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VANCOUVER -- It was a night of firsts for the San Diego Flash.
In the first road game and first overtime game in franchise history, the Flash came out a winner.
Forward Antonio Robles put in the game-winner from 17 yards out in the seventh minute of overtime to give San Diego a 3-2 victory over first-place Vancouver in A-League action before 3,751 at Swangard Stadium in Vancouver.
Vancouver (3-2) scored 38 seconds into the game before the Flash defense could adjust without two of its starting defenders, Michael N'Doumbe and Noah Gins.
However, San Diego (2-3) regained its composure and controlled much of the rest of the match.
Former San Diego Sockers midfielder Wes Wade scored on a header on a cross from former La Jolla Nomad Jerome Watson in the 28th minute.
In the second half, the Flash's Eric Chaisongkram was fouled and given a penalty kick. Watson took the penalty, and it was saved by 86ers goalkeeper Paul Dolan, but Wade pounced on the rebound and booted it in for a 2-1 Flash lead.
Vancouver's Chris Franks scored in the final minute of regulation to make it 2-2.
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