Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. USA's Cassius Byrne was standing unmarked in front of the goal when he, in the 3rd play minute, got the ball and easily drilled it into the goal. Iustin Hațegan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 6th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Jan Wessel showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 8th 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 Dolf Schoonderwoerd in the 9th minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 17th minute, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Edward Mcdonald was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jan Wessel breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 19th minute of play forced The Underdogs's goalkeeper Jan Wessel to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Frank de Boer charged in rather forcefully in the 21st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Frank de Boer the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of USA booed when The Underdogs was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 21 match minutes in a wonderful position. Frank de Boer didn't get a good kick on the ball. With his leg Jan Wessel managed to avoid a goal in the 23rdth minute, when USA's Cassius Byrne fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 28th minute to try and stop a shot by The Underdogs's Piearres Olalla. But to his dismay, Piearres Olalla quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Robin Boelens in the 30th minute of play. 31 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Dolf Schoonderwoerd came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 35thth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but The Underdogs's Jan Wessel was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Cassius Byrne scored 2-1 in the 36th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Jan Wessel, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. If Cassius Byrne had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 39th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Dolf Schoonderwoerd's shot from short distance in the 41st minute. The audience was convinced that Dolf Schoonderwoerd's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 41st minute of the game. After 41st play minutes Robin Boelens shot 2-2, a short shot which went by Marco Day and just under the crossbar into goal. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Piearres Olalla in the 45th minute of play. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Robin Boelens made a kick off. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robin Boelens in the 53rd minute of the match. In the 54th minute, Piearres Olalla ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-3. Jan Wessel took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Dolf Schoonderwoerd stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Dolf Schoonderwoerd tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Edward Mcdonald kicked well hit freekick during the 65th minute of the match. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. The Underdogs made a substitution. Riemer Fries replaced Frank de Boer. In the 67th minute, Edward Mcdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Piearres Olalla in the 77th minute of play. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Piearres Olalla, who was totally free with the ball in the 85th minute. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 87th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Piearres Olalla in the 89th minute of the match. Jan Wessel showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Khalid Parry, who was totally free with the ball in the 91st minute. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Dolf Schoonderwoerd in the 92nd minute. Chants of The Underdogs echoed around the stadium as the match drew to a close. Supporters and players were both delighted with the win, as USA had held the ball for most of the match.