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Gauargi Molleda to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 55th match minute, Playa Malvín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Godofredo Maysonet to maneuver through the defense. Jamie Fox's late challenge caught a Racing Miami Futbol Club's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jamie Fox helped the player get up and apologised. Jamie Fox hit a great freekick 57 minutes into the match. The audience thought a goal was coming when Quincy Walker got free with Erasto Quizan in the 58th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The audience thought a goal was coming when Genaro Cassidy got free with Erasto Quizan in the 59th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Erasto Quizan didn't succeed in stopping the ball in the 59th minute, which inside left pole to 0-3. An unexpectedly hard shot by Shane Smiley in the 62nd minute of play forced Playa Malvín's goalkeeper Erasto Quizan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Keenan Worthington was substituted for Genaro Cassidy. Godofredo Maysonet hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. 68 minutes into the match, Keenan Worthington dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Erasto Quizan, 0-4. Racing Miami Futbol Club made a substitution. Denny Godwin replaced Chu Zheng Yu. Erasto Quizan took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Keenan Worthington, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Playa Malvín's Jamie Fox got his second yellow card of the match in the 73rd minute. The referee ordered Jamie Fox off the ground. Jamie Fox kicked well hit freekick during the 74th minute of the match. Keenan Worthington might have been able to make a better finish in the 76th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Erasto Quizan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Keenan Worthington ran back to his position shaking his head. Erasto Quizan made a fantastic save in the 76th minute, when Keenan Worthington sent off a good shot on target. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Ervin DeJesus got a good chance for a goal in the 78th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Franco Di Giambattista showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Enzo Vogrinčič, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. Racing Miami Futbol Club's attentive Maicon Coutinho managed to snatch the ball when Godofredo Maysonet made a throw-in in the 83rd minute of the game. 83 minutes into the game, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Keenan Worthington nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Erasto Quizan made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-5. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Keenan Worthington in the 86th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Erasto Quizan prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Racing Miami Futbol Club's Keenan Worthington in the 86th minute got a chance for a shot 86th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Playa Malvín's goalie prevented a goal. Playa Malvín's Erasto Quizan proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 88th minute of the match, managed to save Playa Malvín from getting a goal against them. When the match had gone on for 91 minutes, Ervin DeJesus took a quick shot and it went in 0-6 without a chance for Erasto Quizan to make any attempt to save it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Keenan Worthington in the 94th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Erasto Quizan saved Playa Malvín from getting behind. After a rather tough play, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Genaro Parr got a free kick in the 95th minute. 97 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's Alberino Riesco sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Franco Di Giambattista narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The Playa Malvín fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Racing Miami Futbol Club were clearly better and deserved to take the win.