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Estadio Caliente
Spectators: 7351 (Terracing: 5514, Seating: 1690, VIP seats: 147) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Von Elmore started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, Rubin Good 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. Sylvester Farrar fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 10th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Fabian Iratze having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 18 minutes, Blair Rowland put it in 1-0 from a short distance just to the right of Chance Corbin. When Rubin Good came up free with the goalie in the 23rd minute, the Lancaster 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 Rubin Good couldn't finish the play. Everyone was convinced a goal was close when Xolos Tijuana's Ross Keller in the 25th minute lifted the ball towards the upper right corner, but Chance Corbin was perfectly placed and prevented a goal for Lancaster through an amazing save. After some careless play in the Lancaster defense, Blair Rowland kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Chance Corbin. The Lancaster fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Chance Corbin should have stopped the shot. Blair Rowland recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 34th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Chance Corbin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Blair Rowland in the 36th minute of the match. After 37 minutes Lancaster's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Quentin Shipman who took care of the corner kick. Chance Corbin was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Jamel Colbert showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 3-0 in the 38 minute of play. Frank Buddle could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 42nd minute of the match, but Chance Corbin made a huge save. Nathaniel Moreno's late challenge caught a Xolos Tijuana's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Nathaniel Moreno helped the player get up and apologised. After a rather tough play, Lancaster's Nathaniel Moreno got a free kick in the 48th minute. Xolos Tijuana's Quentin Shipman got a good chance for a goal in the 48th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Af the end of the first half the score was 3-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

54 minutes into the match, Xolos Tijuana's Blair Rowland sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Chance Corbin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. A collision led to Lancaster getting a freekick after 67 minutes play. Warren West hit a great ball. After having played for 68 minutes, Quentin Shipman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Xolos Tijuana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Quentin Shipman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. If Ross Keller had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 80th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Blair Rowland had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 82nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. After having played for 85 minutes, Santos Terry managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Xolos Tijuana's supporters crossed their fingers, but Santos Terry was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. In the 86th minute, Blair Rowland 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. Chance Corbin came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Xolos Tijuana's Blair Rowland. But to his dismay, Blair Rowland quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-0. Blair Rowland received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 92nd minute. Chance Corbin tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 93 minutes into the match, Santos Terry notched a goal, 6-0, to the right of Lancaster's Chance Corbin. Chance Corbin was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Chance Corbin stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Blair Rowland's shot from short distance in the 98th minute. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. Xolos Tijuana fully deserved thier win.