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Red Bull Arena
Spectators: 7779 (Terracing: 5835, Seating: 1789, VIP seats: 155) Kuisma Paatelainen made the kick off and thus started the match. Visa Junkkas short, quick shot in the 5thth minute got Markus Kuusela to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Paavo Kaukomaa made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vilho Nevanlinna in the 6th minute of play. If Eerikki Saarinen had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 9th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Visa Junkka during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 23rd match minute, New York Red Bulls was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Visa Junkka to maneuver through the defense. Vilho Nevanlinna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 30th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After 33 played minutes New York Red Bulls got a freekick which was hit by Tapani Siren. Kuisma Paatelainen sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Vilho Nevanlinna scored 0-1 in the 37th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Paavo Kaukomaa, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. In the 48th minute New York Red Bulls were awarded a corner. Niklas Ojanen went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Niklas Ojanen almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Haapakylä's Markus Kuusela did a great save. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Eerikki Saarinen to make the kick off. In the 56th minute Kuisma Paatelainen shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Paavo Kaukomaa saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 56 minutes into the match, Kuisma Paatelainen notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of New York Red Bulls's Paavo Kaukomaa. Paavo Kaukomaa was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 59th match minute, Haapakylä was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Raino Karjalainen to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 60th minute, Visa Junkka managed to get in a good position for a shot. New York Red Bulls's supporters rose to their feet, but Visa Junkka was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Markus Kuusela breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Leif Valtonen kicked well hit freekick during the 66th minute of the match. Markus Kuusela made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Visa Junkka in the 69th minute of play. In the 71st minute, Haapakylä's Kuisma Paatelainen ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Paavo Kaukomaa. Paavo Kaukomaa yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-3. Kuisma Paatelainen fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 76th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Paavo Kaukomaa having to interfere. Vilho Nevanlinna received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Paavo Kaukomaa tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Visa Junkka struck a weak shot in the 82nd minute. Markus Kuusela didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for New York Red Bulls. Vilho Nevanlinna sent away a hard shot on goal in the 84th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Paavo Kaukomaa made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vilho Nevanlinna in the 86th minute. In the 90th minute the ball was on its way in behind Haapakylä's goalkeeper Markus Kuusela, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar.