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Spectators: 7941 (Terracing: 6001, Seating: 1840, VIP seats: 100) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Desmond Bruner kicked off to start the match. In the 2nd minute, Reginald Dobbins hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Wendell Lackey fired away a difficult shot at goal in the 6th minute. He almost succeeded, but the ball went over. It was a very nice shot. 10 minutes into the match, Desmond Bruner notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of Saby Dimers's Deshawn Hastings. Deshawn Hastings was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. The audience was convinced that Ross Landers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Deshawn Hastings was relentless in the 15th minute of the game. Deshawn Hastings made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ross Landers in the 17th minute of play. 19 minutes into the game, Marcos Ciccaglione cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-2. Deshawn Hastings was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Woodrow Fountain made in the 21st minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Saby Dimers's Kareem Cottrell. When Forest SC's Ross Landers in the 25th minute got a chance for a shot 25th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Saby Dimers's goalie prevented a goal. In the 26th minute, Desmond Bruner made a precise shot to the right of Deshawn Hastings. Saby Dimers's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-3. In the 30th minute Marcos Ciccaglione shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Deshawn Hastings saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Marcos Ciccaglione in the 32nd minute of play forced Saby Dimers's goalkeeper Deshawn Hastings to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 34th minute, Desmond Bruner left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Forest SC fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-4. Deshawn Hastings made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Desmond Bruner in the 37th minute of play. Marcos Ciccaglione scored 0-5 in the 38th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Deshawn Hastings, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. When Ross Landers came up free with the goalie in the 45th minute, the Forest SC 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 Ross Landers couldn't finish the play. In the 46th minute, Ross Landers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Deshawn Hastings was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-6. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-6 lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Colin Sheehan made a kick off. After a rather tough play, Forest SC's Kurtis Cooper got a free kick in the 52nd minute. Ross Landers sent away a hard shot on goal in the 56th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When the match clock showed 58 minutes, the score became 0-7 when Marcos Ciccaglione sped through Saby Dimers's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Deshawn Hastings. In the 61st minute Desmond Bruner shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Deshawn Hastings saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Saby Dimers's goal looked a bit too open when Desmond Bruner came free, but Deshawn Hastings reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute, Terrance Poirier hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Saby Dimers's Deshawn Hastings played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Desmond Bruner in the 74th minute of play. 75 minutes into the match, Marcos Ciccaglione had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Deshawn Hastings. Saby Dimers's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marcos Ciccaglione was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-9. Deshawn Hastings took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bennett Newcomb, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Saby Dimers's Deshawn Hastings played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcos Ciccaglione in the 82nd minute of play. Forest SC's Bennett Newcomb got a good chance for a goal in the 85th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Desmond Bruner received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Deshawn Hastings came out and tried to block the shot, but Desmond Bruner slotted it home off the left post making it 0-10 in the 87th minute. 94 minutes into the match, Saby Dimers's goalkeeper Deshawn Hastings had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Marcos Ciccaglione. Deshawn Hastings made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Marcos Ciccaglione sent off a good shot on target. Forest SC's fans were overjoyed with their teams well-earned victory and stayed in the stadium long after the final whistle to celebrate the win.