Official Cup

Stowe IP
Spectators: 175 (Terracing: 132, 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. Darell Frey started the match with the kick off. Olin Piper hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 15th minute, Olin Piper managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stowe City's supporters rose to their feet, but Olin Piper was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ricardo Wong breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After 20 minutes of play, Stowe City's Dwayne Grover made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ricardo Wong was left in no man's land by his defense there! 23 minutes into the match, Darell Frey had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Ricardo Wong. Zamalek FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Darell Frey was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. A hard shot 27 in the game by Olin Piper from a close distance when the talented Ricardo Wong managed to make a qualified save. Zamalek FC's players were relieved. In the 30th play minute Dwayne Grover came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Ricardo Wong. 5-0. 33 minutes into the game, Darell Frey cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 6-0. Ricardo Wong was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 37th minute, Zamalek FC's Paul De La Cruz seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Paul De La Cruz the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Zamalek FC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Paul De La Cruz had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. Dwayne Grover blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Ricardo Wong having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cason Rojas in the 45th minute of play forced Zamalek FC's goalkeeper Ricardo Wong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Malcolm Neal was the one to do the kick off. Carson Sherrill hit a great freekick 54 minutes into the match. When Dwayne Grover came up free with the goalie in the 62nd minute, the Stowe City fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Dwayne Grover couldn't finish the play. Ricardo Wong showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cason Rojas in the 67th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Darell Frey in the 68th minute of play forced Zamalek FC's goalkeeper Ricardo Wong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dwayne Grover fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 72nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Wong having to interfere. Stowe City's Ulysses Lyles was substituted for Emilio Ianni. After some fancy dribbling in the 76th minute, Darell Frey managed to get in a good position for a shot. Stowe City's supporters rose to their feet, but Darell Frey was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Ricardo Wong breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 79th minute Olin Piper shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ricardo Wong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Darell Frey fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 80th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Ricardo Wong having to interfere. In the 82nd minute, Darell Frey ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ricardo Wong was frozen by the shot and now it was 8-0. After 89 minutes, Dexter Ashley mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Stowe City and the Zamalek FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Dexter Ashley hit a great freekick 89 minutes into the match. Stowe City walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.