Devonshire Cougars 1 North Village 1Defending FA Cup champions Devonshire Cougars let a gilt-edged chance slip through their fingertips after drawing against North Village last night at in the FA Cup quarterfinals at Devonshire Rec.A Kwame Steede penalty put the hosts into a deserved lead in the first half before Keishen Bean goal levelled matters after the break.Even after extra-time, neither time had been able to find a winner.Cougars skipper Kijuan Franks believed his side let Village ‘off the hook’.“It was an evenly balanced game but to be honest I felt we came out on top overall in terms of chances,” said Franks“We let them off the hook tonight but at the end of the day it’s going to a replay and we have to deal with business in the second game” said Cougars skipper Kijuan Franks. “It was an evenly balanced game but to be honest I felt we came out on top overall in terms of chances.”In a game that represented the last chance for either club to win silverware this season, it was Cougars who started the strongest of the two teams.It wasn’t until the 42nd minute that the first chance was carved out when Cougars winger Domico Coddington was fouled in box by Tyrell Burgess.Steede then stepped up and planted his spot kick to the opposing side of Village goalkeeper Jason Williams.Just after the break, Village could have been level but the upending of Keishen Bean was deemed a clean tackle by referee Anthony Mouchette.Burgess almost scored from a long range free kick, but a finger tip save from Ricardo Brangman kept the hosts ahead.Village where level on 70 minutes after referee Mouchette allowed play on from a collision that saw a Cougars defender go down, resulting in Bean calmly slotting home from close range to level matters.Steede had a chance to solve matters between the two sides, but his choice to slide the ball back to a team-mate resulted in an opportunity wasted.Franks added: “We’re confident in going into the replay and we will see how it works out.”Flanagan’s Onions take on Wolves tonight in an all First Division FA Cup quarterfinal at BAA Field, while tomorrow PHC play Dandy Town at St John’s Field, and Devonshire Colts take on Robin Hood at Police Field.Devonshire Cougars: R Brangman, K Franks, Z White, K Tucker, M Steede, J Furbert-Wade (T Dill, 81), K Steede, C Caisey, J Seymour, K Goddard (R Baker, 85), D CoddingtonSubstitutes not used: K TrottGoals: K Steede, 42North Village: J Williams, D Tankard, S Fubler, L Alexander, T Burgess, J Davis, K Bean, L Dill (J-Smith-Deshields, 71), P Smith (J Lee, 61), R Bean, J Boyles (T Watson, 66) Substitutes not used: D Grant, K DillGoals: K Bean, 70Referee: A MouchetteMan of the Match: Z White (Cougars)