Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, 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. Adalbert Marenski might have been able to make a better finish in the 12th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Adalbert Marenski ran back to his position shaking his head. Ni Guang Yong made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 17th minute. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Adalbert Marenski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 27th minute, Traian Delas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 29 minutes play. Diego Bradley hit a great ball. After 31 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Francisc Turcu who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Francisc Turcu got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 36th minute of the match USA got a corner. Бенковски Тетевен'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. If Adalbert Marenski had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Mcdonald got free with Ni Guang Yong in the 43rd minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Бенковски Тетевен's Ni Guang Yong played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 45th minute of play. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 1-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Aleks Vaskov to strike the kick off in the second half. In the 56th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ni Guang Yong saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After a defensive mix-up in Бенковски Тетевен's zone, Monty Rogers stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Ni Guang Yong came out of the goal and Monty Rogers tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 60th minute of play forced Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper Ni Guang Yong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 60th minute of play forced Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper Ni Guang Yong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 73rd minute Aleks Vaskov 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. Ni Guang Yong showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 80th minute of play forced Бенковски Тетевен's goalkeeper Ni Guang Yong to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Monty Rogers took the ball and in the 82 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ni Guang Yong. Ni Guang Yong dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-1. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. Ni Guang Yong took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 90th minute, Sam Campbell made a precise shot to the right of Ni Guang Yong. Бенковски Тетевен's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-1. In the 95th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Jacob May to maneuver through the defense. USA's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.