Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. If Arturo Brownell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 3rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Stanislaw Trojanowski sent away a hard shot on goal in the 7th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stanislaw Trojanowski in the 7th minute of play. If Güvenç Altunç had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 10th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Erikas Mikoliūnas made a fantastic save in the 17th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Cassius Byrne came free with the goalkeeper in the 21st minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Erikas Mikoliūnas could save by the left post. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Artūras Ronaldo in the 23rd minute of the match. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 25th minute. 28 minutes into the match, FC COSA NOSTRA's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Erikas Mikoliūnas reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 36th 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. Erikas Mikoliūnas made an important save on a dangerous shot by Cassius Byrne in the 37th minute. Erikas Mikoliūnas took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA were awarded a corner in the 40th minute after FC COSA NOSTRA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Jacob May got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Erikas Mikoliūnas quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. The supporters of FC COSA NOSTRA booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 42 match minutes in a wonderful position. Edward Mcdonald didn't get a good kick on the ball. Arturo Brownell struck a weak shot in the 43rd minute. Marco Day didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for FC COSA NOSTRA. Cassius Byrne scored 1-0 in the 47th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Erikas Mikoliūnas, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 1-0 at half-time.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Artūras Ronaldo to strike the kick off in the second half. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Artūras Ronaldo, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Artūras Ronaldo hit a great freekick 60 minutes into the match. FC COSA NOSTRA made a substitution. Zhou Zhan Liang replaced Güvenç Altunç. A collision led to FC COSA NOSTRA getting a freekick after 61 minutes play. Artūras Ronaldo hit a great ball. Erikas Mikoliūnas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 62nd minute of play. After a rather tough play, USA's Fabian Brown got a free kick in the 66th minute. The long shot by Stanislaw Trojanowski in the 67th minute really tested Marco Day's skills. The ball was on its way into the goal to the left of him when he managed to stretch himself and save the shot and avoid a goal. An unexpectedly hard shot by Artūras Ronaldo in the 71st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cassius Byrne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 74th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Erikas Mikoliūnas having to interfere. Erlandas Matonis charged in rather forcefully in the 77th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Erlandas Matonis the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. After a rather tough play, FC COSA NOSTRA's Erlandas Matonis got a free kick in the 77th minute. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. A collision led to FC COSA NOSTRA getting a freekick after 78 minutes play. Erlandas Matonis hit a great ball. In the 80th minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erikas Mikoliūnas saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. FC COSA NOSTRA's Erikas Mikoliūnas played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 87th minute of play. FC COSA NOSTRA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Stanislaw Trojanowski in the 92nd minute. The corner ended in Stanislaw Trojanowski almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. Erikas Mikoliūnas made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 93rd minute of play. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Zhou Zhan Liang in the 97th minute of play. When Marco Baker came up free with the goalie in the 98th minute, the USA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Marco Baker couldn't finish the play. There was no doubt that USA were the better team. USA's players enjoyed the ovations of the crowd after the victory.