Official Cup

DEMIRHAN PARK
Spectators: 184 (Terracing: 139, Seating: 42, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Whitney Flanagan kicked off to start the match. Rob Singer charged in rather forcefully in the 3rd minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Rob Singer the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Rob Singer kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Xu Yun Quan scored 0-1 in the 4th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Anson Anthony, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Anson Anthony took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Xu Yun Quan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. C. A. Independiente's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Eric Snowden in the 11th minute. Sid Chadwick kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. Anson Anthony didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Kerry Sellers went, in the 15th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-2 was the resulting score. Anson Anthony showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kerry Sellers, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. Xu Yun Quan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 20th minute. Anson Anthony tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 22 minutes into the match, Sid Chadwick had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Anson Anthony. AC DeMiRHaN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Sid Chadwick was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. AC DeMiRHaN's Anson Anthony played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sid Chadwick in the 28th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Kerry Sellers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anson Anthony was relentless in the 30th minute of the game. AC DeMiRHaN's Anson Anthony played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kerry Sellers in the 31st minute of play. In the 32nd match minute, C. A. Independiente was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Claudio Marangoni to maneuver through the defense. In the 37th minute Kerry Sellers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Anson Anthony saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Kerry Sellers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Anson Anthony was relentless in the 43rd minute of the game. C. A. Independiente's Kerry Sellers got a good chance for a goal in the 45th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 47th match minute, C. A. Independiente was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sid Chadwick to maneuver through the defense. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Xu Yun Quan made the kick off in the second half. After a rather tough play, AC DeMiRHaN's Brent-Jan Koninckx got a free kick in the 50th minute. Anson Anthony didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sid Chadwick went, in the 53rd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-4 was the resulting score. Anson Anthony showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kerry Sellers, who was totally free with the ball in the 64th minute. AC DeMiRHaN's Anson Anthony proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 68th minute of the match, managed to save AC DeMiRHaN from getting a goal against them. A nice corner shot did that Eric Snowden got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Anson Anthony quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 74 minutes into the match, AC DeMiRHaN's goal looked a bit too open when Kerry Sellers came free, but Anson Anthony reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 76th minute, AC DeMiRHaN's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Xu Yun Quan fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. A collision led to AC DeMiRHaN getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Brent-Jan Koninckx hit a great ball. After 85 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for AC DeMiRHaN! In the 90th minute of the game Liu Tian Zheng made a throw-in which Kurtis Villanueva played forward. A collision led to AC DeMiRHaN getting a freekick after 93 minutes play. Brent-Jan Koninckx hit a great ball. The supporters of C. A. Independiente booed when AC DeMiRHaN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zachariasz Tokarczyk didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a defensive mix-up in AC DeMiRHaN's zone, Eric Snowden stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Anson Anthony came out of the goal and Eric Snowden tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. The C. A. Independiente supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing C. A. Independiente would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.