U18 League

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 174 (Terracing: 131, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Patricio Alvarado took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Kermit DeJesus to maneuver through the defense. The corner ended in Félix Moreno almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but El Canalla de Chicago's Jonah Peck did a great save. Fidel Santana stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of James Uribe's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. Félix Moreno took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 16th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Jonah Peck. El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 18th match minute, GuateFortín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Franklin Henriquez to maneuver through the defense. James Uribe sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, El Canalla de Chicago's Dustin Thome got a free kick in the 27th minute. GuateFortín's Fidel Santana played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Stout in the 29th minute of play. In the 35th match minute, GuateFortín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Félix Moreno to maneuver through the defense. Clark Lindsey's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Fidel Santana firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 44th minute, Félix Moreno made a precise shot to the right of Jonah Peck. El Canalla de Chicago's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. When Clark Lindsey came up free with the goalie in the 47th minute, the El Canalla de Chicago 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 Clark Lindsey couldn't finish the play.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Clark Lindsey to strike the kick off in the second half. 52 minutes into the match, GuateFortín's goal looked a bit too open when Clark Lindsey came free, but Fidel Santana reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alberto Santamaria's late challenge caught a El Canalla de Chicago's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Alberto Santamaria helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, GuateFortín's Alberto Santamaria got a free kick in the 57th minute. Fidel Santana came out of the goal in the 59th minute to try and stop a shot by El Canalla de Chicago's Dustin Thome. But to his dismay, Dustin Thome quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. Arturo Pinho's late challenge caught a El Canalla de Chicago's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Arturo Pinho helped the player get up and apologised. In the 68th minute, Arturo Pinho hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. El Canalla de Chicago's Cobi Babcock was substituted for A.J. Fernandez. Arturo Pinho hit a great freekick 70 minutes into the match. When Ricardo Mora fell near the penalty area in the 73rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored GuateFortín's protests and gave Ricardo Mora a yellow card for diving instead. Alfredo Hinguanzo hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. 84 minutes into the match, James Uribe had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fidel Santana. GuateFortín's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that James Uribe was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. In the 91st match minute, GuateFortín was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Arturo Pinho to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Stout in the 92nd minute of play forced GuateFortín's goalkeeper Fidel Santana to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. El Canalla de Chicago had played much better football throughout.