Summary The Vancouver 86ers dominated the first half of the match and took only fourteen minutes to open the scoring, with
Domenic Mobilio finding the net after a series of short passes in the offensive end. Vancouver had a great opportunity to double their lead in the thirty-sixth minute after being awarded a
penalty kick, however Steve Powers was able to deny Mobilio's second goal with a heroic punch of the ball. Despite the miss, Maryland would concede again four minutes later after Powers was rounded by
Dale Mitchell to put Vancouver 2–0 up. This two goal lead did not last for long however, as Maryland's
Kevin Sloan was able to exploit a defensive mistake and quickly slotted the ball past 86er goalkeeper,
Paul Dolan, to keep them in the game in the forty-fourth minute. The second half saw a change in both teams' performance, with Maryland looking much more hostile while Vancouver appeared to have lost their composure and intensity. Maryland leveled the game in the sixty-eighth minute courtesy of a
Jean Harbor strike. Maryland had several more opportunities to score before full time, most notably when Maryland's
John Abe struck the crossbar, and when Vancouver's Vlado Vanis was able to clear a
Scott Cook shot off the goal line, but were unable to find a winner as the match went into extra-time. After escaping defeat during their poor second half performance, Vancouver turned up in extra-time with much more energy, and eventually found the winner with just three minutes remaining as Mobilio scored his second of the match, making up for his first half penalty miss and securing the title for Vancouver.
Details } Vlado Vanis
Result == Match statistics ==