Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Kai Havertz kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Kai Havertz in the 5th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Through an outstanding action, after 8 minutes, Arda Göksel Yalman successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kai Havertz, who was totally free with the ball in the 14th minute. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Cassius Byrne in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Arda Göksel Yalman prevented the ball from getting in the gole. In the 22nd minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Arda Göksel Yalman. Bozkurt's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 1-0. Bozkurt's Arda Göksel Yalman proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 28th minute of the match, managed to save Bozkurt from getting a goal against them. After a rather tough play, Bozkurt's Ferdi Kadıoğlu got a free kick in the 32nd minute. Arda Göksel Yalman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 36th minute. With a little luck, Bozkurt's Arda Göksel Yalman got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. Monty Rogers took the ball and in the 42 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Arda Göksel Yalman. Arda Göksel Yalman dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 2-0. Kai Havertz received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 46th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The wind increased when Cassius Byrne made the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 50th minute of play forced Bozkurt's goalkeeper Arda Göksel Yalman to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Bozkurt made a substitution. Muhammet Çetinel replaced Tomasz Laskowski. Bozkurt made a substitution. Mustafa Hakan Sufi replaced Kai Havertz. Raphael Moore made in the 64th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Bozkurt's Emmet McAaron. Ive Tobbackers hit a great freekick 65 minutes into the match. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. The supporters of USA booed when Bozkurt was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 66 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ive Tobbackers didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arda Göksel Yalman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 68th minute of play. In the 69th minute Emrullah Erboy 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 audience thought a goal was coming when Mustafa Hakan Sufi got free with Marco Day in the 71st minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 73rd minute the ball was on its way in behind Bozkurt's goalkeeper Arda Göksel Yalman, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Arda Göksel Yalman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With an all-out effort, Bozkurt's Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 78 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Emrullah Erboy, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 79th minute, Diego Bradley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Khalid Parry hit a great freekick 83 minutes into the match. Arda Göksel Yalman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Sam Campbell, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. 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.