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Morson Park
Spectators: 6728 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1728, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Ulysses Arias started the match with the kick off. 3 minutes into the match, Toussaint Snell notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Morson FC's Eddie Senneville. Eddie Senneville was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a defensive mix-up in Ralston FC's zone, Ulysses Arias stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gregorio Fountain came out of the goal and Ulysses Arias tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Ralston FC's Gregorio Fountain played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ulysses Arias in the 9th minute of play. Darell McKinley hit a great freekick 11 minutes into the match. In the 12th minute Félix Weathers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddie Senneville saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Antony Allen hit a great freekick 13 minutes into the match. Morson FC's Eddie Senneville played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dave Cowan in the 17th minute of play. Ulysses Arias fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 22nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Gregorio Fountain having to interfere. Félix Weathers received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 29th minute. Eddie Senneville tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Félix Weathers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Eddie Senneville having to interfere. Eddie Senneville stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Félix Weathers's shot from short distance in the 35th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Ralston FC's zone, Todd Hawkins stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Gregorio Fountain came out of the goal and Todd Hawkins tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Gregorio Fountain showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ulysses Arias in the 42nd minute of the match. Chang Guzman kicked well hit freekick during the 44th minute of the match. In the 47th minute Dave Cowan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Eddie Senneville saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Ralston FC were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

In the 53rd minute, Morson FC's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Dave Cowan fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. Duncan Blanton hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. In the 62nd match minute, Morson FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Oswaldo Deschenes to maneuver through the defense. 64 minutes into the match, Dave Cowan had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Eddie Senneville. Morson FC's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dave Cowan was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-2. The audience was convinced that Félix Weathers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Eddie Senneville was relentless in the 69th minute of the game. In the 70th minute, Isidore Mock hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 73 minutes into the game, Félix Weathers recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Eddie Senneville. Félix Weathers showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-3. Morson FC's Todd Hawkins got a good chance for a goal in the 77th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Eddie Senneville made a fantastic save in the 81st minute, when Dave Cowan sent off a good shot on target. Ulysses Arias blasted a shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Gregorio Fountain having to make a save. 84 minutes into the match, Ralston FC's goal looked a bit too open when Todd Hawkins came free, but Gregorio Fountain reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 86th minute, Todd Hawkins left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Morson FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Gregorio Fountain made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Antony Allen in the 94th minute of play. A collision led to Ralston FC getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Sammie Kincaid hit a great ball. If Ulysses Arias had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 98th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ralston FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.