Albos 0 - 4 Jacksonville (392027476)

27644 spectators had come to Estadio Monumental this cloudy day. Urs Kurtanic was the appointed referee with assistance provided by Mats Marcusson and Antoine Fel. A 4-5-1 alignment was the formation of choice for Albos. They fielded: Peterson - Oakley, Mayer, Hinojosa, Keller - Cloutier, Balboa, Worrell, Nugent, Goodwin - Jones.

Jacksonville started off with a 3-5-2 lineup. Lineup: Varden - Woudstra, Coburn, Law - Beckett, Parés, Grant, Vraneš, Zamora - Askew, Pham.

After 15 minutes, N. Askew sent the corner kick right to J. Beckett who headed it sharply past the keeper. 0 - 1! An amazing free kick flew past the home keeper 19 minutes into the match, putting Jacksonville ahead 0 - 2. N. Askew was the scorer. At this point, it was obvious that the players of Jacksonville lowered the tempo and became more defensively oriented. A penalty was awarded after 40 minutes, and N. Askew made the most of his chance to put Jacksonville up by another goal. 0 - 3 for the visitors. Jacksonville's J. Beckett scored to make the score 0 - 4 after 41 minutes by shooting accurately and hard from a long distance, leaving the opponent keeper no other option than to pick the ball out of the net. Halftime score was 0 - 4. Jacksonville claimed to have seen most of the ball, and the statistics agreed with them - possession being 51 percent.

This part of the game was a standoff between the teams in terms of possession.

The most dominating Albos player was without a doubt M. Worrell. However, R. Balboa made a disastrous appearance. N. Askew performed admirably for Jacksonville. D. Law was a disappointment, however. The match ends 0 - 4.