Prized/Friendly Cup

El Cilindro de Miami
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Roberto Vacchi started the match with the kick off. Racing Miami Futbol Club's Mike Travis played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paolo Roberto in the 10th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Paolo Roberto's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Mike Travis was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Ramon Blalock kicked well hit freekick during the 16th minute of the match. In the 17th minute of the match Mario Zarotti shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Mike Travis showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. Mike Travis took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mario Zarotti, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Christopher Valencia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Kent Gustafsson made a huge save. After a rather tough play, MAFFIAN's Mario Zarotti got a free kick in the 21st minute. When Terence Talbot came up free with the goalie in the 22nd minute, the Racing Miami Futbol Club 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 Terence Talbot couldn't finish the play. Paolo Roberto received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 28th minute. Mike Travis tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 31 minutes into the match, Claudio Boudreaux had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Kent Gustafsson. MAFFIAN's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Claudio Boudreaux was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-0. Kent Gustafsson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Christopher Valencia in the 34th minute. In the 37th minute, Sebastian Beckman hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Claudio Boudreaux received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 38th minute. Kent Gustafsson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mike Travis showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Paolo Roberto, who was totally free with the ball in the 43rd minute. The crowd rose to their feet as Racing Miami Futbol Club's Christopher Valencia slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Kent Gustafsson. That made the score 3-0 after 48 minutes of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

The audience thought a goal was coming when Philip Blom got free with Mike Travis in the 55th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After some fancy dribbling in the 59th minute, Esteve Arbe managed to get in a good position for a shot. Racing Miami Futbol Club's supporters rose to their feet, but Esteve Arbe was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Kent Gustafsson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. MAFFIAN's Kent Gustafsson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Arthur Baron in the 62nd minute of play. In the 74th play minute Paolo Roberto came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Mike Travis. 4-1. The audience thought a goal was coming when Paolo Roberto got free with Mike Travis in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Mario Zarotti charged in rather forcefully in the 81st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Mario Zarotti the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. Kent Gustafsson showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Arthur Baron, who was totally free with the ball in the 87th minute. When Preston Barnard fell near the penalty area in the 89th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Racing Miami Futbol Club's protests and gave Preston Barnard a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of MAFFIAN booed when Racing Miami Futbol Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 89 match minutes in a wonderful position. Preston Barnard didn't get a good kick on the ball. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Arthur Baron in the 93rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Kent Gustafsson saved MAFFIAN from getting behind. The supporters of Racing Miami Futbol Club booed when MAFFIAN was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 94 match minutes in a wonderful position. Roberto Vacchi didn't get a good kick on the ball. 95 minutes into the game, Arthur Baron cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 5-1. Kent Gustafsson was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After some careless play in the Racing Miami Futbol Club defense, Philip Blom kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mike Travis. The Racing Miami Futbol Club fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mike Travis should have stopped the shot. MAFFIAN's players left the field with heads hung low after losing a match that had been finely balanced throughout.