Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Reinaldo Freitas made the kick off and thus started the match. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Santi Gavilanes in the 3rd minute of play. Michael Pardaves made a great header on ...Pingue S.C....'s corner, it was just that USA's Marco Day managed to reach the ball for a save. ...Pingue S.C....'s Javier Abin proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save ...Pingue S.C.... from getting a goal against them. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo Freitas in the 15th minute of play. In the 16th minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Javier Abin. ...Pingue S.C....'s defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-0. The corner ended in Michael Pardaves almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but Javier Abin made a huge save. Monty Rogers scored 3-0 in the 28th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Javier Abin, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. Javier Abin 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 32nd minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Díaz Principe in the 36th minute of the match. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Javier Abin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 41st minute of the match. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Reinaldo Freitas in the 42nd minute of play. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 3-0.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. The audience thought a goal was coming when Díaz Principe got free with Marco Day in the 53rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 56 minutes into the match, USA's Cassius Byrne sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Javier Abin narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Javier Abin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 57th minute of the match. ...Pingue S.C.... made a substitution. Mercado Ibio replaced Tiaguinho Gavilanes. In the 59th minute of the match USA got a corner. ...Pingue S.C....'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Díaz Principe in the 61st minute of play. Javier Abin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Javier Abin 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 68th minute. Javier Abin made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 75th minute of play. USA's Monty Rogers got a good chance for a goal in the 79th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. After some careless play in the ...Pingue S.C.... defense, Khalid Parry kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Javier Abin. The ...Pingue S.C.... fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Javier Abin should have stopped the shot. Mercado Ibio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 95th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save.