Friendly League

Rush Rhees
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Dale Kirkpatrick started the match with the kick off. William Kerns might have been able to make a better finish in the 4th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Drew Casey. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. William Kerns ran back to his position shaking his head. Creekers's Ladislao Gines got a good chance for a goal in the 12th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 18th minute William Kerns shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Drew Casey saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When Dale Kirkpatrick came up free with the goalie in the 19th minute, the University of Rochester 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 Dale Kirkpatrick couldn't finish the play. 21 minutes into the match, University of Rochester's goal looked a bit too open when William Kerns came free, but Drew Casey reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Drew Casey stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Ladislao Gines's shot from short distance in the 23rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ladislao Gines in the 29th minute of play forced University of Rochester's goalkeeper Drew Casey to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 31st minute of the match Creekers got a corner. University of Rochester's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Saverio Vistruario ran over to the corner to take the kick. The supporters of Creekers booed when University of Rochester was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Wayne Bragg didn't get a good kick on the ball. 42 minutes in the game Eric Herget did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Dale Kirkpatrick. After 44 minutes of play, Creekers's Ladislao Gines made it 0-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Drew Casey was left in no man's land by his defense there!

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Ladislao Gines to strike the kick off in the second half. Drew Casey took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ksawery Tyszka, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 58th minute, Ladislao Gines ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Drew Casey was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Creekers made a substitution. Riley Trotter replaced Ladislao Gines. University of Rochester's Drew Casey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 65th minute of the match, managed to save University of Rochester from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, University of Rochester's Drew Casey got control of the ball when Riley Trotter tried to sneak it across the goal line. After a rather tough play, University of Rochester's Arnaldo Lop got a free kick in the 69th minute. Drew Casey made a fantastic save in the 70th minute, when Riley Trotter sent off a good shot on target. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by University of Rochester's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Saverio Vistruario was slow to take the kick. During this time Creekers's players had a chance to rest. In the 76th minute, Riley Trotter reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Drew Casey. The goal made the score 0-4. Riley Trotter did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 0-6 to the left of a surprised Drew Casey 86 minutes into the match. A collision led to University of Rochester getting a freekick after 88 minutes play. Maxwell Calcagnini hit a great ball. University of Rochester's Drew Casey proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save University of Rochester from getting a goal against them. The crowd rose to their feet as Creekers's Riley Trotter slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Drew Casey. That made the score 0-7 after 93 minutes of play. The University of Rochester fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Creekers were clearly better and deserved to take the win.