Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Pepe Argento started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 4th minute of the match Lost Boys Sports Academy 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. Merih Demiral ran over to the corner to take the kick. Cassius Byrnes short, quick shot in the 7thth minute got Ivan Drago to make great effort and bar the ball away from getting in. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Pepe Argento in the 8th minute of the match. Edward Mcdonald took the ball and in the 11 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ivan Drago. Ivan Drago dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 1-0. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 14th minute of the match. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Pepe Argento put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Marco Day. In the 18th minute Per-Olof Karlsson shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 30th minute of the game Diego Bradley made a throw-in which Jenson Smith played forward. After a rather tough play, Lost Boys Sports Academy's Merih Demiral got a free kick in the 31st minute. Ivan Drago 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 31st minute. Ivan Drago took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience was convinced that Pepe Argento's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 36th minute of the game. 39 minutes into the match, Pepe Argento had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Pepe Argento was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-2. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 43rd minute of play forced Lost Boys Sports Academy's goalkeeper Ivan Drago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 45th minute, Marcelo Xabat left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lost Boys Sports Academy fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-3. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 57th minute of play forced Lost Boys Sports Academy's goalkeeper Ivan Drago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Lost Boys Sports Academy made a substitution. Johan Sellberg replaced Pepe Argento. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Lost Boys Sports Academy made a substitution. Hu Cheng replaced Marcelo Xabat. Per-Olof Karlsson could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. Through an outstanding action, after 74 minutes, Marco Day successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. After 76 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Diego Bradley. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Johan Sellberg in the 78th minute of the match. Ivan Drago took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day was out of position in the 84 minute of play, and Johan Sellberg capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Johan Sellberg really showed his touch with that goal: 2-4. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jenson Smith in the 92nd minute. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Jenson Smith fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Ivan Drago quite easily take care of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 95th minute of play forced Lost Boys Sports Academy's goalkeeper Ivan Drago to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Chants of Lost Boys Sports Academy echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as USA had held the ball for most of the match.