Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Ignacio Alvarez got the match started through his kick off. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ignacio Alvarez in the 3rd minute of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Slavyan Mechkuev, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After 5 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Slavyan Mechkuev who took care of the corner kick. Nayden Vúlev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 7th minute of play. In the 7th minute, Edward Mcdonald made a precise shot to the right of Nayden Vúlev. GARGOYLES's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 10th minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Nayden Vúlev. GARGOYLES's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 15th minute, the USA 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 Monty Rogers couldn't finish the play. Nayden Vúlev made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 18th minute. With his leg Nayden Vúlev managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when USA's Cassius Byrne fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Nayden Vúlev showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 29th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the match, GARGOYLES's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Nayden Vúlev reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Nayden Vúlev made a huge save. Nayden Vúlev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The corner led to USA's Jacob May getting away a dangerous shot that went just outside the goal. After 41 minutes of play, GARGOYLES's Ignacio Alvarez made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 45th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Valko Nanyov recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 47th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 2-1 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Cassius Byrne scored 3-1 in the 52nd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Nayden Vúlev, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. The audience was convinced that Ignacio Alvarez's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 56th minute of the game. Nayden Vúlev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After some fancy dribbling in the 61st minute, Monty Rogers managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Monty Rogers was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Nayden Vúlev breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Valko Nanyov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 62nd minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. 64 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Ignacio Alvarez. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. After 65 played minutes GARGOYLES got a freekick which was hit by Tim Klack. Ignacio Alvarez in the 68thth minute had a little luck and got a chance for a shot in front of the goal. Without hesitation aimed to the right of Marco Day, who managed to lunge to the right direction and made a save. Nayden Vúlev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 73rd minute of play. If Ignacio Alvarez had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 79th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. GARGOYLES's Nayden Vúlev played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 82nd minute of play. In the 84th minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nayden Vúlev saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nayden Vúlev took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Nayden Vúlev made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 90th minute of play. A very nice done corner allowed Sam Campbell to score against Nayden Vúlev in GARGOYLES's goal. 4-1 after 92 minutes. When the referee ended the match the USA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.