Challenge

Vasile Bratianu
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Ianis Man took the kick off in the first half of the match. 5 minutes into the match, Galati Harbour Cats's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Octavian Soare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 9th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacob May to maneuver through the defense. 13 minutes into the match, Galati Harbour Cats's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Octavian Soare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cassius Byrne scored 0-1 in the 15th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Octavian Soare, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. After 24 minutes Galati Harbour Cats's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cassius Byrne who took care of the corner kick. Shi Li blasted a shot towards the goal in the 31st minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Octavian Soare made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 32nd minute of play. 37 minutes into the match, Galati Harbour Cats's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Octavian Soare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Octavian Soare showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Octavian Soare showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. 43 minutes into the match, Galati Harbour Cats's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Octavian Soare reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After a rather tough play, USA's Diego Bradley got a free kick in the 44th minute. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Edward Mcdonald's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Octavian Soare read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 55th minute of play. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 56th minute. In the 59th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that Edward Mcdonald got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Octavian Soare quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Octavian Soare showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 63rd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mo Yuan Fan in the 67th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After 69 minutes, Antoni Dembkowski mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the Galati Harbour Cats and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. After 70 played minutes Galati Harbour Cats got a freekick which was hit by Antoni Dembkowski. Sam Campbell could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 72nd minute of the match, but Octavian Soare made a huge save. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 72 minutes play. Diego Bradley hit a great ball. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Diego Bradley hit a great freekick 75 minutes into the match. Octavian Soare didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Marco Baker went, in the 82nd minute, to the upper right corner, 0-3 was the resulting score. Octavian Soare showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 85th minute of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Antoni Dembkowski in the 88th minute of the match. In the 89th match minute, Galati Harbour Cats was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Mo Yuan Fan to maneuver through the defense. After 90 played minutes Galati Harbour Cats got a freekick which was hit by Gheorghe Ducu. Octavian Soare made a fantastic save in the 91st minute, when Jenson Smith sent off a good shot on target. When Jenson Smith fell near the penalty area in the 93rd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored USA's protests and gave Jenson Smith a yellow card for diving instead. Octavian Soare made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Sam Campbell sent off a good shot on target. When the final whistle sounded USA left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than Galati Harbour Cats.