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North Atlanta
Spectators: 5000 (Terracing: 4000, Seating: 1000, VIP seats: 0) After having played for 7 minutes, Rick Blackman managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. North Atla's supporters crossed their fingers, but Rick Blackman was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. After 15 played minutes North Atla got a freekick which was hit by Al Vigil. Casey Dill sent away a hard shot on goal in the 16th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, North Atla's Chad Hare got a free kick in the 17th minute. In the 20th minute, North Atla's Rick Blackman dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-0. North Atla's Tuan Napier played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Casey Dill in the 22nd minute of play. 25 minutes into the game, Chad Hare was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. North Atla's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Port Vale FC the free kick. After 31 played minutes North Atla got a freekick which was hit by Al Vigil. In the 33rd minute, Merle Scott hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. When the match had gone on for 34 minutes, Leo Huber put it in 3-0 from a short distance just to the right of Anton Kauffman. An unexpected shot in the 37th minute by Rick Blackman got the crowd on their feet, but to their dismay it went out on the left side. 42 minutes into the match, North Atla's goal looked a bit too open when Casey Dill came free, but Tuan Napier reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Rick Blackman might have been able to make a better finish in the 44th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Anton Kauffman. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Rick Blackman ran back to his position shaking his head. 49 minutes into the match, Port Vale FC's goalkeeper Anton Kauffman had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Rick Blackman. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 3-0.

Anton Kauffman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rick Blackman, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Merle Scott hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. In the 58th minute, Leo Huber ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Anton Kauffman was frozen by the shot and now it was 4-0. Merle Scotts short, quick shot in the 61stth minute got Tuan Napier to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Leo Huber succeeded in the game's 67th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 5-0. When the match had gone on for 72 minutes, Casey Dill took a quick shot and it went in 5-1 without a chance for Tuan Napier to make any attempt to save it. Tuan Napier made a fantastic save in the 80th minute, when Merle Scott sent off a good shot on target. An unexpectedly hard shot by Rick Blackman in the 87th minute of play forced Port Vale FC's goalkeeper Anton Kauffman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Leo Huber came up free with the goalie in the 93rd minute, the North Atla 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 Leo Huber couldn't finish the play. Port Vale FC's Anton Kauffman played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Rick Blackman in the 95th minute of play. North Atla's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.