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Mechanicville
Spectators: 6774 (Terracing: 5000, Seating: 1774, VIP seats: 0) After 3 minutes, Rolland Laws mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Floral City and the Mechanicville players grew even worse after the yellow card. Rolland Laws kicked well hit freekick during the 3rd minute of the match. Floral City's Young Gould got a good chance for a goal in the 9th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Mitch Samuels showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Kristopher Edwards in the 13th minute of the match. After 14 minutes of play, Floral City's Rolland Laws made it 0-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Mitch Samuels was left in no man's land by his defense there! Mitch Samuels made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Kristopher Edwards in the 17th minute of play. Jeremy Kirby hit a great freekick 21 minutes into the match. Leroy Aranda's late challenge caught a Mechanicville's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Leroy Aranda helped the player get up and apologised. In the 23rd minute, Leroy Aranda hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The long shot by Kelly Walsh in the 24th minute really tested Duane Boudreaux's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. Mitch Samuels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kristopher Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Winston Matthews got free with Duane Boudreaux in the 30th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After a rather tough play, Floral City's Leroy Aranda got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Winston Matthews made a well adjusted shot against goal in the 35thth minute coming free in front of the goal, but Duane Boudreaux would not let the ball come through at any expense and made a nice save by the left post. Sheldon Benjamin fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 37th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Duane Boudreaux having to interfere. Mitch Samuels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kristopher Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Duane Boudreaux made an important save on a dangerous shot by Winston Matthews in the 42nd minute. Floral City's defense didn't have a chance, in the 44th minute, when Sheldon Benjamin scored to the left of an out of position Duane Boudreaux, making the score, 1-1.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Marcellus Cornett was the one to do the kick off. Mitch Samuels took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Kristopher Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Winston Matthews's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duane Boudreaux was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Duane Boudreaux took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sheldon Benjamin, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Floral City's Duane Boudreaux played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sheldon Benjamin in the 62nd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Winston Matthews's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Duane Boudreaux was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. Duane Boudreaux took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Winston Matthews, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Sheldon Benjamin had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 70th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mechanicville's defense didn't have a chance, in the 72nd minute, when Rolland Laws scored to the left of an out of position Mitch Samuels, making the score, 1-2. When the match clock showed 78 minutes, the score became 2-2 when Sheldon Benjamin sped through Floral City's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Duane Boudreaux. Mechanicville's defense didn't have a chance, in the 83rd minute, when Leroy Aranda scored to the left of an out of position Mitch Samuels, making the score, 2-3. In the 87th minute Leroy Aranda shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mitch Samuels saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Duane Boudreaux showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sheldon Benjamin, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. The teams fought very hard right up to the final whistle. Both sets of players were happy to go away with a draw.