Friendly League

Bolu Stadium
Spectators: 34 (Terracing: 26, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Casey Albrecht made the kick off and thus started the match. Casey Albrecht recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. 18 minutes into the match, Bolu JK's goal looked a bit too open when Miguel Montoya came free, but Ercan Salar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 19 played minutes Bolu JK got a freekick which was hit by Arif Egemen Ongul. Arkın Keykubad charged in rather forcefully in the 20th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Arkın Keykubad the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Ercan Salar came out of the goal in the 23rd minute to try and stop a shot by Ithaca AFC's Casey Albrecht. But to his dismay, Casey Albrecht quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 26th minute, Bolu JK's Enis İpek ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Duke Schaefer. Duke Schaefer yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-1. When Ahmet Koralp Refiğ came up free with the goalie in the 33rd minute, the Bolu JK 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 Ahmet Koralp Refiğ couldn't finish the play. After some fancy dribbling in the 40th minute, Ahmet Koralp Refiğ managed to get in a good position for a shot. Bolu JK's supporters rose to their feet, but Ahmet Koralp Refiğ was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Duke Schaefer breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Casey Albrecht in the 43rd minute of play forced Bolu JK's goalkeeper Ercan Salar to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Enis İpek fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Duke Schaefer having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

The wind increased when Ahmet Koralp Refiğ made the kick off in the second half. Bolu JK's Ercan Salar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Casey Albrecht in the 54th minute of play. Angelo Young did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-2 to the left of a surprised Ercan Salar 57 minutes into the match. Duke Schaefer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Enis İpek went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. In the 70th minute, Casey Albrecht ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ercan Salar was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. If Casey Albrecht had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Ahmet Koralp Refiğ had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 76th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ithaca AFC's Duke Schaefer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Koralp Refiğ in the 84th minute of play. The throw-in from Yavuz Selim Türcan in the 86th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Ithaca AFC's Edward Posey. Edward Posey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ercan Salar having to interfere. Ercan Salar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Casey Albrecht, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bolu JK's Ercan Salar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Miguel Montoya in the 90th minute of play. Ahmet Koralp Refiğ recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 95th match minute, Ithaca AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Terrence Frederick to maneuver through the defense. Ithaca AFC's Duke Schaefer played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Koralp Refiğ in the 95th minute of play. When the final whistle sounded Ithaca AFC left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Bolu JK.