Official Cup

FIELD OF DREAMS
Spectators: 166 (Terracing: 125, Seating: 38, VIP seats: 3) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Darryl Cox took the kick off in the first half of the match. Truman Ochoa came out of the goal in the 3rd minute to try and stop a shot by Mountainhammer United's Michael Käcker. But to his dismay, Michael Käcker quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. In the 6th minute, Elliot Haeger hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 8 minutes into the match, ARMENIAN 11's goal looked a bit too open when Michael Käcker came free, but Truman Ochoa reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 13 minutes, Michael Käcker mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Mountainhammer United and the ARMENIAN 11 players grew even worse after the yellow card. 15 minutes into the game, Dave MacDonald was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. ARMENIAN 11's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Mountainhammer United the free kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Michael Käcker in the 17th minute of play forced ARMENIAN 11's goalkeeper Truman Ochoa to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Folke Berg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 22nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Michael Käcker's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Truman Ochoa was relentless in the 24th minute of the game. Mountainhammer United's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Victor Hellkvist in the 25th minute. A nice corner shot did that Victor Hellkvist got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Truman Ochoa quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. If Sylvester Chang had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 30th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. In the 32nd minute, Michael Käcker ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Truman Ochoa was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-3. Sylvester Chang received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. Martin Alebeck tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 39 minutes into the match, Mountainhammer United's goalkeeper Martin Alebeck had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Darryl Cox. The supporters of Mountainhammer United booed when ARMENIAN 11 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Shelby Zeigler didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sylvester Chang struck a weak shot in the 45th minute. Martin Alebeck didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for ARMENIAN 11. Bernardo Baltazar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 47th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Disappointed in the 0-3 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Michael Käcker was the one to do the kick off. Abe Lilly kicked well hit freekick during the 52nd minute of the match. In the 53rd minute of the match Victor Hellkvist sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Truman Ochoa skillfully saved the ball. The audience cheered when Victor Hellkvist's long shot passed Truman Ochoa's right side. It was 0-4, 53 minutes into the match. Michael Käcker received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 56th minute. Truman Ochoa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. ARMENIAN 11's Terrence Logan was substituted for Rafael Gray. Mountainhammer United's Martin Alebeck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Pedro Lofton in the 62nd minute of play. Martin Alebeck showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bernardo Baltazar in the 63rd minute of the match. Mountainhammer United's Martin Alebeck played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bernardo Baltazar in the 65th minute of play. Bengt Stålman kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. Jeramy Libby hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 73rd minute, Sylvester Chang managed to get in a good position for a shot. ARMENIAN 11's supporters rose to their feet, but Sylvester Chang was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Martin Alebeck breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. ARMENIAN 11's Truman Ochoa played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Michael Käcker in the 80th minute of play. In the 82nd match minute, Mountainhammer United was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bengt Stålman to maneuver through the defense. In the 83rd minute, Pedro Lofton hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Bernardo Baltazar hit a great freekick 85 minutes into the match. After some careless play in the Mountainhammer United defense, Bernardo Baltazar kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Martin Alebeck. The Mountainhammer United fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Martin Alebeck should have stopped the shot. The away crowd were delighted with the way their team had played and cheered loudly when the final whistle sounded. Mountainhammer United walked away with the win, even though the match was close until the end.