Official Cup

El Templo del Bosque
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) Josiah McIntosh made the kick off and thus started the match. S.D. Bajen's Pascal Avalos proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 3rd minute of the match, managed to save S.D. Bajen from getting a goal against them. Pascal Avalos stood somewhat misplaced when Josiah McIntosh came free in front of goal and shot 1-0 to the left of him in the 3 minute. Nelson Insfrán made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Brent Cowan in the 7th minute of play. Dong Cheng kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. 11 minutes into the game, Merrill Mays was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. EL LOBO DE MIAMI's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave S.D. Bajen the free kick. Merrill Mays hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. Merrill Mays kicked well hit freekick during the 17th minute of the match. A collision led to S.D. Bajen getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Anton Trimble hit a great ball. 25 minutes into the game, Josiah McIntosh recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Pascal Avalos. Josiah McIntosh showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. Jorge Baez made a great header on S.D. Bajen's corner, it was just that EL LOBO DE MIAMI's Nelson Insfrán managed to reach the ball for a save. The supporters of S.D. Bajen booed when EL LOBO DE MIAMI was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tracey Hodges didn't get a good kick on the ball. Jorge Baez took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 37th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Nelson Insfrán. EL LOBO DE MIAMI's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 41 minutes into the match, Damian Callahan notched a goal, 2-2, to the right of EL LOBO DE MIAMI's Nelson Insfrán. Nelson Insfrán was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Nelson Insfrán showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Charlie Bravo, who was totally free with the ball in the 45th minute. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Charlie Bravo to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 53rd minute Josiah McIntosh shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascal Avalos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 54 minutes had been played when some careless play by S.D. Bajen's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Kareem Kuhn was slow to take the kick. During this time EL LOBO DE MIAMI's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on EL LOBO DE MIAMI's corner Kareem Kuhn fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Pascal Avalos quite easily take care of the ball. Pascal Avalos showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Josiah McIntosh, who was totally free with the ball in the 55th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Brent Cowan in the 59th minute of play forced EL LOBO DE MIAMI's goalkeeper Nelson Insfrán to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Damian Callahan got free with Nelson Insfrán in the 61st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Dong Cheng hit a great freekick 63 minutes into the match. In the 69th minute, Merrill Mays hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. S.D. Bajen's Darius Seals couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 70th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for EL LOBO DE MIAMI. If Josiah McIntosh had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Pascal Avalos took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Josiah McIntosh, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nelson Insfrán showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Damian Callahan in the 78th minute of the match. When Merrill Mays was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 79 minutes had been played. Brent Cowan could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Nelson Insfrán made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Brent Cowan's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nelson Insfrán was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. After 86 played minutes EL LOBO DE MIAMI got a freekick which was hit by Gustavo Lyons. When the referee blew the final whistle, EL LOBO DE MIAMI could leave the field as winners, despite S.D. Bajen having more of the ball for most of the match.