Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Stanislav Búlgarov took the kick off in the first half of the match. 3 minutes into the game, USA's Jacob May nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Slavey Dochevski made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-0. 6 minutes into the match, Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Mohamad Salah in the 8th minute of play. Slavey Dochevski stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Cassius Byrne's shot from short distance in the 12th minute. In the 15th minute, Mateo Kovačić hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Mohamad Salah in the 17th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Búlgarov in the 20th minute of the match. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Mohamad Salah, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA were awarded a corner in the 24th minute after Blue avalanche's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. The corner led USA's Cassius Byrne to fire away a dangerous shot which Slavey Dochevski despite some difficulties managed to get hold on the ball. With a little luck, Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 29 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Ronaldinho Gaúcho who took care of the corner kick. The corner ended in Ronaldinho Gaúcho almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 30th minute of play. In the 31stth minute of the game Edward Mcdonald who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Omurtag Púrvulov in the 33rd minute of play. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Omurtag Púrvulov went, in the 33rd minute, to the upper right corner, 2-1 was the resulting score. Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 37th minute of the match, managed to save Blue avalanche from getting a goal against them. The corner ended in Jacob May almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski did a great save. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Slavey Dochevski in the 41st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 42nd minute, Mohamad Salah left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Blue avalanche fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 2-2. Delyan Partinov hit a great freekick 47 minutes into the match. After a very even first half the match was still tied. The players went to their respective dressing rooms to discuss the tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. Slavey Dochevski made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 52nd minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Mohamad Salah in the 55th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 59th minute of the match Blue avalanche got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ronaldinho Gaúcho ran over to the corner to take the kick. Koby Fletcher tried to clear up in front of the goal, but didn't succeed and rather the ball rolled into the own goal to the right of a despaired Marco Day. An unnecessary self made goal, 2-3 in the 59th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 63rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 64th minute Blue avalanche were awarded a corner. Ronaldinho Gaúcho went to the cornerflag to take it. Stanislav Búlgarov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 67th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 69th minute of play forced Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 70 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne notched a goal, 3-3, to the right of Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski. Slavey Dochevski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 75th minute of play forced Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Sam Campbell took the ball and in the 79 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Slavey Dochevski. Slavey Dochevski dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. If Stanislav Búlgarov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 83rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 88th minute to try and stop a shot by Blue avalanche's Mohamad Salah. But to his dismay, Mohamad Salah quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 5-4. Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 92nd minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Blue avalanche's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but Slavey Dochevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Khalid Parry in the 94th minute of play forced Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Slavey Dochevski came out of the goal in the 96th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Khalid Parry. But to his dismay, Khalid Parry quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 6-4. There was no doubt that USA were the better team. USA's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.