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Animal Meadows
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Clayton Bates made the kick off and thus started the match. Allen Raines made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Clayton Bates in the 3rd minute of play. Sung Bender hit a great freekick 4 minutes into the match. Jonas Hurd took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 5th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Allen Raines. Athetic's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. Albert Lefler could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 10th minute of the match, but Allen Raines made a huge save. 12 minutes into the match, Athetic's goal looked a bit too open when Clayton Bates came free, but Allen Raines reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Clayton Bates received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Allen Raines came out and tried to block the shot, but Clayton Bates slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 15th minute. In the 23rd minute, Kasey Rocha left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Athetic fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-1. Blue Sheep's Porter North played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramon Wright in the 32nd minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Dante Link had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Porter North. Blue Sheep's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dante Link was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-2. 40 minutes into the match, Athetic's goal looked a bit too open when Clayton Bates came free, but Allen Raines reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Rodrick Sullivan during the 43rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of Blue Sheep booed when Athetic was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Rodrick Sullivan didn't get a good kick on the ball. Allen Raines made an important save on a dangerous shot by Jonas Hurd in the 45th minute. Allen Raines was a little too slow when Ramiro Crabtree got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 47th minute. The score was now 3-2.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dante Link to make the kick off. After 54 minutes of play, Blue Sheep's Clayton Bates made it 4-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Allen Raines was left in no man's land by his defense there! Allen Raines took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sandy French, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sandy French in the 68th minute of play forced Athetic's goalkeeper Allen Raines to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Athetic's Allen Raines played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Lefler in the 69th minute of play. In the 72nd match minute, Blue Sheep was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Sandy French to maneuver through the defense. In the 74th minute, Nathanial Harris hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 78 minutes into the match, Athetic's goal looked a bit too open when Albert Lefler came free, but Allen Raines reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 80th match minute, Blue Sheep was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jeffrey Garcia to maneuver through the defense. The audience thought a goal was coming when Ramon Wright got free with Porter North in the 82nd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Athetic's Allen Raines played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Albert Lefler in the 84th minute of play. Athetic's Allen Raines played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ramiro Crabtree in the 89th minute of play. After some careless play in the Athetic defense, Ramiro Crabtree kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Allen Raines. The Athetic fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Allen Raines should have stopped the shot. There was no doubt that Blue Sheep were the better team. Blue Sheep's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.