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Healdsburg
Spectators: 7412 (Terracing: 5500, Seating: 1762, VIP seats: 150) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Phillip Egan started the match with the kick off. Norman Tran hit a great freekick 2 minutes into the match. Geoff Haines hit a great freekick 3 minutes into the match. 8 minutes had been played when some careless play by Healdsburg's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Henry Christie was slow to take the kick. During this time The Alliance Fc's players had a chance to rest. 10 minutes into the match, Healdsburg's goal looked a bit too open when Phillip Egan came free, but Rolland Wesley reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 13th minute of the match Don Werner sent off a long shot with destination to the right of the goalkeeper, but Rolland Wesley skillfully saved the ball. Geoff Haines recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 18th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Don Werner hit a great freekick 24 minutes into the match. Geoff Haines scored 1-1 in the 26th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jonas Torres, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Geoff Haines had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 37th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Bo Copeland during the 39th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Bo Copeland kicked well hit freekick during the 39th minute of the match. Devon Romano recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 40th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. After the first half the score was level. The break gave the players a chance to catch their breath, whilst the managers went over the tactics with them again.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Devon Romano to make the kick off. In the 51st minute the ball was on its way in behind Healdsburg's goalkeeper Rolland Wesley, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Thad Riggs during the 52nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. The supporters of The Alliance Fc booed when Healdsburg was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Thad Riggs didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 60th match minute, The Alliance Fc was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Vaughn Curtis to maneuver through the defense. In the 63rd minute the ball was on its way in behind The Alliance Fc's goalkeeper Jonas Torres, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Geoff Haines received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 67th minute. Jonas Torres tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Geoff Haines might have been able to make a better finish in the 72nd minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Jonas Torres. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Geoff Haines ran back to his position shaking his head. Devon Romano sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. After 75th play minutes Geoff Haines shot 2-1, a short shot which went by Jonas Torres and just under the crossbar into goal. When Healdsburg's Devon Romano in the 78th minute got a chance for a shot 78th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye The Alliance Fc's goalie prevented a goal. Kraig Tabor kicked well hit freekick during the 80th minute of the match. Phillip Egan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 81st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Rolland Wesley having to interfere. In the 83rd minute the ball was on its way in behind The Alliance Fc's goalkeeper Jonas Torres, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 84th minute Devon Romano shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jonas Torres saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Vaughn Curtis hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. The audience was convinced that Devon Romano's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Jonas Torres was relentless in the 88th minute of the game. If Geoff Haines had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 89th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Jonas Torres showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Devon Romano in the 90th minute of the match. Norman Tran sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. 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. Healdsburg fully deserved thier win.