Knoxville Force vs East Tennessee Hispanic All-Stars

At Oak Ridge High School, Oak Ridge, Tennessee

6/30/12

Head Coach, Stephen Lyons

In sweltering temperatures Knoxville faced a Hispanic All Star team at Oak Ridge High School on Saturday night.  Both teams started by creating their chances and in the 16^th minute Travis Bolton forced a fine save from the All Stars goalkeeper.  We created a few good opportunities from wide areas, but failed to deliver with any quality deliveries into the box.  In the 35^th minute Gary Higgins looked to have given Knoxville the lead when he ran in being the all-star defense to guide the ball into the side netting only for it to be called back for offside.  The All Stars also had a few chances, but were unable to get past Wez Bernard in the Force goal.  At half time the score was 0-0.

After the break Knoxville were again looking to break the dead lock.  A sequence of corner kick kept the All Star keeper busy and Joe Townsend had a great opportunity that he just headed over the bar from A Naill McCabe delivery.  That was to be Naill’s last influence on the game as he was shown a second yellow card and Knoxville were down to 10 men.   Given the conditions and being a man down the game slowed a little in the second half.  However, in the  84^th minute the Force managed to break the deadlock when Travis Bolton won the ball and found Robbie Jill on the edge of the box who unleashed a quality strike into the bottom corner of the All Star goal and make it 1-0.  That proved to be the last action of the game and it finished 1-0 Knoxville.  Knoxville play their last regular season game on Friday in Atlanta against the Silverbacks.