League

Cowley
Spectators: 8099 (Terracing: 6076, Seating: 1862, VIP seats: 161) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Reggie Metcalf made the kick off which started today's match. With his leg Virgil Wagner managed to avoid a goal in the 3rdth minute, when Cowley's Brice Gaulin fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. After 5 minutes, Hershel Hoyt mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Athabasca AFC and the Cowley players grew even worse after the yellow card. Reggie Metcalf fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 7th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgil Wagner having to interfere. Brice Gaulin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 8th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgil Wagner having to interfere. In the 15th play minute Loyd Lutz came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Virgil Wagner. 1-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Reggie Metcalf in the 20th minute of play forced Athabasca AFC's goalkeeper Virgil Wagner to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 23rd match minute, Athabasca AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tomas Bédard to maneuver through the defense. After a rather tough play, Athabasca AFC's Narcisse Bienvenue got a free kick in the 25th minute. When Brice Gaulin came up free with the goalie in the 25th minute, the Cowley 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 Brice Gaulin couldn't finish the play. In the 27th minute, Cowley's Reggie Metcalf ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Virgil Wagner. Virgil Wagner yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 2-0. Thaddeus Mobley kicked well hit freekick during the 32nd minute of the match. After some fancy dribbling in the 33rd minute, Narcisse Bienvenue managed to get in a good position for a shot. Athabasca AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Narcisse Bienvenue was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Barnabé Rutledge breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. After some fancy dribbling in the 36th minute, Reggie Metcalf managed to get in a good position for a shot. Cowley's supporters rose to their feet, but Reggie Metcalf was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Virgil Wagner breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Reggie Metcalf sent away a hard shot on goal in the 39th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 47 minutes into the match, Cowley's Reggie Metcalf sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Virgil Wagner narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

Hershel Hoyt's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Barnabé Rutledge firmly grabbed it by the left post. Brice Gaulin might have been able to make a better finish in the 57th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Virgil Wagner. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Brice Gaulin ran back to his position shaking his head. Reggie Metcalf received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 59th minute. Virgil Wagner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 74th minute, Brice Gaulin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Reggie Metcalf fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 77th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Virgil Wagner having to interfere. A collision led to Athabasca AFC getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Narcisse Bienvenue hit a great ball. In the 81st minute, Brice Gaulin got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Brice Gaulin put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Virgil Wagner. Brice Gaulin struck a weak shot in the 89th minute. Virgil Wagner didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Cowley. In the 93rd match minute, Athabasca AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Hershel Hoyt to maneuver through the defense. Reggie Metcalf received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Virgil Wagner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Cowley fully deserved thier win.