11/02/2000, 7 PM, Southside

Juventus opended the game much crisper, faster to the ball, 
working the passing game well. Midway through the first half 
Juventus took the ball wide right and fed a nice pass into the 
middle where a team mate deftly headed the pass into the inside 
bottom of the far post and into the goal.  Later in the the same 
half Juventus nearly scored again on a similar play but the head 
shot we awry.  Brendan, ACCA keeper, needed every inch of his 6 
ft, plus, frame to extend himself horizontally to make a very 
nice block of a Juventus shot on goal a bit later.  Juventus 
looked to be clearly in control of the game with a 1-0 lead at 
the end of the half.

The second half began much the same way with Juventus controlling 
the tempo of the game but about ten minutes later things began to 
change. AC Cruz Azul began to string three and four passes 
together and actually mount some attacks against Juventus. About 
mid way into this half Cruz Azul secured the equalizer when Jason 
went up to receive a feed from a corner kick and headed the ball.  
The head shot went down and bounced forward in front of the 
keeper and Chava then put his head on the ball also sending  it 
in further and the ACCA had knotted the match at 1-1. (Don't know 
if the side line ref had already awarded the goal on Jason's 
header or on Chava's finish.)

The momentum definitely shifted with our goal and the guys in 
blue and kept pressuring.  With about ten minutes left in the 
game Dario received a brilliantly placed ball in the middle of 
the field, just past the midfield mark and defenders.  He sped 
past the defenders to create a one-on-one against the Juventus 
keeper.  Dario's shot from outside the 18 yd. mark left the 
keeper flat footed but the ball's trajectory was not true and it 
bouced wide & out of play off of the bottom of the upright.  (The 
moans and groans from the ACCA faithful were painful to bare.)

With time winding down the AC Cruz Azul were thinking that coming 
away with tie was a good thing at this point.  Still working hard 
and pressing as a team, Ruben was working the right side and sent 
in a high, floating "pass" towards the goal.  The ACCA players 
and Juventus players followed the ball looking to either head it 
in or head it away respectively.  The Juventus keeper also 
watched the ball sailing in but must have assumed it was going to 
go wide and deep past the goal but instead he wound up just 
watching the ball gently sail into the the top right corner of 
the goal!  Cruz Azul now had taken the lead and stunned the team 
from Woodland.

The ball was brought the center of the field to reinitiate play 
but as soon as the ball was two-touched the referee blew her 
whistle signaling the end of the game.  The AC Cruz Azul had 
snatched the victory within the the last twenty seconds of the 
game.