Official Cup

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 194 (Terracing: 146, Seating: 45, VIP seats: 3) Lucas Navarro started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. When the match had gone on for 4 minutes, Merlin Castro put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Shaki Conn. Shaki Conn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hu Wei Shu in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Khachatryan were awarded a corner. Albert Paulíny went to the cornerflag to take it. Lance Green tried in the 8th minute to hit away a contribution but miss-kicked the ball which ended up in his own goal and left an unhappy Shaki Conn a with quite unnecessary self made goal. Result 2-0. Shaki Conn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merlin Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Shaki Conn showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Merlin Castro, who was totally free with the ball in the 13th minute. After some careless play in the ForestFire defense, Hu Wei Shu kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Shaki Conn. The ForestFire fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Shaki Conn should have stopped the shot. 17 minutes in the game, Sung McKinley fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Shaki Conn having to interfere. In the 25th minute, Tracy Shah ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Tigran Balayan was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-1. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Petros Oganesyan hit a great ball. In the 37th minute, Ben Gilliam hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khachatryan's Tigran Balayan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Lucas Navarro in the 38th minute of play. Tigran Balayan made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tracy Shah in the 39th minute of play. If Tigran Kirakosyan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 40th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. ForestFire's Shaki Conn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Tigran Kirakosyan in the 43rd minute of play. Shaki Conn stood somewhat misplaced when Merlin Castro came free in front of goal and shot 4-1 to the left of him in the 47 minute. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 4-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sung McKinley to make the kick off. Shaki Conn made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sung McKinley in the 54th minute of play. In the 56thth minute of the game Tigran Kirakosyan who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but ForestFire's Shaki Conn was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sung McKinley in the 57th minute of play forced ForestFire's goalkeeper Shaki Conn to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Ben Gilliam blasted a shot towards the goal in the 58th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tigran Balayan having to make a save. A collision led to Khachatryan getting a freekick after 60 minutes play. Petros Oganesyan hit a great ball. A hard shot by Ben Gilliam from long distance, 60 minutes into the match, got Tigran Balayan's attention. Through a fast twist with his body, he could stop the ball from going in on his right side. Jose Hoyt hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. Khachatryan's Abel Avetisyan was substituted for Tigran Kirakosyan. Jose Hoyt kicked well hit freekick during the 62nd minute of the match. Shaki Conn showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sung McKinley in the 65th minute of the match. 66 minutes into the match, ForestFire's goal looked a bit too open when Merlin Castro came free, but Shaki Conn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th match minute, ForestFire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Brad Brock to maneuver through the defense. ForestFire's Todd Mayes was substituted for Danial Dunbar. Brad Brock kicked well hit freekick during the 75th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, ForestFire's Ben Gilliam got a free kick in the 76th minute. ForestFire's Shaki Conn played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sung McKinley in the 77th minute of play. 79 minutes into the match, ForestFire's goal looked a bit too open when Sung McKinley came free, but Shaki Conn reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Sung McKinley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Shaki Conn was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. Shaki Conn stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Sung McKinley's shot from short distance in the 82nd minute. The Khachatryan fans' excitement grew in the 84th match minute when Khachatryan's Sung McKinley looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 5-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. Joseph Reeder's late challenge caught a Khachatryan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Joseph Reeder helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, ForestFire's Joseph Reeder got a free kick in the 95th minute. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Khachatryan fans cheered their team off the field, for while ForestFire had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.