Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Seyfettin Onursoy got the match started through his kick off. 2 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Tytus Orling came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Luan Pombo succeeded in the game's 8th minute to shoot an unreachable shot under the crossbar and scored - 0-1. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 14th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Monty Rogers could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 18th minute of the match, but David Abad made a huge save. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 25th minute of the match, but David Abad made a huge save. In the 26th minute Luan Pombo 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. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 29 minutes had been played when some careless play by Chinese CJ Youth Academy's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. Zach Harrison was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. In the 31st minute Seyfettin Onursoy 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. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 35th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tytus Orling in the 36th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Seyfettin Onursoy in the 41st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Seyfettin Onursoy in the 42nd minute of play. Seyfettin Onursoy fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

The wind increased when Cassius Byrne made the kick off in the second half. Chinese CJ Youth Academy's David Abad played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 51st minute of play. In the 52nd minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 53rd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but David Abad saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. David Abad showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 55th minute of the match. If Long Xiang Yuan had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 56th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 61st minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. David Abad 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 62nd minute. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 64th minute, when Luan Pombo sent off a good shot on target. In the 66th minute the ball was on its way in behind Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goalkeeper David Abad, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. David Abad made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 67th minute of play. In the 68th minute Long Xiang Yuan 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. 70 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's goal looked a bit too open when Zach Harrison came free, but David Abad reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 74 minutes Chinese CJ Youth Academy's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Monty Rogers who took care of the corner kick. The corner led USA's Edward Mcdonald to fire away a dangerous shot which David Abad despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. A collision led to Chinese CJ Youth Academy getting a freekick after 75 minutes play. Kjell Mattsson hit a great ball. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. After 76 played minutes Chinese CJ Youth Academy got a freekick which was hit by Kjell Mattsson. In the 78thth minute of the game Seyfettin Onursoy who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. After some careless play in the Chinese CJ Youth Academy defense, Khalid Parry kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of David Abad. The Chinese CJ Youth Academy fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that David Abad should have stopped the shot. If Tytus Orling had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 87th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 89 minutes into the match, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Long Xiang Yuan sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. David Abad took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Marco Baker, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, Chinese CJ Youth Academy's Xu Yong Feng got a free kick in the 92nd minute. Sam Campbell struck a weak shot in the 93rd minute. David Abad didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. Khalid Parry sent away a hard shot on goal in the 95th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal.