U23 World League

Cascade Park West St
Spectators: 7463 (Terracing: 5598, Seating: 1716, VIP seats: 149) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Claude Walters kicked off to start the match. Claude Walters blasted a shot towards the goal in the 4th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Pascual Prejun having to make a save. Charles Knapp took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ciriaco Txatxu, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Claude Walters hit a great freekick 12 minutes into the match. In a very dangerous position, a player in Italia fell when an opponent tried to get the ball from him in the 15th minute. Penalty! The goalkeeper, Pascual Prejun, was totally fooled by Cascade Park West's Chad Busby, who 17 minutes into the game made a penalty shot that went in on the goalkeeper's left side. Tommie Ragsdale sent away a hard shot on goal in the 21st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Wes Abel fell near the penalty area in the 29th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Cascade Park West's protests and gave Wes Abel a yellow card for diving instead. After 30 played minutes, Italia's Braulio Nalo shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Charles Knapp came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Italia reached it. Leonardo Lartaun hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. An unexpected shot in the 42nd minute by Davis Gauthier got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claude Walters in the 44th minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Pascual Prejun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Dionisio Peruxu had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 47th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Faustino Ralondo stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute Tommie Ragsdale shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascual Prejun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Faustino Ralondo had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 62nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claude Walters in the 65th minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Pascual Prejun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wes Abel kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Italia's attentive Mauro Jon managed to snatch the ball when Wes Abel made a throw-in in the 70th minute of the game. In the 72nd minute, Tommie Ragsdale made a precise shot to the right of Pascual Prejun. Italia's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. In the 75th minute Trevor Schumacher shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pascual Prejun saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, Cascade Park West's Lorenzo Bloom got a free kick in the 76th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tommie Ragsdale in the 93rd minute of play forced Italia's goalkeeper Pascual Prejun to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cascade Park West's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.