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. Ronaldo Cristi started the match with the kick off. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Ronaldo Cristi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Gabriel Fanström 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 9th minute. The audience was convinced that Monty Rogers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Gabriel Fanström was relentless in the 9th minute of the game. In the 9th minute of the match, Monty Rogers tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but Gabriel Fanström saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. In the 18th minute Göran Vedholm 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. In the 21st minute, Edward Mcdonald 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. After 25 minutes of play, Doffes Damer's Ronaldo Cristi made it 0-2 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! USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ronaldo Cristi in the 28th minute of play. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Göran Vedholm in the 31st minute of the match. 32 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Knut Utfal came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Göran Vedholm took the ball and in the 38 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Marco Day. Marco Day dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 0-4. In the 41st match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Fabian Brown to maneuver through the defense. In the 42nd minute Kaj Lund 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 USA players were disheartened as they walked off the pitch after the first half. Doffes Damer were winning 0-4.

After 51 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Jenson Smith. In the 53rd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edward Mcdonald to maneuver through the defense. Göran Vedholm fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 54th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. In the 56thth minute of the game Monty Rogers who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Doffes Damer's Gabriel Fanström was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Doffes Damer's Gabriel Fanström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 59th minute of play. Doffes Damer's Gabriel Fanström played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 62nd minute of play. Göran Vedholm fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 71st minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Doffes Damer's Inge Braa was substituted for Ronaldo Cristi. Doffes Damer's Greg Barrera was substituted for Knut Utfal. In the 74th minute, Edward Mcdonald 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. In the 75th minute of the match, Inge Braa got a very nice opportunity to score, but Marco Day was well-placed and pushed the ball away from the goal at the left post. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 78th minute, when Greg Barrera sent off a good shot on target. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 83rd minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Marco Day was out of position in the 83 minute of play, and Greg Barrera capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Greg Barrera really showed his touch with that goal: 0-5. Göran Vedholm fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 87th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. In the 89th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Gabriel Fanström saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 90 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Marco Baker. 93 minutes into the game, Inge Braa recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Marco Day. Inge Braa showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 0-6.