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East Patchogue
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ted Muller got the match started through his kick off. 4 minutes into the game, Don Holland cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-0. Felipe Vang was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Sturtevant AFC's Felipe Vang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bart Egan in the 7th minute of play. After 8 minutes, Damon Acosta mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sturtevant AFC and the JYJ3 FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. Damon Acosta hit a great freekick 8 minutes into the match. 10 minutes into the match, Don Holland notched a goal, 2-0, to the right of Sturtevant AFC's Felipe Vang. Felipe Vang was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After 13 played minutes, Sturtevant AFC's Damon Acosta shot from a long distance, and at first it looked like the ball was going into the goal, but the goalkeeper Denny Coppack 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 Sturtevant AFC reached it. 14 minutes into the match, Sturtevant AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Don Holland came free, but Felipe Vang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 16th minute, Ted Muller reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Felipe Vang. The goal made the score 3-0. The supporters of Sturtevant AFC booed when JYJ3 FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 22 match minutes in a wonderful position. Bart Egan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Henry Bowser fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Denny Coppack having to interfere. Liu Guo Wei's late challenge caught a JYJ3 FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Liu Guo Wei helped the player get up and apologised. In the 31st match minute, Sturtevant AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Liu Guo Wei to maneuver through the defense. After some fancy dribbling in the 37th minute, Wilton Mullen managed to get in a good position for a shot. Sturtevant AFC's supporters rose to their feet, but Wilton Mullen was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Denny Coppack breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Henry Bowser blasted a shot towards the goal in the 40th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Denny Coppack having to make a save. When Houston Shah fell near the penalty area in the 41st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored JYJ3 FC's protests and gave Houston Shah a yellow card for diving instead. A collision led to JYJ3 FC getting a freekick after 41 minutes play. Houston Shah hit a great ball. Felipe Vang made an important save on a dangerous shot by Don Holland in the 45th minute. Ted Muller fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Felipe Vang having to interfere. In the 48th minute, Don Holland left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The JYJ3 FC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-1. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 5-1 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Henry Bowser to make the kick off. Denny Coppack stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Henry Bowser's shot from short distance in the 57th minute. Felipe Vang came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by JYJ3 FC's Bart Egan. But to his dismay, Bart Egan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-1. Ted Muller received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 63rd minute. Felipe Vang tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Denny Coppack showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Henry Bowser in the 67th minute of the match. Sturtevant AFC's Felipe Vang played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ted Muller in the 69th minute of play. Houston Shah hit a great freekick 71 minutes into the match. In the 73rd minute, Ted Muller ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Felipe Vang was frozen by the shot and now it was 7-1. After 82 minutes of play Sturtevant AFC's Damon Acosta was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 82 played minutes Sturtevant AFC got a freekick which was hit by Damon Acosta. Houston Shah scored 8-1 in the 86th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Felipe Vang, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Felipe Vang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ted Muller in the 90th minute of play. After 93 minutes, Tod Smallwood mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Sturtevant AFC and the JYJ3 FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 93 played minutes Sturtevant AFC got a freekick which was hit by Tod Smallwood. Winford Crawford, 94 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. After 99 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Sturtevant AFC! JYJ3 FC's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.