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Shady Spring
Spectators: 8406 (Terracing: 6305, Seating: 1933, VIP seats: 168) Colorado FC's Wally Covington started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Alonso Pacheco stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Wally Covington's shot from short distance in the 16th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sammy Dunbar in the 17th minute of play forced Shady Spring FC's goalkeeper Alonso Pacheco to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rodrigo Reed in the 25th minute of play forced Colorado FC's goalkeeper William Nordkvist to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. William Nordkvist showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ivan Dias in the 27th minute of the match. 28 minutes had been played when some careless play by Colorado FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Rodrigo Reed was slow to take the kick. During this time Shady Spring FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Shady Spring FC's corner Rodrigo Reed fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and William Nordkvist quite easily take care of the ball. Emanuel Rosenthal hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. Alonso Pacheco showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Wally Covington, who was totally free with the ball in the 32nd minute. The supporters of Shady Spring FC booed when Colorado FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 32 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tom Erickson didn't get a good kick on the ball. Colorado FC's William Nordkvist proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Colorado FC from getting a goal against them. With an all-out effort, Shady Spring FC's William Nordkvist threw himself towards the right post 38 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Ivan Dias, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Shady Spring FC's goalkeeper Alonso Pacheco, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Alonso Pacheco showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Wally Covington in the 46th minute of the match.

With his leg Alonso Pacheco managed to avoid a goal in the 53rdth minute, when Colorado FC's Wally Covington fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 53rd minute, Reggie Braden hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wally Covingtons short, quick shot in the 55thth minute got Alonso Pacheco to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. With his leg Alonso Pacheco managed to avoid a goal in the 55thth minute, when Colorado FC's Wally Covington fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Armen Mkhitaryan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 63rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without William Nordkvist having to interfere. The supporters of Colorado FC booed when Shady Spring FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 65 match minutes in a wonderful position. Freddy Bernstein didn't get a good kick on the ball. Shady Spring FC's Rodrigo Reed got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 73 minutes into the match, Shady Spring FC's goalkeeper Alonso Pacheco had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wally Covington. The crowd rose to their feet as Colorado FC's Wally Covington slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Alonso Pacheco. That made the score 1-1 after 76 minutes of play. Roy Kaiser's late challenge caught a Shady Spring FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Roy Kaiser helped the player get up and apologised. Roy Kaiser kicked well hit freekick during the 78th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Rodrigo Reed's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but William Nordkvist was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. 85 minutes into the match, Ivan Dias notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Colorado FC's William Nordkvist. William Nordkvist was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Sammy Dunbar sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Colorado FC's William Nordkvist played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rodrigo Reed in the 95th minute of play.