Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. Lipa KS's Slawomir Rutkowski managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Jacob May in the 7 minute of the game. Gürhan Arkan received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 7th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gürhan Arkan in the 11th 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 Attilio Di Loreto in the 15th minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Gürhan Arkan in the 19th minute of play. A collision led to Lipa KS getting a freekick after 23 minutes play. Ignacy Pryputnicki hit a great ball. Di Han Guo was in the perfect position, and the defense had done a good job marking him, but Monty Rogers showcased his skills and made a perfect shot to score 1-0 in the 28 minute of play. After 31 played minutes Lipa KS got a freekick which was hit by Zula Kiepski. With a little luck, Lipa KS's Di Han Guo got control of the ball when Monty Rogers tried to sneak it across the goal line. Leszek Trzemzalski charged in rather forcefully in the 41st minute of the match, and managed to knock his opponent down. The referee showed Leszek Trzemzalski the yellow card, and asked the players to shake hands before continuing play. The supporters of USA booed when Lipa KS was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 41 match minutes in a wonderful position. Leszek Trzemzalski didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 44th minute, Monty Rogers reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Di Han Guo. The goal made the score 2-0. Af the end of the first half the score was 2-0. The first half had gone as expected for the home team.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Attilio Di Loreto stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Monty Rogers recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 55th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. Di Han Guo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Zula Kiepski hit a great freekick 61 minutes into the match. In the 63rd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Di Han Guo saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Di Han Guo made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 69th minute of play. Cassius Byrne might have been able to make a better finish in the 71st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Di Han Guo. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Cassius Byrne ran back to his position shaking his head. Di Han Guo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Attilio Di Loreto in the 72nd minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Marco Day prevented the ball from getting in the gole. USA's Edward Mcdonald got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Lipa KS's Daniel Argoitz was substituted for Wladyslaw Niewiadomski. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Lipa KS were awarded a corner in the 80th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Arkadiusz Juszkowski took the corner. In the 83rd minute, Sam Campbell made a precise shot to the right of Di Han Guo. Lipa KS's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. Di Han Guo took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Khalid Parry, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.