Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Andrey Denisov started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. 5 minutes into the game, Taras Baranov was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. Курск ФК's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave USA the free kick. In the 5th minute, Taras Baranov hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 9 minutes into the match, Курск ФК's goalkeeper Frutos Mallo had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Monty Rogers. Курск ФК's Frutos Mallo proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 11th minute of the match, managed to save Курск ФК from getting a goal against them. In the 13th minute, Andrey Denisov got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Edward Mcdonald might have been able to make a better finish in the 17th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Frutos Mallo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Edward Mcdonald ran back to his position shaking his head. Курск ФК's German Kovtun pulled a muscle in his leg after 26 minutes and couldn't finish the game. Diego Bradley got a throw-in 31 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Monty Rogers. In the 33rd minute, Edward Mcdonald left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-0. Andrey Denisov received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 36th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Diego Bradley made in the 40th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Курск ФК's Taras Baranov. Andrey Denisov sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Denisov in the 41st minute of the match. Af the end of the first half the score was 1-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. Diego Bradley got a throw-in 52 minutes in the game and the ball was received by Monty Rogers. The supporters of USA booed when Курск ФК was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 52 match minutes in a wonderful position. Taras Baranov didn't get a good kick on the ball. Frutos Mallo showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Zach Harrison in the 54th minute of the match. Andrey Denisov might have been able to make a better finish in the 56th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Andrey Denisov 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 Andrey Denisov in the 56th minute of play. Frutos Mallo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 60th minute of play. When USA's Monty Rogers, in the 60th minute, received a pass right in front of the net, it looked like a certain goal, but his shot went outside. A wasted opportunity for USA. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Andrey Denisov in the 65th minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. Курск ФК's attentive Vasiliy Kulakov managed to snatch the ball when Diego Bradley made a throw-in in the 68th minute of the game. Frutos Mallo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 71st minute of play. In the 74th minute Andrey Denisov 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. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Andrey Denisov in the 76th minute of the match. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. 81 minutes into the match, Курск ФК's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but Frutos Mallo reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 85 minutes into the game, USA's Marco Baker nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Frutos Mallo made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 2-0. The audience was convinced that Boris Basalaev's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 94th minute of the game. After 95 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Leonid Bubnov who took care of the corner kick. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. USA had played much better football throughout.