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Turbine Stadium
Spectators: 6719 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1719, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Neville Saucier took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 4th minute, Mathis Crump 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. Mariano Hager made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lawrence Bass in the 7th minute of play. Mariano Hager didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Lawrence Bass went, in the 8th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. Eduardo Waddell struck a weak shot in the 14th minute. Mariano Hager didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Osoyoos FC. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Neville Saucier in the 18th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Darrel Tucker saved Osoyoos FC from getting behind. Mathis Crump sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Mathis Crump fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 24th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Darrel Tucker having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 27 minutes, Mathis Crump took a quick shot and it went in 1-1 without a chance for Darrel Tucker to make any attempt to save it. In the 33rd match minute, Osoyoos FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Lawrence Bass to maneuver through the defense. After 36 minutes of play, Turbine's Mathis Crump made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Darrel Tucker was left in no man's land by his defense there! Eduardo Waddell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 42nd minute. Mariano Hager tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 45th minute Eduardo Waddell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mariano Hager saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Lawrence Bass sent away a hard shot on goal in the 46th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a defensive mix-up in Turbine's zone, Eduardo Waddell stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mariano Hager came out of the goal and Eduardo Waddell tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-1 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Lawrence Bass to strike the kick off in the second half. Darrel Tucker made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Neville Saucier in the 53rd minute of play. Mathis Crump received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Darrel Tucker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Mariano Hager made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lawrence Bass in the 59th minute of play. In the 63rd match minute, Turbine was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Garrett Weber to maneuver through the defense. Eduardo Waddell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 64th minute. Mariano Hager tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. With a little luck, Turbine's Mariano Hager got control of the ball when Eduardo Waddell tried to sneak it across the goal line. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Lawrence Bass in the 68th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Mariano Hager saved Turbine from getting behind. If Lawrence Bass had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mathis Crump received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 79th minute. Darrel Tucker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. When Neville Saucier came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the Turbine 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 Neville Saucier couldn't finish the play. Eduardo Waddell struck a weak shot in the 85th minute. Mariano Hager didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for Osoyoos FC. After having played for 89 minutes, Mathis Crump managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Turbine's supporters crossed their fingers, but Mathis Crump was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Turbine were really happy, having secured the victory after a very even contest. They thanked the players of Osoyoos FC for a fine match.