U18 League

Mechanicville
Spectators: 147 (Terracing: 113, Seating: 34, VIP seats: 0) Mechanicville's Winston Matthews started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes into the match, Donny Garcia notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Mechanicville's Mitch Samuels. Mitch Samuels was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Mitch Samuels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Donny Garcia, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Mitch Samuels came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by San Antonio HotSPURS's Wilber Franklin. But to his dismay, Wilber Franklin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 11 minutes of play, San Antonio HotSPURS's Wilber Franklin made it 0-3 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mitch Samuels was left in no man's land by his defense there! When the match had gone on for 14 minutes, Wilber Franklin put it in 0-4 from a short distance just to the right of Mitch Samuels. Mitch Samuels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wilber Franklin in the 21st minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wilber Franklin in the 23rd minute of play forced Mechanicville's goalkeeper Mitch Samuels to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dario Jones charged in rather forcefully in the 28th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Dario Jones the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. A collision led to San Antonio HotSPURS getting a freekick after 28 minutes play. Dario Jones hit a great ball. Mechanicville's Kelly Walsh shoveled away a really nice long shot in the 29th minute of play. The shot was stopped by Ollie Marshall but with some difficulty. 30 minutes into the match, Wilber Franklin notched a goal, 0-5, to the right of Mechanicville's Mitch Samuels. Mitch Samuels was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 34 minutes of play, San Antonio HotSPURS's Wilber Franklin made it 0-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mitch Samuels was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 40th minute, Donny Garcia made a precise shot to the right of Mitch Samuels. Mechanicville's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-7. Mitch Samuels showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wilber Franklin, who was totally free with the ball in the 44th minute. 45 minutes into the match, Donny Garcia notched a goal, 0-8, to the right of Mechanicville's Mitch Samuels. Mitch Samuels was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it.

With a little luck, Mechanicville's Mitch Samuels got control of the ball when Wilber Franklin tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 55th minute of the match Kristopher Grace sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Ollie Marshall skillfully saved the ball. 58 minutes into the match, Mechanicville's goalkeeper Mitch Samuels had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wilber Franklin. Mechanicville's goalkeeper couldn't reach when Carlo Neff 61 minutes into the game got a good kick on the ball which found its way into goal just inside left pole. 0-9. In the 68th minute Carlo Neff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mitch Samuels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 70th match minute, San Antonio HotSPURS was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Donny Winn to maneuver through the defense. Ollie Marshall came out of the goal in the 72nd minute to try and stop a shot by Mechanicville's Sheldon Benjamin. But to his dismay, Sheldon Benjamin quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-9. Mitch Samuels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Carlo Neff in the 75th minute of play. In the 77th minute, Wilber Franklin ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mitch Samuels was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-10. In the 84th minute Carlo Neff shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mitch Samuels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wilber Franklin got free with Mitch Samuels in the 89th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 92 minutes into the match, San Antonio HotSPURS's goal looked a bit too open when Winston Matthews came free, but Ollie Marshall reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mitch Samuels was a little too slow when Wilber Franklin got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 94th minute. The score was now 1-11.