Challenge

Kurdiska Berget
Spectators: 50 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 1) Jacob May kicked well hit freekick during the 6th minute of the match. Keefer Carragher took a chance and fired a shot far from the goal in the 6th minute, but it turned out to be a dangerous situation for Marco Day. USA's goalkeeper really had to stretch himself to stop the ball from crossing the goal line. FC Kurdistan's Fredric Hybbert got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 17th minute of the match FC Kurdistan got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Keefer Carragher ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Keefer Carragher got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 22nd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Alaaddin Solskjær saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 24 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 0-1, to the right of FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær. Alaaddin Solskjær was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. After a rather tough play, FC Kurdistan's Keefer Carragher got a free kick in the 29th minute. Alaaddin Solskjær 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 30th minute. In the 31st minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. It was a well-played corner which Zach Harrison managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fredric Hybbert in the 42nd minute of play. In the 45th match minute, FC Kurdistan was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Keefer Carragher to maneuver through the defense. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

The wind increased when Lars Sundström made the kick off in the second half. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Roni Ronaldinho in the 53rd minute of the match. A well done corner resulted in Fredric Hybbert drilling the ball in to score 1-1 behind USA's goalkeeper. Alaaddin Solskjær stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 71st minute. FC Kurdistan's Iwan Kasiewski got a good chance for a goal in the 72nd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. FC Kurdistan made a substitution. Jörgen Levander replaced Fredric Hybbert. Alaaddin Solskjær made an important save on a dangerous shot by Sam Campbell in the 76th minute. With a little luck, FC Kurdistan's Alaaddin Solskjær got control of the ball when Sam Campbell tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 77th minute, USA's Sam Campbell dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 1-2. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. 84 minutes into the game, Khalid Parry recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Alaaddin Solskjær. Khalid Parry showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 1-3. In the 86th minute, FC Kurdistan's goalie took a deep sigh of relief after Sam Campbell fired away a hard shot that went just outside the left post. In the 89thth minute of the game Elliot Nordgren who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 90 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Jörgen Levander came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Elliot Nordgren in the 94th minute of the match. The FC Kurdistan fans had already started to leave before the final whistle blew. USA were clearly better and deserved to take the win.