Friendly League

El Cilindro de Miami
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. Truman Crockett started the match with the kick off. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Jarrod Leary played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edgardo Silva in the 4th minute of play. After 6 played minutes, New England Minas's Oscar Nordmark shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jarrod Leary came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in New England Minas reached it. 11 minutes into the game, Edgardo Silva cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Jarrod Leary was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jarrod Leary showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edgardo Silva in the 13th minute of the match. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Rodney Hagen in the 16th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 19 minutes, Osvaldinho Ósvaldsson took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Jeremy Nicholas to make any attempt to save it. Jarrod Leary didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when New England Minas's Edgardo Silva shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 1-2 in the ordered_time% minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Edgardo Silva in the 27th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jarrod Leary prevented the ball from getting in the gole. The audience was convinced that Edgardo Silva's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jarrod Leary was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgardo Silva in the 31st minute of play forced Racing Miami Futbol Club's goalkeeper Jarrod Leary to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Romeo Zeigler during the 37th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After a rather tough play, Racing Miami Futbol Club's Romeo Zeigler got a free kick in the 38th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edgardo Silva in the 38th minute of play forced Racing Miami Futbol Club's goalkeeper Jarrod Leary to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. New England Minas were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after Racing Miami Futbol Club's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Glen Conklin took the corner. New England Minas's Tony Pacheco was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Jarrod Leary in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 43rd minute Edgardo Silva shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarrod Leary saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jeremy Nicholas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Truman Crockett in the 47th minute.

51 minutes into the match, Edgardo Silva dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Jarrod Leary, 1-3. Jeremy Nicholas showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Osvaldinho Ósvaldsson in the 55th minute of the match. Tony Pacheco's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Jarrod Leary firmly grabbed it by the left post. After some fancy dribbling in the 62nd minute, Edgardo Silva managed to get in a good position for a shot. New England Minas's supporters rose to their feet, but Edgardo Silva was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jarrod Leary breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. New England Minas made a substitution. Emmitt Benson replaced Alperen Öksüz. New England Minas's Tio Lio was substituted for Edgardo Silva. Jarrod Leary made an important save on a dangerous shot by Hipolito Emenon in the 64th minute. Jarrod Leary made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tony Pacheco in the 65th minute. In the 69th minute Truman Crockett shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jeremy Nicholas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Tio Lio's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jarrod Leary was relentless in the 76th minute of the game. In the 80thth minute of the game Tio Lio who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Racing Miami Futbol Club's Jarrod Leary was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After 82 played minutes New England Minas got a freekick which was hit by Emmitt Benson. In the 87th minute the ball was on its way in behind Racing Miami Futbol Club's goalkeeper Jarrod Leary, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 89 minutes had been played when some careless play by Racing Miami Futbol Club's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Glen Conklin was slow to take the kick. During this time New England Minas's players had a chance to rest. In the 90th minute of the match New England Minas got a corner. Racing Miami Futbol Club's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Glen Conklin ran over to the corner to take the kick. The corner ended in Glen Conklin almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Racing Miami Futbol Club's Jarrod Leary did a great save. After 92 minutes of play, New England Minas's Tio Lio made it 1-4 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jarrod Leary was left in no man's land by his defense there! The referee blew the final whistle, and the away crowd roared, having watched New England Minas eke out a victory against a very well matched opponent.