U23 World League

Sleepy Hollow
Spectators: 7517 (Terracing: 5646, Seating: 1731, VIP seats: 140) CJ Townsley made the kick off and thus started the match. 12 minutes into the match, The Handsome Wizards UTD's goal looked a bit too open when Edvaldo de Toledo came free, but Luke Hollingsworth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. CJ Townsleys short, quick shot in the 16thth minute got Giovani Tinoco to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edvaldo de Toledo in the 21st minute of play forced The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute, Allan Prado hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 23rd minute, Frederico Passos got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. 26 minutes into the match, The Handsome Wizards UTD's goal looked a bit too open when Edvaldo de Toledo came free, but Luke Hollingsworth reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 26th match minute, Blumenau Esporte Clube was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by José Augusto Couto to maneuver through the defense. Luke Hollingsworth showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from José Augusto Duarte in the 29th minute of the match. Blumenau Esporte Clube's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by José Augusto Couto in the 31st minute. The corner ended in José Augusto Couto almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but The Handsome Wizards UTD's Luke Hollingsworth did a great save. Giovani Tinoco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from CJ Townsley, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. Christos Dimitrakos's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Giovani Tinoco firmly grabbed it by the left post. Tyler Ball lost his temper 40 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. Tyler Ball hit a great freekick 40 minutes into the match. After a rather tough play, Blumenau Esporte Clube's José Augusto Duarte got a free kick in the 42nd minute. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Flávio Meireles was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, The Handsome Wizards UTD's goalkeeper Luke Hollingsworth had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Flávio Meireles. 56 minutes had been played when some careless play by Blumenau Esporte Clube's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. CJ Townsley was slow to take the kick. During this time The Handsome Wizards UTD's players had a chance to rest. The Handsome Wizards UTD's Luke Hollingsworth played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edvaldo de Toledo in the 59th minute of play. If Frederico Passos had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Flávio Meireles kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. Frederico Passos sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Edvaldo de Toledo kicked well hit freekick during the 71st minute of the match. CJ Townsley received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Giovani Tinoco tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Edvaldo de Toledo fell near the penalty area in the 80th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Blumenau Esporte Clube's protests and gave Edvaldo de Toledo a yellow card for diving instead. Edvaldo de Toledo kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. 87 minutes into the game, CJ Townsley cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Giovani Tinoco was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in.