Challenge

Surahammar
Spectators: 43 (Terracing: 33, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Radamel Oakley started the match with the kick off. Radamel Oakley's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 3rd minute of play. Jan Lindström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 5th minute of the match. 7 minutes into the match, Surahammar's Radamel Oakley sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. When Virgil Van Dijk came up free with the goalie in the 9th minute, the Surahammar fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Virgil Van Dijk couldn't finish the play. Jan Lindström showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 12th minute. Cassius Byrne took the ball and in the 17 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jan Lindström. Jan Lindström dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Surahammar's Markus Wallman managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Diego Bradley in the 19 minute of the game. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Radamel Oakley in the 21st minute of play. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Radamel Oakley, who was totally free with the ball in the 31st minute. In the 32nd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jan Lindström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 39th minute of play forced Surahammar's goalkeeper Jan Lindström to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Surahammar defense, Cassius Byrne kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jan Lindström. The Surahammar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jan Lindström should have stopped the shot. 44 minutes into the game, Diego Bradley threw the ball into play from the sideline. Surahammar's Markus Wallman quickly snatched the ball and retained possesion. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Radamel Oakley in the 45th minute of play. After some careless play in the Surahammar defense, Monty Rogers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jan Lindström. The Surahammar fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jan Lindström should have stopped the shot.

The wind increased when Cassius Byrne made the kick off in the second half. Jan Lindström made a fantastic save in the 54th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Surahammar's Zlatan Lion was substituted for Toninho Lara. If Victor Santxol had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. With a little luck, Surahammar's Jan Lindström got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. Surahammar's Jan Lindström proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 66th minute of the match, managed to save Surahammar from getting a goal against them. Jan Lindström showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 68th minute of the match. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vincent Benett in the 69th minute of play. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Diego Bradley hit a great freekick 72 minutes into the match. Victor Santxol blasted a shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Victor Santxol, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. A throw-in in the 78th minute of the game was made by Jenson Smith with Jacob May as target, who quickly passed the ball forward. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Vincent Benett in the 82nd minute of play. Surahammar's Markus Wallman quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Diego Bradley, made in the 89th minute of the game. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 91 minutes play. Jenson Smith hit a great ball. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Victor Santxol in the 92nd minute of the match. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Victor Santxol's shot from short distance in the 94th minute. Surahammar's Jan Lindström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 95th minute of play. Surahammar's Jan Lindström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 95th minute of play. The Surahammar fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.