Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Hipolito Cambranes started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hipolito Cambranes in the 3rd minute of the match. The crowd rose to their feet as USA's Cassius Byrne slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Fülöp Marton. That made the score 1-0 after 9 minutes of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hipolito Cambranes in the 16th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 22 minutes into the game, Hipolito Cambranes cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. After 28 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 2-1 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Fülöp Marton was left in no man's land by his defense there! A hard shot 32 in the game by Cassius Byrne from a close distance when the talented Fülöp Marton managed to make a qualified save. White Raven FC.'s players were relieved. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Hipolito Cambranes in the 35th minute of play. In the 37th minute White Raven FC. were awarded a corner. Urbano Jerano went to the cornerflag to take it. The corner ended in Urbano Jerano almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. In the 41st match minute, White Raven FC. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Gilbert Merten to maneuver through the defense. White Raven FC.'s Fülöp Marton proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 45th minute of the match, managed to save White Raven FC. from getting a goal against them. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Fülöp Marton in the 47th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 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.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Cassius Byrne to make the kick off. Monty Rogers struck a weak shot in the 54th minute. Fülöp Marton didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. White Raven FC.'s Fülöp Marton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 62nd minute of play. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 67th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. White Raven FC.'s Tamás Ludas was substituted for Cido Perez. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. In the 77th minute Paris Amsterdam 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. Tamás Ludas charged in rather forcefully in the 79th minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Tamás Ludas the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of USA booed when White Raven FC. was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 79 match minutes in a wonderful position. Tamás Ludas didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 81st minute, Tamás Ludas hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 81 minutes into the match, White Raven FC.'s goal looked a bit too open when Jenson Smith came free, but Fülöp Marton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Paris Amsterdam sent off a good shot on target. Fülöp Marton took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. During the 88th minute of the match Tamás Ludas completely mistimed his tackle and brought down his opponent. The referee gave Tamás Ludas a yellow card, his second in the match, which meant he could no longer take part in the game. In the 89th match minute, White Raven FC. was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Tamás Ludas to maneuver through the defense. In the 90th minute Khalid Parry shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Fülöp Marton saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 92 minutes into the game, Khalid Parry cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 3-1. Fülöp Marton was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Jenson Smith made in the 94th minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by White Raven FC.'s Witalis Treppa. USA walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.