League

Niagara
Spectators: 6726 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1726, VIP seats: 0) Olivier Brower started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Forrest Guzman struck a weak shot in the 4th minute. Arnoldo Frappier didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Niagara. An unexpectedly hard shot by Forrest Guzman in the 8th minute of play forced Dogpound's goalkeeper Arnoldo Frappier to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When the match clock showed 11 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Olivier Brower sped through Niagara's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Tommie Gougeon. Niagara's Tommie Gougeon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Olivier Brower in the 16th minute of play. Olivier Brower received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 24th minute. Tommie Gougeon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. An unexpectedly hard shot by Olivier Brower in the 29th minute of play forced Niagara's goalkeeper Tommie Gougeon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Martin Mazuret had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 34th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Adam Shipp sent away a hard shot on goal in the 36th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Adam Shipp's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 42ndth minute, Arnoldo Frappier skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Forrest Guzman to make the kick off. Arnoldo Frappier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Shipp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some careless play in the Dogpound defense, Forrest Guzman kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Arnoldo Frappier. The Dogpound fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Arnoldo Frappier should have stopped the shot. Martin Mazuret fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 66th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Tommie Gougeon having to interfere. Martin Mazuret 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. Olivier Brower blasted a shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Tommie Gougeon having to make a save. Olivier Brower received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 81st minute. Tommie Gougeon tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 82nd match minute, Niagara was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Virgil Burnette to maneuver through the defense. Tommie Gougeon made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Olivier Brower in the 83rd minute of play. Arnoldo Frappier took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adam Shipp, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 92 minutes into the game, Dogpound's Martin Mazuret nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Tommie Gougeon made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-3. After 96 played minutes, Niagara's Bart Jefferson shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Arnoldo Frappier 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 Niagara reached it.