Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off. The supporters of USA booed when Knight Of Dawn was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 3 match minutes in a wonderful position. Porfírio Quirino didn't get a good kick on the ball. Knight Of Dawn's Klement Belko suffered a concussion after 7 minutes and had to leave the field. Jacob May's late challenge caught a Knight Of Dawn's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Jacob May helped the player get up and apologised. The supporters of Knight Of Dawn booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 9 match minutes in a wonderful position. Jacob May didn't get a good kick on the ball. Denis Urtats made a fantastic save in the 10th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. In the 14th minute, Teta Grande ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Marco Day was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Teta Grande, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Cassius Byrne's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Denis Urtats firmly grabbed it by the left post. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Denis Urtats in the 26th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. With his leg Denis Urtats managed to avoid a goal in the 28thth minute, when USA's Cassius Byrne fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. Through an outstanding action, after 28 minutes, Denis Urtats successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. In the 31st minute Teta Grande 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. Gregorio Caton hit a great freekick 39 minutes into the match. In the 41st minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Denis Urtats saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After the first half Knight Of Dawn were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Teta Grande stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Teta Grande's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 52nd minute of play. In the 53rd match minute, Knight Of Dawn was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Francis Barney to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 54th minute of play forced Knight Of Dawn's goalkeeper Denis Urtats to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 59 minutes into the match, Knight Of Dawn's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Denis Urtats reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 61st minute. Denis Urtats tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Denis Urtats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 65th minute of play. Denis Urtats showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 65th minute of the match. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Diego Bradley made in the 73rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Knight Of Dawn's Henri Soucy. In the 74th minute of the game Diego Bradley made a throw-in which Jenson Smith played forward. 75 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Qiu Yuan Jun came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Knight Of Dawn's Denis Urtats played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 78th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Sam Campbell's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Denis Urtats was relentless in the 79th minute of the game. 81 minutes into the match, Knight Of Dawn's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Denis Urtats reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Sam Campbell struck a weak shot in the 83rd minute. Denis Urtats didn't even have to move as the ball rolled over the line well wide of the goal. A wasted opportunity for USA. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Sam Campbell fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 86th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Denis Urtats having to interfere. Denis Urtats made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 88th minute of play. Denis Urtats came out of the goal in the 92nd minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Sam Campbell. But to his dismay, Sam Campbell quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-1. 95 minutes into the match, Knight Of Dawn's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Denis Urtats reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Denis Urtats 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 95th minute. USA were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Knight Of Dawn to leave the ground with a draw.