League

Stowe Township
Spectators: 7563 (Terracing: 5760, Seating: 1650, VIP seats: 153) Dacula AFC's Silas Moreland started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. Stowe Township's Mervin North played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Silas Moreland in the 6th minute of play. After a defensive mix-up in Stowe Township's zone, Silas Moreland stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Mervin North came out of the goal and Silas Moreland tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. After 11 minutes, Allen Bowman mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Dacula AFC and the Stowe Township players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 11th match minute, Dacula AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Allen Bowman to maneuver through the defense. If Xavier Miles had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 18th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Julio Landis during the 19th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 19th match minute, Dacula AFC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Julio Landis to maneuver through the defense. The crowd rose to their feet as Xavier Miles kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving Aurelio Connell. That made the score 1-0 in the 21 minute of play. Mervin North made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Julio Landis in the 24th minute of play. Xavier Miles fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 27th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Aurelio Connell having to interfere. When Xavier Miles came up free with the goalie in the 28th minute, the Stowe Township 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 Xavier Miles couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Silas Moreland in the 31st minute of play forced Stowe Township's goalkeeper Mervin North to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Allen Bowman was, once again, overly rough in his play he received his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. 38 minutes had been played. Julio Landis got his second yellow card in the match during the 43rd minute which meant that he had to leave the ground.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Xavier Miles to make the kick off. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Xavier Miles in the 53rd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Aurelio Connell prevented the ball from getting in the gole. An unexpectedly hard shot by Xavier Miles in the 56th minute of play forced Dacula AFC's goalkeeper Aurelio Connell to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 57th minute, Willie Jensen hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 63 minutes of play Stowe Township's Napoleon Rivers was too eager in his attempt to stop his opponent and brought him down. With that he got his second yellow card and was ordered off the ground. After 63 played minutes Stowe Township got a freekick which was hit by Napoleon Rivers. If Vince Galloway had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Mervin North was a little too slow when Vince Galloway got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 70th minute. The score was now 1-1. After 83 played minutes Stowe Township got a freekick which was hit by Willie Jensen. Vince Galloway charged in rather forcefully in the 86th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Vince Galloway the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, Stowe Township's Zachary Santiago got a free kick in the 91st minute.