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Ponca City
Spectators: 7500 (Terracing: 5875, Seating: 1575, VIP seats: 50) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Vasile Gane started the match with the kick off. In the 3rd minute, New York Black Eagles FC's Florian Boudreaux ran free of his marker and smoothly shot the ball into the goal behind Torsten Palmkvist. Torsten Palmkvist yelled at his defense, as they had left him out to dry. 1-0. Sal Carbajal showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Vasile Gane in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute Ronald Flaherty shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Torsten Palmkvist saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. A collision led to Spiro getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Jamal Carrington hit a great ball. Florian Boudreaux could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 21st minute of the match, but Torsten Palmkvist made a huge save. The referee was alert and spotted a serious foul by Ty Sweet during the 23rd minute. The player immediately received a yellow card. In the 23rd minute, Ty Sweet hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 25th minute Vasile Gane shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Sal Carbajal saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The supporters of Spiro booed when New York Black Eagles FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 43 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ronald Flaherty didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Thanh Stewart in the 44th minute of play forced New York Black Eagles FC's goalkeeper Sal Carbajal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 46 minutes into the match, New York Black Eagles FC's goal looked a bit too open when Thanh Stewart came free, but Sal Carbajal reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Vasile Gane in the 47th minute of play forced New York Black Eagles FC's goalkeeper Sal Carbajal to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Florian Boudreaux to make the kick off. Torsten Palmkvist made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ronald Flaherty in the 52nd minute of play. Florian Boudreaux received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 54th minute. Torsten Palmkvist tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Sal Carbajal made an important save on a dangerous shot by Vasile Gane in the 58th minute. After 61 played minutes New York Black Eagles FC got a freekick which was hit by Phillip Everett. Spiro's Vasile Gane got a good chance for a goal in the 62nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 64 minutes into the game, Vasile Gane cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-2. Sal Carbajal was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The supporters of New York Black Eagles FC booed when Spiro was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 67 match minutes in a wonderful position. Robin Chambers didn't get a good kick on the ball. With 71 minutes on the clock, Jordan Andersen commited a dangerous tackle. The referee had no choice but to show him the red card. The supporters of Spiro booed when New York Black Eagles FC was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 76 match minutes in a wonderful position. Cory Henry didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sal Carbajal didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Vasile Gane went, in the 80th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-3 was the resulting score. Vasile Gane could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 84th minute of the match, but Sal Carbajal made a huge save. New York Black Eagles FC's Sal Carbajal proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 90th minute of the match, managed to save New York Black Eagles FC from getting a goal against them. If Vasile Gane had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 97th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. When the final whistle sounded Spiro left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than New York Black Eagles FC.