League

Whitehead
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Raymond Favreau started the match with the kick off. Lincoln Pinneau showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jan Stanley, who was totally free with the ball in the 4th minute. Young Melton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Floyd Hendrix, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. When Jan Stanley came up free with the goalie in the 7th minute, the Shahin 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 Jan Stanley couldn't finish the play. Jan Stanley shot the penalty kick by force right in the crossbar. No goal. When the match clock showed 17 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Jan Stanley sped through Whitehead AFC's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Lincoln Pinneau. Shahin FC's Jan Stanley got a good chance for a goal in the 20th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. The audience thought a goal was coming when Howard Friedman got free with Young Melton in the 27th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 28th minute Randell Serrano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Young Melton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Raymond Favreau blasted a shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Young Melton having to make a save. If Jan Stanley had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 44th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Randell Serrano during the 45th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Randell Serrano hit a great freekick 45 minutes into the match. After the first half Shahin FC were leading 0-2. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Jan Stanley to strike the kick off in the second half. Tyree Matlock succeeded to score despite a near miss that spronge from right pole into the goal to 0-3 in the 51st playminute. Young Melton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Raymond Favreau in the 56th minute of the match. Jan Stanley sent away a hard shot on goal in the 59th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lincoln Pinneau made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jan Stanley in the 61st minute. Young Melton showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Randell Serrano, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. Young Melton came out of the goal in the 65th minute to try and stop a shot by Whitehead AFC's Rudolph Norman. But to his dismay, Rudolph Norman quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-3. After having played for 68 minutes, Rudolph Norman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Whitehead AFC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rudolph Norman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Jan Stanley recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 78th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Whitehead AFC's Randell Serrano got his second yellow card of the match in the 78th minute. The referee ordered Randell Serrano off the ground. The audience thought a goal was coming when Jan Stanley got free with Lincoln Pinneau in the 86th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 88 minutes of play, Shahin FC's Jan Stanley made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Lincoln Pinneau was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a rather tough play, Shahin FC's Jan Stanley got a free kick in the 93rd minute. Howard Friedman sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Shahin FC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.