League

El Gigante
Spectators: 9194 (Terracing: 6897, Seating: 2114, VIP seats: 183) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Jasper McGee got the match started through his kick off. In the 3rd match minute, LEXINGTON F.C. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sheldon Arredondo to maneuver through the defense. Pang Chao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marshall Titus, who was totally free with the ball in the 6th minute. 7 minutes into the match, Bryce McGowan notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of LEXINGTON F.C.'s Pang Chao. Pang Chao was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 19 minutes of play, US Army's Bryce McGowan made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Pang Chao was left in no man's land by his defense there! Santiago Goodrich kicked well hit freekick during the 24th minute of the match. LEXINGTON F.C.'s Pang Chao played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bryce McGowan in the 25th minute of play. In the 25thth minute of the game Marshall Titus who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LEXINGTON F.C.'s Pang Chao was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Pang Chao showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bryce McGowan, who was totally free with the ball in the 27th minute. Pang Chao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bryce McGowan in the 27th minute of play. Léon Messi kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 28th minute, Bryce McGowan managed to get in a good position for a shot. US Army's supporters rose to their feet, but Bryce McGowan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Pang Chao breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Pang Chao took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Octavio Parker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Octavio Parker in the 37th minute of play forced LEXINGTON F.C.'s goalkeeper Pang Chao to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 40 minutes into the match, LEXINGTON F.C.'s goal looked a bit too open when Marshall Titus came free, but Pang Chao reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Pang Chao made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bryce McGowan in the 45th minute of play. Bryce McGowan scored 0-3 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Pang Chao, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The wind increased when Bryce McGowan made the kick off in the second half. Pang Chao made a fantastic save in the 51st minute, when Bryce McGowan sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dino Maia in the 56th minute of play forced US Army's goalkeeper Brant Benson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After a rather tough play, LEXINGTON F.C.'s Diego Armando got a free kick in the 56th minute. LEXINGTON F.C.'s Pang Chao proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 60th minute of the match, managed to save LEXINGTON F.C. from getting a goal against them. Pang Chao was a little too slow when Octavio Parker got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 62nd minute. The score was now 0-4. Kasey Poole hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. The supporters of US Army booed when LEXINGTON F.C. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Donny Davison didn't get a good kick on the ball. Pang Chao made a fantastic save in the 69th minute, when Brad Murdock sent off a good shot on target. When the match had gone on for 70 minutes, Octavio Parker took a quick shot and it went in 0-5 without a chance for Pang Chao to make any attempt to save it. Bryce McGowan succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-6 in the 74th playminute. Bryce McGowan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Pang Chao having to interfere. Octavio Parker in the 84thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Pang Chao, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. In the 86th minute Vali Miclovan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Pang Chao saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Brant Benson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jasper McGee in the 90th minute of play. In the 91st minute of the match Diego Armando shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Brant Benson showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Octavio Parker took the ball and in the 93 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Pang Chao. Pang Chao dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-7. The LEXINGTON F.C. fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. US Army were clearly better and deserved to take the win.