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Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Houston Vickers made the kick off which started today's match. When Tyson Garrison came up free with the goalie in the 3rd 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 Tyson Garrison couldn't finish the play. Ronny Flanagan took the ball and in the 4 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Steven Stallings. Steven Stallings dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. A collision led to Archbald getting a freekick after 7 minutes play. Jonah Cardenas hit a great ball. Archbald's Jermaine Countess proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 8th minute of the match, managed to save Archbald from getting a goal against them. If Houston Vickers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 12th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Houston Vickers had several of the Archbald's defenders around him in the penalty area when he, after 14 minutes of play, received a pass and succeeded in some way to shoot a shot which went straight ahead into goal. This resulted in a 1-1 score and a disappointed Jermaine Countess as he didn't even see the shot coming. Steven Stallings took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronny Flanagan, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marquis Price took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 20th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Steven Stallings. South Santa Rosa's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. 21 minutes into the game, one of South Santa Rosa:s players got tackled near the goal, and the referee blew for a penalty. Houston Vickers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 28th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jermaine Countess having to interfere. Jermaine Countess showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tyson Garrison in the 31st minute of the match. Houston Vickers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 32nd minute of the match, but Jermaine Countess made a huge save. Ronny Flanagan recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 33rd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Blair Shah in the 33rd managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Steven Stallings saved South Santa Rosa from getting behind. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronny Flanagan in the 35th minute of play forced South Santa Rosa's goalkeeper Steven Stallings to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 35 minutes into the match, South Santa Rosa's goal looked a bit too open when Blair Shah came free, but Steven Stallings reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the South Santa Rosa defense, Blair Shah kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Steven Stallings. The South Santa Rosa fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Steven Stallings should have stopped the shot. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ronny Flanagan in the 38th minute of play forced South Santa Rosa's goalkeeper Steven Stallings to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 40th minute Blair Shah shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Steven Stallings saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute, Ronny Flanagan left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Archbald fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-4. After the first half Archbald were leading 1-4. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Ronny Flanagan made a kick off. Richard Dennis recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 52nd minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Elliot Frey could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Steven Stallings made a huge save. 59 minutes into the game, Jonah Cardenas threw the ball into play from the sideline. South Santa Rosa's Boyce Richards quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Boyce Richards fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 60th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jermaine Countess having to interfere. A collision led to Archbald getting a freekick after 62 minutes play. Mervin Villegas hit a great ball. After 64 played minutes South Santa Rosa got a freekick which was hit by Sandy Burton. In the 65th minute, Ronny Flanagan fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Steven Stallings, passed just outside the right post. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ruben Brooks during the 69th minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. Ruben Brooks kicked well hit freekick during the 69th minute of the match. South Santa Rosa's Steven Stallings proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save South Santa Rosa from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, South Santa Rosa's Steven Stallings got control of the ball when Ronny Flanagan tried to sneak it across the goal line. Steven Stallings made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Orville Gallo sent off a good shot on target. When the match clock showed 81 minutes, the score became 2-4 when Houston Vickers sped through Archbald's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Jermaine Countess. When the match had gone on for 85 minutes, Houston Vickers put it in 3-4 from a short distance just to the right of Jermaine Countess. A collision led to South Santa Rosa getting a freekick after 87 minutes play. Houston Vickers hit a great ball. 90 minutes into the match, Ronny Flanagan dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Steven Stallings, 3-5. Elliot Frey hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. Archbald's supporters were very happy and cheered loudly because their team had won after a very close match.