Official Cup

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 170 (Terracing: 128, Seating: 39, VIP seats: 3) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Joaquim Vilar got the match started through his kick off. El Canalla de Chicago's Emmanuel Lockhart quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Rich Jean, made in the 3rd minute of the game. Wilbur Hyde showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cyryl Karpinski in the 5th minute of the match. El Canalla de Chicago's Wilbur Hyde played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cyryl Karpinski in the 8th minute of play. Roman Rollins showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Joaquim Vilar, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. After a rather tough play, El Canalla de Chicago's Carlo Greenberg got a free kick in the 13th minute. 15 minutes into the match, Joaquim Vilar had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Roman Rollins. Boca Juniors's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Joaquim Vilar was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. 23 minutes into the match, Joaquim Vilar notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of Boca Juniors's Roman Rollins. Roman Rollins was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Cyryl Karpinski fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 26th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Wilbur Hyde having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vitinho Diniz in the 27th minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Wilbur Hyde to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Domingo Lopez's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Roman Rollins firmly grabbed it by the left post. After taking down the ball on El Canalla de Chicago's corner Claude Mueller fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Roman Rollins quite easily take care of the ball. 39 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's Domingo Lopez sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Roman Rollins narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A throw-in in the 42nd minute of the game was made by Tristan Mansfield with Rich Jean as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 3-1 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Cyryl Karpinski was the one to do the kick off. Tristan Mansfield made in the 51st minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Rich Jean however managed to control. If Carlo Greenberg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 61st match minute, Boca Juniors was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tristan Mansfield to maneuver through the defense. El Canalla de Chicago's Cary Ackerman was substituted for Andreas Sanchez. The supporters of El Canalla de Chicago booed when Boca Juniors was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 62 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tristan Mansfield didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 63rd minute, Domingo Lopez made a precise shot to the right of Roman Rollins. Boca Juniors's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-1. In the 66th minute, Joaquim Vilar got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Boca Juniors's Neil Kemp was substituted for Vitinho Diniz. In the 75thth minute of the game Joaquim Vilar who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Boca Juniors's Roman Rollins was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. El Canalla de Chicago's Wilbur Hyde proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 79th minute of the match, managed to save El Canalla de Chicago from getting a goal against them. 80 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's goal looked a bit too open when Jason Stuart came free, but Wilbur Hyde reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roman Rollins showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Joaquim Vilar in the 86th minute of the match. Roman Rollins took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Domingo Lopez, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute of the match El Canalla de Chicago got a corner. Boca Juniors's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Joaquim Vilar ran over to the corner to take the kick. After taking down the ball on El Canalla de Chicago's corner Joaquim Vilar fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Roman Rollins quite easily take care of the ball. With a little luck, El Canalla de Chicago's Wilbur Hyde got control of the ball when Shelby Cruz tried to sneak it across the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Justin Raines in the 94th minute of play forced Boca Juniors's goalkeeper Roman Rollins to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 95 played minutes Boca Juniors got a freekick which was hit by Tristan Mansfield. The El Canalla de Chicago players were eager to celebrate when the final whistle sounded. They had somehow managed to win, even though the away team had held the majority of the possession.