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South Santa Rosa Sta
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Hank Medina made the kick off which started today's match. South Santa Rosa's Julian Gorman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hank Medina in the 3rd minute of play. When Jayson Zeigler came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the South Santa Rosa 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 Jayson Zeigler couldn't finish the play. Wesley Summers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 16th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julian Gorman having to interfere. A collision led to South Santa Rosa getting a freekick after 17 minutes play. Bob Welch hit a great ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Wesley Summers in the 31st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Julian Gorman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Wesley Summers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 36th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Julian Gorman having to interfere. Julian Gorman didn't succeed to prevent the ball from going into goal when Egypt Lake's Wesley Summers shot an unexpected shot in the crossbar's under edge and made 0-2 in the ordered_time% minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-2.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Jayson Zeigler was the one to do the kick off. 53 minutes into the match, South Santa Rosa's goalkeeper Julian Gorman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Wesley Summers. 54 minutes into the match, South Santa Rosa's goal looked a bit too open when Hank Medina came free, but Julian Gorman reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Egypt Lake's Wesley Summers got a good chance for a goal in the 56th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. With a little luck, South Santa Rosa's Julian Gorman got control of the ball when Wesley Summers tried to sneak it across the goal line. Egypt Lake's Hank Medina got a good chance for a goal in the 68th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. If Wesley Summers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 71st minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wesley Summers got free with Julian Gorman in the 73rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. After 75 minutes, Bob Welch mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the South Santa Rosa and the Egypt Lake players grew even worse after the yellow card. A collision led to South Santa Rosa getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Bob Welch hit a great ball. After recieving a nice pass, Egypt Lake's Grant Willingham tried to score from far away in the 76th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. 77 minutes into the match, Wesley Summers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Julian Gorman. South Santa Rosa's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Wesley Summers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-3. Julian Gorman stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Hank Medina's shot from short distance in the 81st minute. Julian Gorman had great luck who in the 83rdth minute grab hold of the ball when Hank Medina from a short distance tried to put the ball inside the right post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wesley Summers got free with Julian Gorman in the 85th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Hank Medina blasted a shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Julian Gorman having to make a save. Roland Lawler took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 89th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Julian Gorman. South Santa Rosa's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. In the 89th match minute, South Santa Rosa was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Boyce Hawthorne to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hank Medina in the 91st minute of play forced South Santa Rosa's goalkeeper Julian Gorman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Santo Hilliard might have been able to make a better finish in the 93rd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Julian Gorman. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Santo Hilliard ran back to his position shaking his head. When the match was over Egypt Lake could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than South Santa Rosa throughout the match.