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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Philibert Lloyd started the match with the kick off. Jospeh Pelletier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 3rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Gaskiers's Jarvis Robinson played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jospeh Pelletier in the 7th minute of play. After 9 played minutes Gaskiers got a freekick which was hit by Mckinley Edmondson. After some fancy dribbling in the 9th minute, Nelson Harden managed to get in a good position for a shot. Santos FC's supporters rose to their feet, but Nelson Harden was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jarvis Robinson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When Armand McCauley came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the Santos FC 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 Armand McCauley couldn't finish the play. In the 19th minute Jospeh Pelletier shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jarvis Robinson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jarvis Robinson made an important save on a dangerous shot by Nelson Harden in the 21st minute. Nelson Harden did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 1-0 to the left of a surprised Jarvis Robinson 22 minutes into the match. Jarvis Robinson made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Jospeh Pelletier in the 25th minute of play. Lindsay Figueroa sent away a hard shot on goal in the 27th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Jospeh Pelletier in the 29th minute of play forced Gaskiers's goalkeeper Jarvis Robinson to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Philibert Lloyd had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jospeh Pelletier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 35th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 39 minutes into the match, Nelson Harden notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Gaskiers's Jarvis Robinson. Jarvis Robinson was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. If Lindsay Figueroa had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 43rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 3-0 at half-time.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jospeh Pelletier was the one to do the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Nelson Harden in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Jarvis Robinson prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Nelson Harden received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Jarvis Robinson tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 57th minute, Lane Dodge hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 58 played minutes, Santos FC's Lonny Gaston shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Jarvis Robinson came through and got his fingers on the ball before it flew over the goal line. He then quickly gripped the ball tighter before the forwards in Santos FC reached it. Nelson Harden might have been able to make a better finish in the 59th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jarvis Robinson. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Nelson Harden ran back to his position shaking his head. Jarvis Robinson took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Jospeh Pelletier, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Gaskiers's Marius Hobson got a free kick in the 62nd minute. Lonny Gaston, 63 minutes into the match, dribbled the ball up the side of the field and decided to take a long shot at the goal. Unfortunately, the ball was poorly hit and landed closer to the corner than to the goal. Jospeh Pelletier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 65th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Jarvis Robinson stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Jospeh Pelletier's shot from short distance in the 67th minute. Jospeh Pelletier sent away a hard shot on goal in the 69th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Lane Dodge's late challenge caught a Santos FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Lane Dodge helped the player get up and apologised. Lane Dodge hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. 72 minutes into the match, Santos FC's Jospeh Pelletier sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Jarvis Robinson narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Lindsay Figueroas short, quick shot in the 77thth minute got Miles Burger to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. A collision led to Santos FC getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Julio Altman hit a great ball. Philibert Lloyd received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Miles Burger tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Gaskiers's zone, Nelson Harden stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jarvis Robinson came out of the goal and Nelson Harden tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Nelson Harden fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 83rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jarvis Robinson having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Nelson Harden's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jarvis Robinson was relentless in the 86th minute of the game. Jospeh Pelletier fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 90th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jarvis Robinson having to interfere. 91 minutes into the match, Gaskiers's goal looked a bit too open when Nelson Harden came free, but Jarvis Robinson reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Nelson Harden sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance.