Official Cup

Sunset Park
Spectators: 176 (Terracing: 133, Seating: 40, VIP seats: 3) Gerardo Beard started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Roger Sinden made in the 4th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Brooklyn SC's Stacy McDonough. Dean Watts showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jonas Cole, who was totally free with the ball in the 5th minute. Gerardo Beard did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Dean Watts 8 minutes into the match. The Amputees FC fans' excitement grew in the 11th match minute when Amputees FC's Abraham Laing looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 1-1 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. In the 15th minute, Gerardo Beard fired away a shot on goal. He put a little to much spin on the ball and sent it just wide of the right post. The audience was convinced that Abraham Laing's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jospeh McNally was relentless in the 16th minute of the game. In the 18thth minute of the game Gerardo Beard who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Amputees FC's Dean Watts was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 25 minutes into the match, Amputees FC's goalkeeper Dean Watts had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Trenton Long. Dean Watts made a fantastic save in the 25th minute, when Trenton Long sent off a good shot on target. A hard shot 29 in the game by Gerardo Beard from a close distance when the talented Dean Watts managed to make a qualified save. Amputees FC's players were relieved. Dean Watts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gerardo Beard, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The crowd rose to their feet as Gerardo Beard kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Dean Watts. That made the score 3-1 in the 39 minute of play. In the 48th minute, Brooklyn SC's Gerardo Beard dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 5-1. Af the end of the first half the score was 5-1. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Abraham Laing to strike the kick off in the second half. 53 minutes into the match, Trenton Long notched a goal, 6-1, to the right of Amputees FC's Dean Watts. Dean Watts was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 58 minutes, Luís Schmidt mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Brooklyn SC and the Amputees FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. The supporters of Amputees FC booed when Brooklyn SC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 58 match minutes in a wonderful position. Luís Schmidt didn't get a good kick on the ball. Dean Watts showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Trenton Long in the 60th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jonas Cole in the 61st minute of play forced Amputees FC's goalkeeper Dean Watts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 63 played minutes Brooklyn SC got a freekick which was hit by Gerardo Beard. Abraham Laing struck a weak shot in the 64th minute. Jospeh McNally didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Amputees FC. The supporters of Brooklyn SC booed when Amputees FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lauder Franklin didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gerardo Beard in the 67th minute of play forced Amputees FC's goalkeeper Dean Watts to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Abraham Laing in the 68thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Jospeh McNally, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Dean Watts took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jonas Cole, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Ollie Mejia hit a great freekick 76 minutes into the match. Ollie Mejia hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Calvin Fynn, 78 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. 86 minutes had been played when some careless play by Brooklyn SC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Calvin Fynn was slow to take the kick. During this time Amputees FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Calvin Fynn got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Jospeh McNally quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Brooklyn SC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.