League

South Weber Park
Spectators: 7692 (Terracing: 5692, Seating: 1841, VIP seats: 159) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Michael Wilkes started the match with the kick off. Rudolph Stevenson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hakim Belloumi in the 7th minute. The supporters of South Weber AFC booed when Iberia United was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Esteban Newcomb didn't get a good kick on the ball. South Weber AFC's Ollie Esposito played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Joseph Donaldson in the 13th minute of play. 16 minutes into the game, Ali Cox threw the ball into play from the sideline. South Weber AFC's Elliott McCoy quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Hakim Belloumi sent away a hard shot on goal in the 17th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 19 minutes into the match, Iberia United's goalkeeper Rudolph Stevenson had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Elliott McCoy. After some fancy dribbling in the 21st minute, Elliott McCoy managed to get in a good position for a shot. South Weber AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Elliott McCoy was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Rudolph Stevenson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Joseph Donaldson in the 23rd minute of play forced South Weber AFC's goalkeeper Ollie Esposito to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 27th minute, Stevie Thomas left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The South Weber AFC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. 31 minutes into the game, Stevie Thomas recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Rudolph Stevenson. Stevie Thomas showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. Ollie Esposito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Solomon Storey in the 35th minute of the match. Rudolph Stevenson made a fantastic save in the 40th minute, when Hakim Belloumi sent off a good shot on target. Alec Ellison made in the 42nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by South Weber AFC's Elliott McCoy. Rudolph Stevenson showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stevie Thomas in the 43rd minute of the match. Rudolph Stevenson didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Hakim Belloumi went, in the 44th minute, to the upper right corner, 3-0 was the resulting score. Elliott McCoy could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 47th minute of the match, but Rudolph Stevenson made a huge save. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Michael Wilkes hit a great freekick 50 minutes into the match. Rudolph Stevenson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Stevie Thomas, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 53rd minute Hakim Belloumi shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rudolph Stevenson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 55 minutes of play, South Weber AFC's Hakim Belloumi made it 4-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Rudolph Stevenson was left in no man's land by his defense there! Ollie Esposito stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Joseph Donaldson's shot from short distance in the 62nd minute. 64 minutes into the match, South Weber AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Michael Wilkes came free, but Ollie Esposito reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Wilfred Vang hit a great freekick 66 minutes into the match. With a little luck, South Weber AFC's Ollie Esposito got control of the ball when Clinton Tobin tried to sneak it across the goal line. Ollie Esposito showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Michael Wilkes in the 74th minute of the match. Ollie Esposito was out of position in the 75 minute of play, and Michael Wilkes capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Michael Wilkes really showed his touch with that goal: 4-1. Rudolph Stevenson came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by South Weber AFC's Stevie Thomas. But to his dismay, Stevie Thomas quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-1. An unexpectedly hard shot by Todd Chen in the 87th minute of play forced Iberia United's goalkeeper Rudolph Stevenson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Hakim Belloumi had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 90th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Iberia United's Rudolph Stevenson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hakim Belloumi in the 93rd minute of play. The crowd rose to their feet and cheered when the referee blew the final whistle. South Weber AFC had won after a very even match.