CarolinasBoomers 2 - 0 alabama (376475275)

Dark skies made the crowd of 12000 at CarolinasBoomers Arena a little nervous, but the rain held off. Eleazar Aguado was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Anthonius Van Wassenhove and Diego Garrido. A 4-4-2 alignment was the formation of choice for CarolinasBoomers. Lineup: Kimball - Wahl, Colvin, Dozier, Major - Larson, Jackson, Griffith, Doran - Sharp, Gilliam.

alabama tactics involved an interesting 4-4-2 combination. The following players had been chosen: 祖凡 (Zufan) - Ivy, Phipps, John, Otto - Dowling, Juarez, Meade, Santiago - Drew, Alayón.

The home side put themselves ahead 1 - 0 after 5 minutes courtesy of a breakthrough from J. Gilliam, who scored with a stunning volley following a cross from the right wing. J. Gilliam could have increased the lead after 25 minutes, but his shot hit the post after a nice combination in the middle of the park. The referee showed alabama's K. Meade the yellow card after a particularly nasty challenge. J. Griffith increased the lead for CarolinasBoomers to 2 - 0, getting a head onto a hooked ball from the right. The ball looked to have taken a deflection on the way in, but he's claiming it! 2 - 0 was the halftime score. Possession in this half belonged to CarolinasBoomers, who controlled the ball 57 percent of the time.

A great save by keeper 方. 祖凡 (Zufan) after 68 minutes kept the visitors in the game after L. Jackson struck from the left with a real cannonball. CarolinasBoomers's K. Wahl was shown a yellow card after 79 minutes for slicing down an opponent. 方. 祖凡 (Zufan) was the unlucky victim and couldn't continue the game, so alabama's G. Speer had to come off the bench. alabama's T. Ivy was shown a yellow card for standing over the ball and blocking an opponent's quick free kick after 81 minutes. CarolinasBoomers claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 58 percent.

The most dominating CarolinasBoomers player was without a doubt L. Jackson. J. Griffith was a disappointment, however. alabama's top performer was clearly D. Drew. On the other hand, M. Otto's play was disheartening. The match ends 2 - 0.