Video high lights of the match found here.

It was a beautiful day to play the spring 2019 championship match. Warm and overcast but it started at 7:30pm to give each team time to have their players arrive. For the game, two 35 minute halves would be played and if still tied, penalty kick round would follow. This season we eliminated the sudden death round since few if any games were ever decided in sudden death. It usually went to the penalty kick round. Both teams were ready but EH Soccer Fever had only one substitute compared to four for Maidstone Market. From the start, both sides were attacking well but you could see that Maidstone was the stronger team.

Antonio Paddila of Maidstone would take a direct kick about 20 yards out. Paddila fired the ball toward the near post. The ball bounced around the players in front of the goal. Eddy Juarez of Maidstone got hold of the ball right in front of the net and passed it to his left to team mate Xavi Piedramartel, who was standing about two yards from the goal post, fired the ball into the net to give his team the lead.

The next goal by Maidstone was also scored next to the goal line. Gehider Garcia fires the ball toward the goal but Soccer Fever goalie, Esteban Aguilar, was able to deflect it away. Standing near Aguilar was Juarez who fired the loose ball from about a yard into the net.

It was not looking too well for EH Soccer Fever being two goals down and their chance of coming back was slim. Garcia scored his second goal of the night when he fired a 15 yards shot that went between the legs of a Soccer Fever defender to hit the near post net. After that goal, both sides exchanged attacks but Maidstone was in control of the game.

After the start of the second half, it would seem that Maidstone Market would win another championship again. Soccer Fever just did not have the offensive drive to score a goal. At times, Maidstone would just pass the ball among themselves with Soccer Fever just watching. Naula scored his first goal of the night when Paddilla hits the ball from about the half field line toward the Soccer Fever goalie box. Naula was able to trap the ball on the run just outside the goalie box, dribble and fire a low grounder from about 12 yards toward the far post past the hands of Aguilar.

Just a minute later and almost a repeat of the previous goal, Paddilla hits the ball from about the half field line toward the Soccer Fever goalie box. Naula trapped the ball on the run just outside the goalie box, and fired from about 14 yards into the net past the hands of Aguilar.

EH Soccer Fever was able to get on the score board when a ball was passed into the Maidstone penalty box and Sebastian Kruly was taken down from behind by Mathew Ramirez of Maidstone. Maidstone goalie, started to argue with the referee about the call and was given a yellow card. Maicol Parra would step in as a goalie for two minutes. Kruly took the penalty kick and scored.

Naula scored his third goal when Alex Mesa, Maidstone goalie, dribbled up the field toward the Soccer Fever goalie box. Just before reaching the box, Mesa fired the ball to Naula, who was able to dribble and fire a low grounder from about 10 yards into net between the Soccer Fever goalie and post.

Soccer Fever scored their second goal on a penalty kick. A shot is taken by Soccer Fever with the ball hitting Julian Barahoma of Maidstone Market in the hand inside the Maidstone penalty box. Kruly takes the kick for Soccer Fever to score.

Naula scores this fourth goal of the night off a long midfield pass from Piedramartel. Once Naula has the ball, he takes a dribble to fire the ball into the net. At this point in the game, it was all over. The only question was how many more goals could Maidstone score. Soccer Fever had no offensive drive that was effective and they were hoping for the game to conclude as soon as possible. Jack Graves, East Hampton Star reporter, was asking if the league has a mercy rule. We are an adult league and have no such rule. One should play well enough not to let your opponent score so many goals in the first place. It must be stated that Aguilar of EH Soccer Fever played well by preventing Maidstone from scoring more often.

A foul is called against Soccer Fever inside their penalty box which gave Alex Mesa, Maidstone Market goalie, a chance to score. Mesa takes the penalty kick to score.

Maidstone kept on scoring when Eddy had the ball on the right side about three yards from the goal post and crossed it the the other side where Garcia was ready to hit the ball into the net.

Just as the game was about to conclude, Garcia scores off a pass from Piedramartel. With the win, Maidstone Market is the spring 2019 league champions. Can they repeat in the fall?