Official Cup

United States
Spectators: 157 (Terracing: 118, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Richie Arnold kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richie Arnold in the 7th minute of play forced United States's goalkeeper José Maria Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Richie Arnold in the 7th minute of play forced United States's goalkeeper José Maria Branco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. United States's José Maria Branco played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Richie Arnold in the 9th minute of play. In the 10th minute Astrologer FC were awarded a corner. Scottie Leonard went to the cornerflag to take it. Pablo Opilano did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Tomas Landry 14 minutes into the match. Peter Parker sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 18 minutes into the match, United States's goal looked a bit too open when Richie Arnold came free, but José Maria Branco reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Richie Arnold's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but José Maria Branco was relentless in the 18th minute of the game. When the match clock showed 20 minutes, the score became 2-0 when Pablo Opilano sped through Astrologer FC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tomas Landry. José Maria Branco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Mays in the 23rd minute of play. José Maria Branco made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Alfred Mays in the 24th minute of play. In the 25th minute, Alfred Mays left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Astrologer FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. In the 27th minute Richie Arnold 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. Astrologer FC were awarded a corner in the 29th minute after United States's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Scottie Leonard took the corner. After taking down the ball on Astrologer FC's corner Scottie Leonard 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. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, 史岚庭 managed to get in a good position for a shot. United States's supporters rose to their feet, but 史岚庭 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tomas Landry breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. In the 42nd minute, Domenico Gallo hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Luther Story's late challenge caught a United States's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Luther Story helped the player get up and apologised. In the 43rd minute, Luther Story hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 44th minute of the match Pablo Opilano sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Tomas Landry skillfully saved the ball. Tomas McCray's late challenge caught a United States's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tomas McCray helped the player get up and apologised. In the 44th minute, Tomas McCray hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Damon Blue received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 48th minute. José Maria Branco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

Luther Story was shown his second yellow card after 53 minutes, following a rather ugly tackle on opponent. That was the end of his participation in the match. The supporters of United States booed when Astrologer FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 53 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luther Story didn't get a good kick on the ball. After a rather tough play, Astrologer FC's Jessie Ware got a free kick in the 55th minute. After 56 minutes of play Astrologer FC's Tomas McCray was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. The supporters of United States booed when Astrologer FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 57 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tomas McCray didn't get a good kick on the ball. United States's 魏耀远 got a good chance for a goal in the 58th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 59th minute the ball was on its way in behind United States's goalkeeper José Maria Branco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Damon Blue received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 62nd minute. José Maria Branco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Pablo Opilano in the 66th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Tomas Landry saved Astrologer FC from getting behind. José Maria Branco made an important save on a dangerous shot by Damon Blue in the 70th minute. United States's defense didn't have a chance, in the 76th minute, when Damon Blue scored to the left of an out of position José Maria Branco, making the score, 2-2. Tomas Landry took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Pablo Opilano, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 82 minutes, Alfred Mays managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Astrologer FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Alfred Mays was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After some fancy dribbling in the 84th minute, 史岚庭 managed to get in a good position for a shot. United States's supporters rose to their feet, but 史岚庭 was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Tomas Landry breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 89th minute, Jessie Ware managed to get in a good position for a shot. Astrologer FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Jessie Ware was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. José Maria Branco breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. 91 minutes into the match, Damon Blue dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of José Maria Branco, 2-3. When Damon Blue came up free with the goalie in the 97th minute, the Astrologer FC 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 Damon Blue couldn't finish the play. Astrologer FC's players went to the stands to thank the travelling support. The fan's backing had helped spurr the team on to a fine performance that won them the match.