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 Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. Daniel Anaya made a fantastic save in the 3rd minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Lobo Guará's Daniel Anaya proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 4th minute of the match, managed to save Lobo Guará from getting a goal against them. Ezequiel Pereira took the ball and in the 12 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Day. Marco Day dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-1. Sandrinho Machado's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Sandrinho Machado helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of USA booed when Lobo Guará was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 18 match minutes in a wonderful position. Sandrinho Machado didn't get a good kick on the ball. Daniel Anaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 20th minute of the match. 31 minutes into the match, Lobo Guará's goalkeeper Daniel Anaya had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. Daniel Anaya showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 36th minute of the match. In the 39th minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Anaya saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a rather tough play, USA's Diego Bradley got a free kick in the 47th minute. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Ezequiel Pereira to make the kick off. Cassius Byrne scored 2-1 in the 53rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Daniel Anaya, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. 61 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Daniel Anaya. Lobo Guará's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 3-1. In the 69th minute, Ezequiel Pereira left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Lobo Guará fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 3-2. Lobo Guará made a substitution. Ciro de Moraes replaced Ezequiel Pereira. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Ciro de Moraes tried to sneak it across the goal line. 79 minutes into the match, Lobo Guará's Ciro de Moraes sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. 84 minutes in the game Jenson Smith did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Monty Rogers. Ciro de Moraes scored 3-3 in the 85th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Day, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Daniel Anaya took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When the match clock showed 90 minutes, the score became 4-3 when Sam Campbell sped through Lobo Guará's defense and sent away a curving shot that went into the net to the right of Daniel Anaya. The Lobo Guará fans' excitement grew in the 93rd match minute when Lobo Guará's Ciro de Moraes looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 4-4 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene.