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Raritan Park
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Boyd Santana took the kick off in the first half of the match. Peter Braun lost his temper 3 minutes into the game and shoved another player to the ground. He was immediately shown a red card. 3 minutes into the game, one of Raritan:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Shayne Witherspoon came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by Alaska Anchorage FC's Peter Björnberg. But to his dismay, Peter Björnberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. After 12 played minutes Raritan got a freekick which was hit by Noah Reece. After some careless play in the Raritan defense, Peter Björnberg kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Shayne Witherspoon. The Raritan fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Shayne Witherspoon should have stopped the shot. 17 minutes into the game, Alaska Anchorage FC's Peter Björnberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Shayne Witherspoon made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-4. Shayne Witherspoon came out of the goal in the 20th minute to try and stop a shot by Alaska Anchorage FC's Peter Björnberg. But to his dismay, Peter Björnberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-5. Shayne Witherspoon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Björnberg in the 24th minute of the match. Brad Ames's late challenge caught a Alaska Anchorage FC's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Brad Ames helped the player get up and apologised. After 25 played minutes Raritan got a freekick which was hit by Brad Ames. An unexpectedly hard shot by Peter Björnberg in the 28th minute of play forced Raritan's goalkeeper Shayne Witherspoon to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Alaska Anchorage FC's Peter Björnberg got a good chance for a goal in the 31st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Peter Björnberg's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Shayne Witherspoon read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 32nd minute of play. Peter Björnberg scored 0-6 in the 34th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Shayne Witherspoon, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Shayne Witherspoon showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Peter Björnberg in the 40th minute of the match. Disappointed in the 0-6 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Peter Björnberg to make the kick off. After a rather tough play, Raritan's Palmer Cole got a free kick in the 50th minute. With a little luck, Raritan's Shayne Witherspoon got control of the ball when Peter Björnberg tried to sneak it across the goal line. Shayne Witherspoon came out of the goal in the 58th minute to try and stop a shot by Alaska Anchorage FC's Peter Björnberg. But to his dismay, Peter Björnberg quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-7. Raritan's Shayne Witherspoon played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peter Björnberg in the 64th minute of play. 66 minutes into the match, Edson Dias had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Shayne Witherspoon. Raritan's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Edson Dias was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 0-8. 69 minutes into the match, Peter Björnberg dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Shayne Witherspoon, 0-9. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Gerard Shields during the 72nd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. After 72 played minutes Raritan got a freekick which was hit by Gerard Shields. When the match had gone on for 75 minutes, Peter Björnberg took a quick shot and it went in 0-10 without a chance for Shayne Witherspoon to make any attempt to save it. 78 minutes into the game, Alaska Anchorage FC's Peter Björnberg nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Shayne Witherspoon made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 0-11. 82 minutes into the match, Alaska Anchorage FC's Peter Björnberg sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Shayne Witherspoon narrowly saved just below the crossbar. An unexpectedly hard shot by Noah Reece in the 83rd minute of play forced Alaska Anchorage FC's goalkeeper Hector Nelleboedske to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 87 played minutes Peter Björnberg rounded Raritan's defense and shot a beautiful shot into goal via left pole - 0-12. After a rather tough play, Raritan's Noah Reece got a free kick in the 90th minute. 91 minutes into the match, Peter Björnberg notched a goal, 0-13, to the right of Raritan's Shayne Witherspoon. Shayne Witherspoon was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. When the match was over Alaska Anchorage FC could go home with a victory in their luggage, having controlled the game far better than Raritan throughout the match.