Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Cassius Byrne made the kick off which started today's match. When Carmelo Vachon fell near the penalty area in the 2nd minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored La Maquina 9-12-18's protests and gave Carmelo Vachon a yellow card for diving instead. The supporters of USA booed when La Maquina 9-12-18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 2 match minutes in a wonderful position. Carmelo Vachon didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 7th 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. In the 9th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jose Vimaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 10 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 1-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Jose Vimaro was left in no man's land by his defense there! 14 minutes into the game, Albert Gaardahl cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 17 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Jose Vimaro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Zach Harrison in the 20th minute of play forced La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper Jose Vimaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Carmelo Vachon, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Carmelo Vachon got his second yellow card in the match during the 28th minute which meant that he had to leave the ground. Carmelo Vachon hit a great freekick 29 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 30th minute of play forced La Maquina 9-12-18's goalkeeper Jose Vimaro to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 32nd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jose Vimaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Jose Vimaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 35th minute of the match, but Jose Vimaro made a huge save. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 39th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Jose Vimaro having to interfere. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 44th minute. Jose Vimaro tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jose Vimaro took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Jose Vimaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 47th minute of the match. The supporters of USA booed when La Maquina 9-12-18 was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 47 match minutes in a wonderful position. Dario Gelacio didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 50th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jose Vimaro saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-1.

After 53 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Cassius Byrne. Jose Vimaro showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 55th minute of the match. Albert Gaardahl could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. Jose Vimaro made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 58th minute of play. The supporters of La Maquina 9-12-18 booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 63 match minutes in a wonderful position. Raphael Moore didn't get a good kick on the ball. La Maquina 9-12-18 made a substitution. Shpëtim Kume replaced Cléberson Prestes. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 64 minutes play. Raphael Moore hit a great ball. Monty Rogers scored 3-1 in the 68th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jose Vimaro, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 72nd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. 73 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 4-1. Jose Vimaro was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After a defensive mix-up in La Maquina 9-12-18's zone, Jacob May stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Jose Vimaro came out of the goal and Jacob May tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Khalid Parry took the ball and in the 86 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Jose Vimaro. Jose Vimaro dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 6-1. 89 minutes into the match, La Maquina 9-12-18's goal looked a bit too open when Koby Fletcher came free, but Jose Vimaro reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After some careless play in the La Maquina 9-12-18 defense, Sam Campbell kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Jose Vimaro. The La Maquina 9-12-18 fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Jose Vimaro should have stopped the shot.