Prized/Friendly Cup

AA Arena
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Houston Floyd took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 7th minute, Luke Skywalker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 8 minutes into the game, Lyle Macias cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Jean-Marie Pfaff was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 12th minute Lyle Macias shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jean-Marie Pfaff saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When the match clock showed 13 minutes, the score became 1-2 when Blair Lusk sped through American Airlines's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jean-Marie Pfaff. The audience was convinced that Lyle Macias's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jean-Marie Pfaff was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. Jean-Marie Pfaff showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Blair Lusk, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Blair Lusk during the 18th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. 20 minutes into the match, Lyle Macias had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jean-Marie Pfaff. American Airlines's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Lyle Macias was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-3. Lyle Macias hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by George Costanza in the 29th minute of play forced Racing Miami Futbol Club's goalkeeper Franco Di Giambattista to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Jean-Marie Pfaff showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Blair Lusk in the 31st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Lyle Macias in the 33rd minute of play forced American Airlines's goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 37th minute the ball was on its way in behind American Airlines's goalkeeper Jean-Marie Pfaff, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 38th minute, Lyle Macias ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Jean-Marie Pfaff was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-5. In the 41st minute, one of American Airlines: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 American Airlines. Luke Skywalker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Franco Di Giambattista tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jean-Marie Pfaff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lyle Macias in the 47th minute of play. After the first half Racing Miami Futbol Club were leading 1-5. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

Racing Miami Futbol Club made a substitution. Denny Godwin replaced Willie Vogt. Racing Miami Futbol Club made a substitution. Genaro Cassidy replaced Lyle Macias. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Jackson Shipley stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Genaro Cassidy might have been able to make a better finish in the 54th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jean-Marie Pfaff. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Genaro Cassidy ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Genaro Cassidy got free with Jean-Marie Pfaff in the 54th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Genaro Cassidy took the ball and in the 55 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jean-Marie Pfaff. Jean-Marie Pfaff dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-6. Jean-Marie Pfaff didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Racing Miami Futbol Club's Jackson Shipley shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-7 in the ordered_time% minute. After 68 played minutes American Airlines got a freekick which was hit by Pipo Kaká. With his leg Jean-Marie Pfaff managed to avoid a goal in the 71stth minute, when Racing Miami Futbol Club's Genaro Cassidy fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Genaro Cassidy in the 71st managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jean-Marie Pfaff saved American Airlines from getting behind. After some careless play in the American Airlines defense, Genaro Cassidy kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jean-Marie Pfaff. The American Airlines fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jean-Marie Pfaff should have stopped the shot. After some careless play in the Racing Miami Futbol Club defense, Houston Floyd kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Franco Di Giambattista. The Racing Miami Futbol Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Franco Di Giambattista should have stopped the shot. In the 87th match minute, American Airlines was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Alec Torres to maneuver through the defense. Jean-Marie Pfaff made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jackson Shipley in the 89th minute of play. Genaro Cassidy's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 90thth minute, Jean-Marie Pfaff skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. In the 95th minute, Genaro Cassidy 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.