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Carbondale
Spectators: 7719 (Terracing: 5790, Seating: 1775, VIP seats: 154) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Oscar Carr started the match with the kick off. The supporters of Union booed when Carbondale was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 11 match minutes in a wonderful position. Darius Reaves didn't get a good kick on the ball. When Union's Tyron Painter in the 17th minute got a chance for a shot 17th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Carbondale's goalie prevented a goal. A collision led to Carbondale getting a freekick after 19 minutes play. Xavier Rogers hit a great ball. Union's Deon Kimbrough played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Oscar Carr in the 22nd minute of play. In the 25th minute, Darius Reaves hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of Carbondale booed when Union was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Elvis Willett didn't get a good kick on the ball. Deon Kimbrough made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sammy Bryson in the 34th minute. The supporters of Union booed when Carbondale was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 36 match minutes in a wonderful position. Xavier Rogers didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 37th minute Stanton Glenn shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Rolando Lamb saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After some careless play in the Carbondale defense, Stanton Glenn kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Rolando Lamb. The Carbondale fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Rolando Lamb should have stopped the shot. Deon Kimbrough made a fantastic save in the 46th minute, when Sammy Bryson sent off a good shot on target. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-2 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Tyron Painter to make the kick off. Rolando Lamb showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tyron Painter, who was totally free with the ball in the 53rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tyron Painter in the 63rd minute of play forced Carbondale's goalkeeper Rolando Lamb to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute, Stanton Glenn made a precise shot to the right of Rolando Lamb. Carbondale's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 69th minute, Union's Tyron Painter ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Rolando Lamb. Rolando Lamb yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 0-4. Rolando Lamb didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stanton Glenn went, in the 78th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-5 was the resulting score. Deon Kimbrough took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Oscar Carr, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Elvis Willett came up free with the goalie in the 88th minute, the Union fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Elvis Willett couldn't finish the play. In the 90th minute of the match Jessie Dunn sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rolando Lamb skillfully saved the ball. Union's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.