Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) USA's Cassius Byrne started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. After a rather tough play, Nibiru X's 忠 张飞 got a free kick in the 8th minute. Cassius Byrne struck a weak shot in the 9th minute. Darío Friederichs didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. Darío Friederichs made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 13th minute of play. If Godofredo Bombal had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 15th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. When Nibiru X's Fabio Caviedes in the 19th minute got a chance for a shot 19th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Román Grebe went, in the 26th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. After 30 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Diego Armando Faine who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Tobías Aliaga got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Darío Friederichs didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Monty Rogers went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. The supporters of USA booed when Nibiru X was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 37 match minutes in a wonderful position. Godofredo Bombal didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 38thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Nibiru X's Darío Friederichs was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Darío Friederichs made a fantastic save in the 41st minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Zach Harrison sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. 44 minutes into the match, Nibiru X's goalkeeper Darío Friederichs had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Monty Rogers. When the match had gone on for 45 minutes, Diego Armando Faine put it in 1-2 from a short distance just to the right of Marco Day.

Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Román Grebe, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nibiru X's Darío Friederichs played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 57th minute of play. 58 minutes had been played when some careless play by Nibiru X's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 61st minute of play forced Nibiru X's goalkeeper Darío Friederichs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of Nibiru X booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 68 match minutes in a wonderful position. Koby Fletcher didn't get a good kick on the ball. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. After a rather tough play, USA's Koby Fletcher got a free kick in the 69th minute. In the 69th minute of the match Diego Armando Faine shot from a long distance. The ball could have gone into the goal to the right of the goalkeeper, but Marco Day showed his good shape when he easily got hold of the ball. The supporters of USA booed when Nibiru X was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 71 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ysmael Guichard didn't get a good kick on the ball. Sam Campbell struck a weak shot in the 72nd minute. Darío Friederichs didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. Darío Friederichs took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zach Harrison took the ball and in the 75 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Darío Friederichs. Darío Friederichs dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-2. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fabio Caviedes, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. After a rather tough play, Nibiru X's Adelino Monsalve got a free kick in the 83rd minute. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Sam Campbell sent away a hard shot on goal in the 86th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. In the 89th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Brown to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 91st minute of play forced Nibiru X's goalkeeper Darío Friederichs to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. It was a well-played corner which Khalid Parry managed to volley towards the net. Unfortunately, he didn't get a great hit on the ball and it went out into the grandstand. Despite being the better team, USA failed to find the winning goal and were forced to settle for a single point.