Friendly League

Gigante de Phoenix
Spectators: 40 (Terracing: 31, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Trenton Baird took the kick off in the first half of the match. Martin Tuttle sent away a hard shot on goal in the 4th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Trenton Baird in the 7th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Falcão Araújo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. If Trenton Baird had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Kevin Roark came up free with the goalie in the 12th minute, the El Canalla de Chicago 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 Kevin Roark couldn't finish the play. El Canalla de Chicago's James Uribe got a good chance for a goal in the 15th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Falcão Araújo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Kevin Roark in the 16th minute of play. A collision led to SANTOS FC- FDFDF getting a freekick after 20 minutes play. Geovânio Mineiro hit a great ball. After some careless play in the SANTOS FC- FDFDF defense, Kevin Roark kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Falcão Araújo. The SANTOS FC- FDFDF fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Falcão Araújo should have stopped the shot. Luizinho Cordeiro hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. After 25th play minutes Trenton Baird shot 2-0, a short shot which went by Falcão Araújo and just under the crossbar into goal. Kevin Roark struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Falcão Araújo didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for El Canalla de Chicago. After 36 played minutes SANTOS FC- FDFDF got a freekick which was hit by Vito Meira. Kevin Roark received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Falcão Araújo tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 46th minute, Martin Tuttle 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.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Geovânio Mineiro made a kick off. Martin Tuttle scored 3-0 in the 57th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Falcão Araújo, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Kevin Roark in the 63rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Falcão Araújo prevented the ball from getting in the gole. SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Falcão Araújo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martin Tuttle in the 67th minute of play. Falcão Araújo showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Martin Tuttle, who was totally free with the ball in the 69th minute. El Canalla de Chicago made a substitution. Monty Stout replaced Martin Tuttle. El Canalla de Chicago's Giuseppe Gillis was substituted for James Uribe. 73 minutes into the match, Kevin Roark notched a goal, 4-0, to the right of SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Falcão Araújo. Falcão Araújo was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Falcão Araújo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kevin Roark in the 76th minute of play. Kauã Queirós hit a great freekick 77 minutes into the match. Giuseppe Gillis sent away a hard shot on goal in the 79th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When El Canalla de Chicago's Monty Stout in the 82nd minute got a chance for a shot 82nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye SANTOS FC- FDFDF's goalie prevented a goal. After having played for 84 minutes, Monty Stout managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. El Canalla de Chicago's supporters crossed their fingers, but Monty Stout was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Falcão Araújo didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Giuseppe Gillis went, in the 87th minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. Falcão Araújo stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Giuseppe Gillis's shot from short distance in the 91st minute. SANTOS FC- FDFDF's Falcão Araújo played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Giuseppe Gillis in the 93rd minute of play. In the 95th minute, Monty Stout ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Falcão Araújo was frozen by the shot and now it was 6-0. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. El Canalla de Chicago fully deserved thier win.