League

Flossmoor Park
Spectators: 6000 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Al Cordova made the kick off which started today's match. Hank Gill didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Moises Cotton went, in the 4th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Hank Gill showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Al Cordova, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Hank Gill took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Moises Cotton, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Rocky Hilton had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 0-2 became the score in the 15th minute when Moises Cotton elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar. In the 26th minute, New York Towers's Anton Worthington ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Diego Rector. Diego Rector yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-2. With his leg Diego Rector managed to avoid a goal in the 30thth minute, when New York Towers's Anton Worthington fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Boulder City AFC's Diego Rector proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 34th minute of the match, managed to save Boulder City AFC from getting a goal against them. Diego Rector showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Anton Worthington, who was totally free with the ball in the 42nd minute. Anton Worthington was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 47th minute. New York Towers's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance.

After a rather tough play, New York Towers's King Wallace got a free kick in the 51st minute. Moises Cotton could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 52nd minute of the match, but Hank Gill made a huge save. 54 minutes into the match, Boulder City AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Anton Worthington came free, but Diego Rector reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 54th match minute, Boulder City AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Roland Sherwood to maneuver through the defense. After 58 minutes of play, Boulder City AFC's Moises Cotton made it 1-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Hank Gill was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 65th match minute, Boulder City AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hans Dudley to maneuver through the defense. In the 68th match minute, New York Towers was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Wendell Ziegler to maneuver through the defense. After having played for 76 minutes, Rocky Hilton managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. New York Towers's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rocky Hilton was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 80th minute, Boulder City AFC's Joaquin Landrum seemed to kick out at an opponent. The referee saw this and, surprisingly, showed Joaquin Landrum the red card, dismissing him from the pitch. The coaching staff of Boulder City AFC protested bitterly, but the referee would have none of it, and Joaquin Landrum had no choice but to slowly walk off the pitch. The Boulder City AFC supporters could be heard counting down the last seconds of the match. They errupted in celebration when the whistle blew, knowing Boulder City AFC would go home with victory in their luggage after a match that easily could have ended differently.