Official Cup

Arborial Park
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Jeffrey Yoshioka started the match with the kick off. Reed Molina showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonah Ryan, who was totally free with the ball in the 3rd minute. In the 7th match minute, ForestFire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lane Martinez to maneuver through the defense. American Airlines's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Joseph Mahoney in the 11th minute. A nice corner shot did that Joseph Mahoney got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Reed Molina quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 24 minutes of play, American Airlines's Jonah Ryan made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Reed Molina was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 32nd match minute, ForestFire was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lamar Knapp to maneuver through the defense. In the 33rd minute the ball was on its way in behind ForestFire's goalkeeper Reed Molina, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 37th minute ForestFire were awarded a corner. Sal Chamberlain went to the cornerflag to take it. ForestFire's Sal Chamberlain was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dale Skinner in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When American Airlines's Chandler Bing in the 42nd minute got a chance for a shot 42nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye ForestFire's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 47 minutes, Chandler Bing managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. American Airlines's supporters crossed their fingers, but Chandler Bing was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-3.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jonah Ryan was the one to do the kick off. Dale Skinner didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Duncan Nichols went, in the 60th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Thanks to some nice moves Jonah Ryan could shoot a difficult shot in the 70th minute, which Reed Molina however easily saved by the left post. Armin Trabucco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 75th minute of the match, but Reed Molina made a huge save. Dale Skinner came out of the goal in the 80th minute to try and stop a shot by ForestFire's Lane Martinez. But to his dismay, Lane Martinez quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-4. ForestFire's Jeffrey Yoshioka got a good chance for a goal in the 84th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Reed Molina made a fantastic save in the 89th minute, when Armin Trabucco sent off a good shot on target. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. American Airlines had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.