Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Fang Kang Guang kicked off to start the match. Fang Kang Guang recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 4th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 6th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Václav Draho kicked well hit freekick during the 8th minute of the match. Dogo Argentino's Daniel Raebert proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 10th minute of the match, managed to save Dogo Argentino from getting a goal against them. With a little luck, Dogo Argentino's Daniel Raebert got control of the ball when Zach Harrison tried to sneak it across the goal line. Alejandro Hidalgo kicked well hit freekick during the 15th minute of the match. In the 16thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Dogo Argentino's Daniel Raebert was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. In the 23rd minute, Fang Kang Guang 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 0-1. 28 minutes into the match, Dogo Argentino's goalkeeper Daniel Raebert had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. Daniel Raebert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fang Kang Guang in the 33rd minute of the match. In the 37th minute Fang Kang Guang 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. Egor Nikiforov's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Egor Nikiforov helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of USA booed when Dogo Argentino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 38 match minutes in a wonderful position. Egor Nikiforov didn't get a good kick on the ball. If Edward Mcdonald had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 45th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.

Dogo Argentino's Fabricio Eguerdi was substituted for Julian Palban. The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Emanuele Passalacqua in the 55th minute of play. Daniel Raebert made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 56th minute of play. In the 56th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Raebert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. You Fei's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Marco Day firmly grabbed it by the left post. After 63 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Daniel Raebert was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 66th minute of play forced Dogo Argentino's goalkeeper Daniel Raebert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Daniel Raebert took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Edward Mcdonald hit a great freekick 69 minutes into the match. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. In the 69th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edward Mcdonald to maneuver through the defense. You Fei sent away a hard shot on goal in the 70th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Zacarias Shepherd's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Zacarias Shepherd helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of USA booed when Dogo Argentino was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 72 match minutes in a wonderful position. Zacarias Shepherd didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 78th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Daniel Raebert saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 78th minute of play forced Dogo Argentino's goalkeeper Daniel Raebert to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. 81 minutes had been played when some careless play by Dogo Argentino's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jenson Smith was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on USA's corner Jenson Smith fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Daniel Raebert quite easily take care of the ball. Daniel Raebert came out of the goal in the 87th 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 3-1. 90 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Emanuele Passalacqua. After 97 minutes Dogo Argentino's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jenson Smith who took care of the corner kick.