League

Kimberly Stadium
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) Manilla's Jagger Minton 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. After a rather tough play, Manilla's Brandon Galvin got a free kick in the 5th minute. Drake Pickhills received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 9th minute. Brye Alchin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Dakota Andrusiow showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jagger Minton, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. Jagger Minton fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Dakota Andrusiow having to interfere. Brye Alchin made an important save on a dangerous shot by Drake Pickhills in the 24th minute. After 28 played minutes Kimberly got a freekick which was hit by Kyle Weller. After recieving a nice pass, Manilla's Luke Christini tried to score from far away in the 28th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. A collision led to Kimberly getting a freekick after 33 minutes play. Stewart Gannan hit a great ball. Allen Johnston hit a great freekick 35 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in Manilla's zone, Corey Mcneven stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Brye Alchin came out of the goal and Corey Mcneven tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. With a little luck, Manilla's Brye Alchin got control of the ball when Drake Pickhills tried to sneak it across the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Drake Pickhills had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Brye Alchin. Manilla's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Drake Pickhills was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. In the 42nd play minute Drake Pickhills came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Brye Alchin. 2-0. Manilla's Brye Alchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dagan Loch in the 45th minute of play. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Dagan Loch stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Jagger Minton's shot when he came free in front of the goal in the 56thth minute, Dakota Andrusiow skillfully showed off with a save to what seemed to be an obvious goal. 64 minutes into the match, Kimberly's goal looked a bit too open when Russell Triplett came free, but Dakota Andrusiow reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Manilla's Brye Alchin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Drake Pickhills in the 70th minute of play. When Drake Pickhills came up free with the goalie in the 72nd minute, the Kimberly 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 Drake Pickhills couldn't finish the play. Dagan Loch received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 73rd minute. Brye Alchin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 76th match minute, Kimberly was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Dagan Loch to maneuver through the defense. In the 77th match minute, Kimberly was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Bill Carberry to maneuver through the defense. In the 78th match minute Luke Christini ran free in the middle of the field and shot a long shot which scored behind a totally surprised Dakota Andrusiow. 2-1. When Dagan Loch fell near the penalty area in the 81st minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Kimberly's protests and gave Dagan Loch a yellow card for diving instead. Dagan Loch kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. 85 minutes into the game, Jagger Minton cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-2. Dakota Andrusiow was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. If Drake Pickhills had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Kimberly's Dakota Andrusiow got control of the ball when Jagger Minton tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dagan Loch sent away a hard shot on goal in the 94th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. The final whistle blew with the score still tied, and both teams left the pitch thinking about the missed chances that could have given their team the win.