Official Cup

Waterbury Arena
Spectators: 158 (Terracing: 119, Seating: 36, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Vernon McCall took the kick off in the first half of the match. After recieving a nice pass, Waterbury Rangers's Ryan Esparza tried to score from far away in the 3rd minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 5 minutes into the game, Shayne Cagle cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Rick Ochoa was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After having played for 7 minutes, Rodolfo Cordero managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Waterbury Rangers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rodolfo Cordero was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Shayne Cagle did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-0 to the left of a surprised Rick Ochoa 8 minutes into the match. If Shayne Cagle had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 11th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Rick Ochoa didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Rodolfo Cordero went, in the 12th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. In the 14th minute, Waterbury Rangers's Preston Winston dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 4-0. With his leg Rick Ochoa managed to avoid a goal in the 19thth minute, when Waterbury Rangers's Shayne Cagle fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. When the match had gone on for 22 minutes, Shayne Cagle put it in 5-0 from a short distance just to the right of Rick Ochoa. 34 minutes into the game, Waterbury Rangers's Rodolfo Cordero nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Rick Ochoa made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 8-0. Make America Great Again's Rick Ochoa proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 38th minute of the match, managed to save Make America Great Again from getting a goal against them. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Rodolfo Cordero managed to get in a good position for a shot. Waterbury Rangers's supporters rose to their feet, but Rodolfo Cordero was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rick Ochoa breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Shayne Cagle recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 45th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 9-0.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Shayne Cagle stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Rodolfo Cordero sent away a hard shot on goal in the 53rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 55th match minute, Make America Great Again was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vernon McCall to maneuver through the defense. Shayne Cagle scored 10-0 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Rick Ochoa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 60 minutes into the match, Make America Great Again's goal looked a bit too open when Shayne Cagle came free, but Rick Ochoa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 60 minutes of play, Waterbury Rangers's Shayne Cagle made it 11-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rick Ochoa was left in no man's land by his defense there! 12-0 became the score in the 67th minute when Rodolfo Cordero elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. After 70 played minutes Waterbury Rangers got a freekick which was hit by Jude Blankenship. Rick Ochoa took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rodolfo Cordero, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Make America Great Again's Rick Ochoa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Shayne Cagle in the 75th minute of play. Preston Winston kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. In the 80th match minute, Waterbury Rangers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Preston Winston to maneuver through the defense. 81 minutes into the game, Make America Great Again's Jon Stapleton nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Boyd Donnelly made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 12-1. Jon Stapleton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Boyd Donnelly having to interfere. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cole Kidd got free with Boyd Donnelly in the 90th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Shayne Cagle in the 92nd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Rick Ochoa saved Make America Great Again from getting behind. Waterbury Rangers walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.