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Tumwater
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After a defensive mix-up in Tumwater FC's zone, Eric Kiser stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Terence Romero came out of the goal and Eric Kiser tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. King Stringer showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Earl Landreth in the 4th minute of the match. After a rather tough play, Universal City's Ulysses Stanley got a free kick in the 4th minute. 9 minutes into the game, Eric Kiser cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 0-1. Terence Romero was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in Tumwater FC's zone, Eric Kiser stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Terence Romero came out of the goal and Eric Kiser tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. 15 minutes into the match, Tumwater FC's goal looked a bit too open when Oliver Presley came free, but Terence Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Eric Kiser recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 17th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulysses Stanley in the 18th minute of play forced Tumwater FC's goalkeeper Terence Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 19th minute, Richie Perkins ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. King Stringer was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-1. In the 22nd match minute, Tumwater FC was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jermaine Schaffer to maneuver through the defense. After 23 minutes of play, Universal City's Oliver Presley made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Terence Romero was left in no man's land by his defense there! 26 minutes into the match, Universal City's goal looked a bit too open when Richie Perkins came free, but King Stringer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Ulysses Stanley fell near the penalty area in the 27th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored Universal City's protests and gave Ulysses Stanley a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of Tumwater FC booed when Universal City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 27 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ulysses Stanley didn't get a good kick on the ball. The audience was convinced that Oliver Presley's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Terence Romero was relentless in the 29th minute of the game. 32 minutes into the match, Tumwater FC's goal looked a bit too open when Oliver Presley came free, but Terence Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lloyd Ventura kicked well hit freekick during the 36th minute of the match. King Stringer was in exellent shape and made a fantastic save when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to get hold of the ball after a long shot from Richie Perkins. Wesley Matthews blasted a shot towards the goal in the 41st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Terence Romero having to make a save. King Stringer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Patrick Cash went, in the 43rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-2 was the resulting score. The supporters of Tumwater FC booed when Universal City was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Lloyd Ventura didn't get a good kick on the ball. 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.

The wind increased when Eric Kiser made the kick off in the second half. Terence Romero came out of the goal in the 52nd minute to try and stop a shot by Universal City's Oliver Presley. But to his dismay, Oliver Presley quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-3. Ernie Fisher received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Terence Romero came out and tried to block the shot, but Ernie Fisher slotted it home off the left post making it 2-4 in the 55th minute. Terence Romero came out of the goal in the 60th minute to try and stop a shot by Universal City's Oliver Presley. But to his dismay, Oliver Presley quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-5. When Eric Kiser came up free with the goalie in the 64th minute, the Universal City 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 Eric Kiser couldn't finish the play. 65 minutes into the match, Tumwater FC's goal looked a bit too open when Eric Kiser came free, but Terence Romero reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 67 minutes into the match, Universal City's goal looked a bit too open when Jermaine Schaffer came free, but King Stringer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 69th minute Jermaine Schaffer shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but King Stringer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After having played for 71 minutes, Eric Kiser managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Universal City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eric Kiser was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Marc Overton kicked well hit freekick during the 72nd minute of the match. After having played for 74 minutes, Eric Kiser managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. Universal City's supporters crossed their fingers, but Eric Kiser 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 80thth minute of the game Eric Kiser who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Tumwater FC's Terence Romero was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Wesley Matthews could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 83rd minute of the match, but Terence Romero made a huge save. With his leg Terence Romero managed to avoid a goal in the 85thth minute, when Universal City's Oliver Presley fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ulysses Stanley in the 86th minute of play forced Tumwater FC's goalkeeper Terence Romero to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Eric Kiser in the 87th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Terence Romero prevented the ball from getting in the gole. After a defensive mix-up in Tumwater FC's zone, Eric Kiser stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Terence Romero came out of the goal and Eric Kiser tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Oliver Presley did some fancy footwork in front of goal and succeeded to deceive the defenders so he could slam the ball in 2-6 to the left of a surprised Terence Romero 91 minutes into the match. If Eric Kiser had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 96th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The Tumwater FC fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. Universal City were clearly better and deserved to take the win.