Prized/Friendly Cup

Khachatryan Center
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Rudolf Pendleton started the match with the kick off. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Martin Tuttle during the 10th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Bart Villanueva made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kurtis Wooten in the 11th minute of play. El Canalla de Chicago's Bart Villanueva proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 13th minute of the match, managed to save El Canalla de Chicago from getting a goal against them. In the 16th minute Abel Avetisyan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bart Villanueva saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Bart Villanueva showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Abel Avetisyan, who was totally free with the ball in the 20th minute. Through an outstanding action, after 20 minutes, Bart Villanueva successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. 23 minutes into the match, El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Bart Villanueva had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Abel Avetisyan. The supporters of Khachatryan booed when El Canalla de Chicago was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 30 match minutes in a wonderful position. Brock Burke didn't get a good kick on the ball. Bart Villanueva was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 30th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Abel Avetisyan. If Kevin Roark had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 32nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Martin Tuttle struck a weak shot in the 34th minute. Levon Sarkisyan 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. In the 35th minute, Martin Tuttle hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 36 minutes into the match, Abel Avetisyan notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of El Canalla de Chicago's Bart Villanueva. Bart Villanueva was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience thought a goal was coming when Abel Avetisyan got free with Bart Villanueva in the 39th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Grigor Grigoryan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 41st minute. Bart Villanueva tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Abel Avetisyan scored 3-0 in the 43rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Bart Villanueva, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Grigor Grigoryan in the 47th minute of play forced El Canalla de Chicago's goalkeeper Bart Villanueva to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Abel Avetisyan to make the kick off. When Khachatryan's Grigor Grigoryan in the 54th minute got a chance for a shot 54th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye El Canalla de Chicago's goalie prevented a goal. 57 minutes into the match, Grigor Grigoryan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bart Villanueva. El Canalla de Chicago's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Grigor Grigoryan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. Bart Villanueva didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Abel Avetisyan went, in the 63rd minute, to the upper right corner, 5-0 was the resulting score. In the 68th minute the ball was on its way in behind Khachatryan's goalkeeper Levon Sarkisyan, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 69th match minute, El Canalla de Chicago was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Norberto Bristol to maneuver through the defense. When the match had gone on for 77 minutes, Jarvis Cormier put it in 6-0 from a short distance just to the right of Bart Villanueva. Khachatryan's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Abel Avetisyan in the 84th minute. It was a well-played corner which Codrin Minteuan managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. After a rather tough play, El Canalla de Chicago's Tanner Waller got a free kick in the 89th minute. Thanks to some nice moves Rudolf Pendleton could shoot a difficult shot in the 93rd minute, which Levon Sarkisyan however easily saved by the left post. After 95 played minutes Khachatryan got a freekick which was hit by Jarvis Cormier. 96 minutes into the game, one of Khachatryan:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. For all the effort they put into the match, the El Canalla de Chicago players left disappointed. They had fought hard, but couldn't break down the home team's defense. The match ended in a win for Khachatryan.