Prized/Friendly Cup

XMAS park
Spectators: 37 (Terracing: 29, Seating: 8, VIP seats: 0) Sylvester Chang made the kick off and thus started the match. The supporters of XMAS booed when ARMENIAN 11 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 4 match minutes in a wonderful position. King Davison didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 7th minute of the match Alessandro Vettori shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Pat Bond showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. In the 8th minute Eugenio Casiraghi suffered a knee injury and had to be helped off the field. 8 minutes into the game, Casey Mixon was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ARMENIAN 11's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave XMAS the free kick. After a rather tough play, ARMENIAN 11's Casey Mixon got a free kick in the 10th minute. Ennio De Nardis in the 15thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Pat Bond, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Pat Bond didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Enzo Alfonsi went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-0 was the resulting score. The supporters of XMAS booed when ARMENIAN 11 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Casey Mixon didn't get a good kick on the ball. 23 minutes into the match, XMAS's goal looked a bit too open when Sylvester Chang came free, but Dennis Urbani reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Casey Mixon hit a great freekick 30 minutes into the match. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind XMAS's goalkeeper Dennis Urbani, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. After a rather tough play, XMAS's Comunardo Paoletti got a free kick in the 33rd minute. King Davison hit a great freekick 38 minutes into the match. Alessandro Vettori could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 39th minute of the match, but Pat Bond made a huge save. When the match had gone on for 41 minutes, Merle Mansfield put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Dennis Urbani. King Davison's late challenge caught a XMAS's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. King Davison helped the player get up and apologised. The XMAS players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. ARMENIAN 11 were winning 1-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ennio De Nardis to make the kick off. Ennio De Nardis succeeded in the game's 54th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 2-2. ARMENIAN 11 made a substitution. Pedro Lofton replaced Casey Mixon. ARMENIAN 11's Carson Harden was substituted for Hugh Bailey. In the 59th match minute, ARMENIAN 11 was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Merle Mansfield to maneuver through the defense. Pat Bond showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ennio De Nardis, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Pedro Lofton kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Ennio De Nardis's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Pat Bond was relentless in the 72nd minute of the game. King Davison was shown his second yellow card after 76 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of XMAS booed when ARMENIAN 11 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. King Davison didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in ARMENIAN 11's zone, Ennio De Nardis stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Pat Bond came out of the goal and Ennio De Nardis tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ennio De Nardis in the 82nd minute of play forced ARMENIAN 11's goalkeeper Pat Bond to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Enzo Alfonsi received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 85th minute. Pat Bond tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Joshua Fitzgerald hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Dennis Urbani took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sylvester Chang, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 95 minutes, Sylvester Chang managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. ARMENIAN 11's supporters crossed their fingers, but Sylvester Chang was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.