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Pink Boys Arena
Spectators: 7679 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1766, VIP seats: 153) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Brant Galloway made the kick off which started today's match. In the 2nd minute Ernesto Rutherford suffered a foot injury and had to be helped off the field. In the 4th minute, Merrill Dale hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Zachery Noel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 5th minute. Mitch McCoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a defensive mix-up in Pink Boys's zone, Brant Galloway stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mitch McCoy came out of the goal and Brant Galloway tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Merrill Dale kicked well hit freekick during the 13th minute of the match. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Brant Galloway in the 14th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mitch McCoy saved Pink Boys from getting behind. Pink Boys's Mitch McCoy played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zachery Noel in the 17th minute of play. In the 18th minute, Brant Galloway got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Zachery Noel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 20th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Zachery Noel sent away a hard shot on goal in the 23rd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. When Junior Doe came up free with the goalie in the 34th minute, the Manya Porongo 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 Junior Doe couldn't finish the play. Manya Porongo's Zachery Noel got a good chance for a goal in the 35th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. When the match clock showed 36 minutes, the score became 0-1 when Brant Galloway sped through Pink Boys's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Mitch McCoy. In the 39th minute, Zachery Noel got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. In the 40th minute, one of Pink Boys:s players had the ball in front of the goal but got pushed and fell. The referee felt it was an obvious case and blew a penalty for Pink Boys. After a rather tough play, Manya Porongo's Joel Willoughby got a free kick in the 44th minute. Mitch McCoy showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Zachery Noel, who was totally free with the ball in the 47th minute. The Pink Boys players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Manya Porongo were winning 0-1.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Dwight Healy to make the kick off. In the 51st minute, Thad Cardona got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. After 52 played minutes Pink Boys got a freekick which was hit by Merrill Dale. Mitch McCoy showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zachery Noel in the 63rd minute of the match. Brant Galloway had several of the Pink Boys's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 65 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 0-2 score and a disappointed Mitch McCoy as he didn't even see the shot coming. Mitch McCoy came out of the goal in the 70th minute to try and stop a shot by Manya Porongo's Brant Galloway. But to his dismay, Brant Galloway quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-3. Brant Galloway's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 74thth minute, Mitch McCoy skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Tyler Pina during the 77th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 77th minute, Tyler Pina hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in Pink Boys's zone, Zachery Noel stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mitch McCoy came out of the goal and Zachery Noel tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Mel Sloan who after having made a long run got a chance for a shot on goal. Despite a couple of nice moves Ulysses Albright's wasn't to be fooled and made an easy save when Mel Sloan was beeing forced to shoot. Mitch McCoy was a little too slow when Zachery Noel got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 86th minute. The score was now 0-4. Zachery Noel recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 92nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With his leg Mitch McCoy managed to avoid a goal in the 94thth minute, when Manya Porongo's Brant Galloway fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Zachery Noel received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 95th minute. Mitch McCoy tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Manya Porongo played a much better game than Pink Boys and deserved their victory. The Pink Boys players were clearly disappointed as they left the ground.