Official Cup

Milo Joyce Memorial
Spectators: 167 (Terracing: 126, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Charlie Bravo started the match with the kick off. Stephen Ambriz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Damian Callahan in the 3rd minute of play. 4 minutes into the match, LOS BUITRES's goal looked a bit too open when Damian Callahan came free, but Stephen Ambriz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in LOS BUITRES's zone, Brent Cowan stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Stephen Ambriz came out of the goal and Brent Cowan tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 9 played minutes LOS BUITRES got a freekick which was hit by Federico Boswell. The audience was convinced that Brent Cowan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Stephen Ambriz was relentless in the 12th minute of the game. Dong Cheng sent away a hard shot on goal in the 13th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Stephen Ambriz made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Charlie Bravo in the 15th minute of play. 18 minutes into the game, Alfred Bledsoe was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. LOS BUITRES's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave S.D. Bajen the free kick. After a rather tough play, LOS BUITRES's Alfred Bledsoe got a free kick in the 18th minute. Dong Cheng fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 18th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stephen Ambriz having to interfere. Stephen Ambriz didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Dong Cheng went, in the 20th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Charlie Bravo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stephen Ambriz having to interfere. After a rather tough play, LOS BUITRES's Rudolph Spaulding got a free kick in the 26th minute. In the 30th minute Brent Cowan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Stephen Ambriz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Charlie Bravo fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 32nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Stephen Ambriz having to interfere. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Sherman Eason to make the kick off. Oswaldo Church kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. In the 54th minute, S.D. Bajen's Charlie Bravo ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Stephen Ambriz. Stephen Ambriz yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. After a rather tough play, S.D. Bajen's Jorge Baez got a free kick in the 59th minute. In the 62nd play minute Dong Cheng came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Stephen Ambriz. 0-4. After 66 played minutes, LOS BUITRES's Oswaldo Church shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Pascal Avalos came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in LOS BUITRES reached it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dong Cheng got free with Stephen Ambriz in the 69th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dong Cheng's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 71stth minute, Stephen Ambriz skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. LOS BUITRES's defense didn't have a chance, in the 74th minute, when Charlie Bravo scored to the left of an out of position Stephen Ambriz, making the score, 0-5. S.D. Bajen's Graham Diaz was substituted for Jorge Baez. Damian Callahan sent away a hard shot on goal in the 85th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Charlie Bravo sent away a hard shot on goal in the 88th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. LOS BUITRES's Stephen Ambriz proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 93rd minute of the match, managed to save LOS BUITRES from getting a goal against them.