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Alexandria
Spectators: 7975 (Terracing: 6000, Seating: 1815, VIP seats: 160) Alexandria's Everette Bruner 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. Hurricanes FC's Ahmet Hayri Vedat proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Hurricanes FC from getting a goal against them. Alexandria's Brock Hatcher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sherwood Spencer in the 6th minute of play. Robby Farris hit a great freekick 6 minutes into the match. In the 8th minute, Amos Hopkins made a precise shot to the right of Brock Hatcher. Alexandria's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 0-1. Ahmet Hayri Vedat made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Robby Farris in the 15th minute of play. If Everette Bruner had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Ahmet Hayri Vedat made a fantastic save in the 21st minute, when Everette Bruner sent off a good shot on target. 23 minutes into the match, Alexandria's goal looked a bit too open when Amos Hopkins came free, but Brock Hatcher reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Hurricanes FC's Ahmet Hayri Vedat got control of the ball when Everette Bruner tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 33rd minute Gabriel Beard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Hayri Vedat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Alexandria's Brock Hatcher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marc Coupart in the 37th minute of play. After having played for 38 minutes, Amos Hopkins managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Hurricanes FC's supporters crossed their fingers, but Amos Hopkins was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rickie Bourque in the 39th minute of play forced Alexandria's goalkeeper Brock Hatcher to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 41 minutes into the match, Marc Coupart had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Brock Hatcher. Alexandria's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Marc Coupart was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. A sloppy throw-in by Charles McKinney in the 45th minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Alexandria's Diodore Goins. The audience thought a goal was coming when Everette Bruner got free with Ahmet Hayri Vedat in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-3 lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Amos Hopkins was the one to do the kick off. Alexandria's Brock Hatcher played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Amos Hopkins in the 51st minute of play. Rickie Bourque's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Brock Hatcher firmly grabbed it by the left post. In the 55th minute, Charles McKinney reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Brock Hatcher. The goal made the score 0-4. Brock Hatcher showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marc Coupart, who was totally free with the ball in the 59th minute. After 67 played minutes Hurricanes FC got a freekick which was hit by Kenny Granger. In the 71st minute Gabriel Beard shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ahmet Hayri Vedat saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Gabriel Beard spun around in front of the goal 71 minutes in the game, and got away a shot that, to his disappointment, went to the left of Hurricanes FC's goal. Hurricanes FC's Ahmet Hayri Vedat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Everette Bruner in the 73rd minute of play. Ahmet Hayri Vedat showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Gabriel Beard in the 76th minute of the match. Brock Hatcher was out of position in the 77 minute of play, and Marc Coupart capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Marc Coupart really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Alfredo Larsen kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. 82 minutes into the game, Sherwood Spencer cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-6. Brock Hatcher was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. A collision led to Hurricanes FC getting a freekick after 85 minutes play. Alfredo Larsen hit a great ball. Brock Hatcher showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Charles McKinney in the 87th minute of the match. In the 88th match minute, Alexandria was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gabriel Beard to maneuver through the defense. Hurricanes FC's Ahmet Hayri Vedat played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Beard in the 91st minute of play. After 95 minutes of play, Alexandria's Everette Bruner made it 1-6 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ahmet Hayri Vedat was left in no man's land by his defense there! Hurricanes FC's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.