Official Cup

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 169 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) Patrick Fontenot started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Domingo Lopez came free with the goalkeeper in the 3rd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Jarrett Rosenberg could save by the left post. In the 8th minute, Claude Mueller reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Jarrett Rosenberg. The goal made the score 1-0. In the 20th minute, El Canalla de Chicago's Joaquim Vilar ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Jarrett Rosenberg. Jarrett Rosenberg yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 3-0. In the 26th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Domingo Lopez to maneuver through the defense. Wilbur Hyde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Patrick Fontenot in the 28th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Cosmos Soccer Club's goalkeeper Jarrett Rosenberg had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Joaquim Vilar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Domingo Lopez got free with Jarrett Rosenberg in the 32nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Brian Mendoza thought of kicking away a contribution in front of goal but messed it up so badly that the ball went to the right of an astonished Jarrett Rosenberg, a very annoying self made goal in the 33rd minute which led to 4-0. Cosmos Soccer Club's Jarrett Rosenberg proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Cosmos Soccer Club from getting a goal against them. 40 minutes into the match, Cosmos Soccer Club's goal looked a bit too open when Joaquim Vilar came free, but Jarrett Rosenberg reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Domingo Lopez sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jarrett Rosenberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquim Vilar, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joaquim Vilar in the 46th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jarrett Rosenberg saved Cosmos Soccer Club from getting behind. In the 47th minute of the match El Canalla de Chicago got a corner. Cosmos Soccer Club's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Claude Mueller ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Claude Mueller got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jarrett Rosenberg quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Joaquim Vilar stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jarrett Rosenberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquim Vilar in the 51st minute of the match. Jarrett Rosenberg showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquim Vilar in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 57th minute the ball was on its way in behind Cosmos Soccer Club's goalkeeper Jarrett Rosenberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 61st minute, Federico Maia hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. El Canalla de Chicago's Justin Raines was substituted for Hugo Hubbard. A collision led to Cosmos Soccer Club getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Federico Maia hit a great ball. 65 minutes into the match, Joaquim Vilar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Jarrett Rosenberg. Cosmos Soccer Club's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joaquim Vilar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 6-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Joaquim Vilar in the 70th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jarrett Rosenberg saved Cosmos Soccer Club from getting behind. In the 70thth minute of the game Joaquim Vilar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Cosmos Soccer Club's Jarrett Rosenberg was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 70 minutes, Joaquim Vilar made it 7-0 with a short kick to the right side. Cosmos Soccer Club's Jarrett Rosenberg tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 73rd minute, Joaquim Vilar left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The El Canalla de Chicago fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 8-0. A collision led to Cosmos Soccer Club getting a freekick after 77 minutes play. Nicky Cavazos hit a great ball. Domingo Lopez took the ball and in the 78 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jarrett Rosenberg. Jarrett Rosenberg dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 9-0. Jarrett Rosenberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquim Vilar, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. In the 82nd minute Domingo Lopez shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarrett Rosenberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Domingo Lopez in the 83rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Jarrett Rosenberg saved Cosmos Soccer Club from getting behind. Jarrett Rosenberg stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Domingo Lopez's shot from short distance in the 84th minute. In the 85th minute Joaquim Vilar shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarrett Rosenberg saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Domingo Lopez struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Jarrett Rosenberg didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Canalla de Chicago. El Canalla de Chicago's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.