Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) David Batuhin started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Zach Harrison hit a great ball. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Fulgencio Villalcazar in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 9th minute, Andy Entrena 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. Fulgencio Villalcazar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cassius Byrne recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 14th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 15th minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Fulgencio Villalcazar. Cuatrodeocho's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. In the 19th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Raphael Moore made in the 21st minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Jenson Smith. Cuatrodeocho's Belarmino Campos quite brazenly broke a throw-in by Raphael Moore, made in the 25th minute of the game. After 30 minutes of play, Cuatrodeocho's David Batuhin made it 1-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! Monty Rogers's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Fulgencio Villalcazar read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 34th minute of play. Raphael Moore made in the 37th minute of the game a quick throw-in and Cassius Byrne immediately put the ball in play. Cuatrodeocho's Fulgencio Villalcazar played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 40th minute of play. A sloppy throw-in by Raphael Moore in the 43rd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by Cuatrodeocho's Belarmino Campos. In the 44th minute David Batuhin 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. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The wind increased when Cassius Byrne made the kick off in the second half. 51 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Fulgencio Villalcazar. Cuatrodeocho's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Monty Rogers was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-1. Fulgencio Villalcazar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 57 minutes into the match, Cuatrodeocho's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Fulgencio Villalcazar reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Fulgencio Villalcazar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 62nd minute of the match. In the 63rd minute, Javier Maroto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. In the 65th minute, Javier Maroto hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After having played for 66 minutes, Cassius Byrne managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Cassius Byrne was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Fulgencio Villalcazar didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Sam Campbell went, in the 71st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Fulgencio Villalcazar took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA were awarded a corner in the 79th minute after Cuatrodeocho's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jenson Smith took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Khalid Parry got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Fulgencio Villalcazar quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Iván Villafane went, in the 81st minute, to the upper right corner, 3-2 was the resulting score. Fulgencio Villalcazar showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 87th minute of the match. In the 88th minute, Khalid Parry 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: 4-2. 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.