Snakes 2 - 2 CarolinasBoomers (376475262)

Clouds darkened the skies at Fire Snakes Arena as 12000 spectators turned up for the match. Humberto Miranda was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Oscar Bulnes and Jens Hunkeler. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for Snakes. Starters: 国彬 (Guobin) - Wall, 一星 (Yixing), Bradshaw, Kelly - Azcárate, Lentz, Edmonds, Loudon - Grier, John.

CarolinasBoomers decided to use a 4-4-2 set up. The following players had been chosen: Kimball - Wahl, Colvin, Dozier, Major - Larson, Jackson, Griffith, Doran - Sharp, Gilliam.

Snakes made a bid to take the lead as a ball coming in on the right hand side left 郭. 一星 (Yixing) completely alone with keeper S. Kimball, who made a spectacular block. Good work by the CarolinasBoomers defensive line after 9 minutes produced a good counterattack chance, which cut elegantly down the middle of the pitch and found G. Dozier alone in front of the goal, but his shot whistled just wide. CarolinasBoomers's D. Sharp made use of his speed to get free of the defence, but he still couldn't get a shot off 16 minutes into the match. Snakes had a good opportunity to take the lead as A. Wall came up the left side, but he struck the ball weakly and it went straight into the arms of S. Kimball. The home crowd breathed a collective sigh of relief when H. Larson was unable to put the ball in the net after his show of skill down the left 31 minutes into the match. He was seen beating the pitch in frustration at missing such a good chance to give his team the lead! CarolinasBoomers's S. Kimball left the field after 33 minutes because of a nasty blow to the shin. His replacement was D. White. After 34 minutes, K. Edmonds came in from the right, feinted, then sped past the off-balance defender to make the score 1 - 0, giving Snakes the lead. 1 - 0 was the score after the first half. CarolinasBoomers enjoyed most of the ball, as they maintained 53 percent of possession.

The visiting team's H. Larson was able to score the 1 - 1 equaliser with a header 64 minutes into the match, after some good work on the right. 79 minutes into the match, the speedy D. Sharp easily outpaced 郭. 一星 (Yixing), chipped the keeper and made the score 1 - 2. With the clock showing 86 minutes played, A. Wall equalised for Snakes after curling a free kick around the defensive wall to make the score 2 - 2. CarolinasBoomers's T. Colvin was shown a yellow card after 88 minutes for slicing down an opponent. After 88 minutes CarolinasBoomers's J. Griffith contracted a slight foot injury, but didn't want to leave the game. Possession in this half belonged to Snakes, who controlled the ball 51 percent of the time.

R. Grier performed admirably for Snakes. 封. 国彬 (Guobin) was a disappointment, however. The most dominating CarolinasBoomers player was without a doubt L. Jackson. J. Griffith on the other hand, had a terrible day. The match ends 2 - 2.