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Crosby field
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ahmed Hedrick took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marlon McIntosh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmed Hedrick in the 4th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Craig Goodson in the 9th minute of play forced Crosby FC's goalkeeper Jarod Pennington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 10 minutes into the match, Crosby FC's goal looked a bit too open when Craig Goodson came free, but Jarod Pennington reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marlon McIntosh made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Lawrence Vazquez in the 12th minute of play. After 15 minutes, Alfonso Bond mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Central Malaver and the Crosby FC players grew even worse after the yellow card. After a rather tough play, Central Malaver's Alfonso Bond got a free kick in the 15th minute. Central Malaver's Marlon McIntosh played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Dan Platt in the 23rd minute of play. Tad Becker's late challenge caught a Crosby FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Tad Becker helped the player get up and apologised. In the 25th minute, Tad Becker hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a rather tough play, Crosby FC's David Hand got a free kick in the 27th minute. Aidan Pritchard's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marlon McIntosh read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. After 39 minutes of play, Crosby FC's Marco Messer made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marlon McIntosh was left in no man's land by his defense there! After a defensive mix-up in Central Malaver's zone, Dan Platt stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marlon McIntosh came out of the goal and Dan Platt tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by A.J. Lin in the 47th minute of play forced Crosby FC's goalkeeper Jarod Pennington to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.

If Dan Platt had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 57th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. After a rather tough play, Central Malaver's Alfonso Bond got a free kick in the 59th minute. Aidan Pritchard received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 60th minute. Marlon McIntosh tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Ahmed Hedrick scored 2-0 in the 62nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marlon McIntosh, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Dan Platt succeeded in the game's 67th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 3-0. 70 minutes into the match, Dan Platt had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marlon McIntosh. Central Malaver's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Dan Platt was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 4-0. The audience was convinced that Aidan Pritchard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marlon McIntosh was relentless in the 73rd minute of the game. After 74 played minutes Crosby FC got a freekick which was hit by Marco Messer. Crosby FC's Jarod Pennington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Alfonso Bond in the 76th minute of play. If Lamar Dunlap had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 77th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Dan Platt in the 79th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marlon McIntosh saved Central Malaver from getting behind. After 80 played minutes Central Malaver got a freekick which was hit by Nicky Mueller. In the 81st minute, Ahmed Hedrick 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. Crosby FC's Jarod Pennington played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Craig Goodson in the 83rd minute of play. The audience was convinced that Aidan Pritchard's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marlon McIntosh was relentless in the 84th minute of the game. Lawrence Vazquez fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marlon McIntosh having to interfere. Crosby FC's Marco Messer got a good chance for a goal in the 91st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Dan Platt might have been able to make a better finish in the 95th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marlon McIntosh. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Dan Platt ran back to his position shaking his head. When Marco Messer came up free with the goalie in the 96th minute, the Crosby FC 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 Marco Messer couldn't finish the play. Crosby FC walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.