Official Cup

Pueblo Park
Spectators: 168 (Terracing: 127, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Pablo Opilano got the match started through his kick off. Xavier Smallwood charged in rather forcefully in the 6th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Xavier Smallwood the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, United States's Xavier Smallwood got a free kick in the 6th minute. The audience was convinced that Jaime McClendon's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Maria Branco was relentless in the 14th minute of the game. Pueblo FC were awarded a corner in the 14th minute after United States's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jaime McClendon took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Jaime McClendon got away a dangerous shot. Despite this José Maria Branco quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 19 minutes in the game, Gerry Franco dribbled his way through the penalty area and after maneuvering past an opponent, drilled a quick shot at the goal. The ball looked like it was going in, but it was hit a bit too hard and flew over the goal. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Douglas Medley in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck José Maria Branco prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jackson Valle in the 24th minute of play forced United States's goalkeeper José Maria Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Gerry Franco could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 26th minute of the match, but José Maria Branco made a huge save. In the 28th minute of the match, Jaime McClendon tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but José Maria Branco saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. 31 minutes into the match, United States's goal looked a bit too open when Russell Hare came free, but José Maria Branco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 33 minutes into the match, United States's goal looked a bit too open when Jaime McClendon came free, but José Maria Branco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35thth minute of the game Douglas Medley who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but United States's José Maria Branco was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jaime McClendon in the 36th minute of play forced United States's goalkeeper José Maria Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Pueblo FC's Jaime McClendon in the 43rd minute got a chance for a shot 43rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye United States's goalie prevented a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by 魏耀远 in the 46th minute of play forced Pueblo FC's goalkeeper Boyd Winkler to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Maria Branco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jaime McClendon, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. Pueblo FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jaime McClendon in the 49th minute.

United States's José Maria Branco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jaime McClendon in the 65th minute of play. Peter Parker blasted a shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Boyd Winkler having to make a save. José Maria Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jaime McClendon in the 68th minute of the match. In the 70th minute Jaime McClendon shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Maria Branco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Pueblo FC's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jaime McClendon in the 71st minute. After taking down the ball on Pueblo FC's corner Jaime McClendon fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and José Maria Branco quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Douglas Medley in the 73rd minute of play forced United States's goalkeeper José Maria Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. José Maria Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Russell Hare in the 75th minute of the match. In the 76th minute Gerry Franco shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but José Maria Branco saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Douglas Medley in the 80th minute of play forced United States's goalkeeper José Maria Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 84th minute, Wes Rainey hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 86 minutes United States's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jaime McClendon who took care of the corner kick. José Maria Branco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Douglas Medley in the 88th minute of the match. José Maria Branco took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jaime McClendon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. José Maria Branco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Russell Hare, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. With a little luck, Pueblo FC's Boyd Winkler got control of the ball when Peter Parker tried to sneak it across the goal line. 95 minutes into the game, Jaime McClendon cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. José Maria Branco was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The referee blew his whistle, and the match came to a close. The players exchanged shirts and headed down the tunnel. The Pueblo FC fans cheered their team off the field, for while United States had put up a good fight, they were unable to come out of the game with any points to show for their effort.