League

Pakan Stadium
Spectators: 6758 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1758, VIP seats: 0) Pakan's Rogelio MacDonald 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. A collision led to Pakan getting a freekick after 8 minutes play. Gonzalo Patten hit a great ball. After a defensive mix-up in Pakan's zone, Anibal McClain stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Claude English came out of the goal and Anibal McClain tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. In the 15th minute of the match, Rogelio MacDonald tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Malcom Childs saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. Shelby Bruce received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 18th minute. Claude English tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 20 minutes into the game, Aldouane's Andres Gustafson nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Claude English made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-1. A collision led to Aldouane getting a freekick after 24 minutes play. Devon Aubé hit a great ball. Andres Gustafson blasted a shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Claude English having to make a save. If Rogelio MacDonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 31st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Andres Gustafson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 34th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claude English having to interfere. 40 minutes into the match, Pakan's goal looked a bit too open when Shelby Bruce came free, but Claude English reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Andres Gustafson's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Claude English was relentless in the 42nd minute of the game. After a rather tough play, Pakan's Micheal Pritchard got a free kick in the 44th minute. Aldouane's Anibal McClain couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 44th minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for Pakan. Jonathon McFadden received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 47th minute. Malcom Childs tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After the first half Aldouane were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The wind increased when Andres Gustafson made the kick off in the second half. Clay Newby took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 52nd minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Malcom Childs. Aldouane's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. After a rather tough play, Aldouane's Devon Aubé got a free kick in the 53rd minute. Shelby Bruce's late challenge caught a Pakan's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Shelby Bruce helped the player get up and apologised. In the 55th match minute, Aldouane was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Shelby Bruce to maneuver through the defense. In the 57th minute, Shelby Bruce fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Claude English, passed just outside the right post. 65 minutes into the game, Bradley Braxton was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Pakan's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Aldouane the free kick. A collision led to Pakan getting a freekick after 65 minutes play. Bradley Braxton hit a great ball. In the 66th minute Andres Gustafson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Claude English saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Claude English took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Andres Gustafson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 68 played minutes Pakan got a freekick which was hit by Bradley Braxton. Aldouane's Shelby Bruce got a good chance for a goal in the 71st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Andres Gustafson fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 73rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Claude English having to interfere. If Jonathon McFadden had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 75th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Micheal Pritchard's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Malcom Childs read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 81st minute of play. Claude English showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andres Gustafson in the 83rd minute of the match. When Shelby Bruce came up free with the goalie in the 84th minute, the Aldouane 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 Shelby Bruce couldn't finish the play. Andres Gustafson had several of the Pakan's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 93 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 Claude English as he didn't even see the shot coming. The audience thought a goal was coming when Tyson Brisebois got free with Claude English in the 98th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. The Pakan fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Aldouane were clearly better and deserved to take the win.