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Match Report
RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36,
Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Bogdan Samokovliyski made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 6th minute. After 7 played minutes Pakorro AFC got a freekick which was hit by Tiger Murillo. Bogdan Samokovliyski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bogdan Samokovliyski 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 18th minute. Cassius Byrne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 20th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Cheng Le Xing might have been able to make a better finish in the 24th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cheng Le Xing ran back to his position shaking his head. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cheng Le Xing in the 24th minute of play. Pakorro AFC's Bogdan Samokovliyski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zach Harrison in the 28th minute of play. In the 31st minute Pakorro AFC were awarded a corner. Aşır Satılmış went to the cornerflag to take it. After 31 played minutes Pakorro AFC got a freekick which was hit by Artun Filiz. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cheng Le Xing, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. After a rather tough play, USA's Edward Mcdonald got a free kick in the 43rd minute. After 44 played minutes Pakorro AFC got a freekick which was hit by Cheng Le Xing. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.
When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cassius Byrne made a kick off. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cheng Le Xing in the 56th minute of play. Bogdan Samokovliyski 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 60th minute. 60 minutes into the match, Pakorro AFC's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Bogdan Samokovliyski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Edward Mcdonald took the ball and in the 63 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Bogdan Samokovliyski. Bogdan Samokovliyski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Bogdan Samokovliyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 65th minute of the match. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. A nice corner shot did that Diego Bradley got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bogdan Samokovliyski quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. After 70 minutes of play, USA's Diego Bradley made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bogdan Samokovliyski was left in no man's land by his defense there! Bogdan Samokovliyski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Bogdan Samokovliyski showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 76th minute of the match. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. In the 82nd minute Zach Harrison shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bogdan Samokovliyski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. If Khalid Parry had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 88th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Bogdan Samokovliyski showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sam Campbell, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Astor Giampietro in the 94th minute of play. 95 minutes into the match, Khalid Parry notched a goal, 4-1, to the right of Pakorro AFC's Bogdan Samokovliyski. Bogdan Samokovliyski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. USA walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.
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