Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Cassius Byrne kicked off to start the match. Bona Dios took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After a rather tough play, 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Guido Carrillo got a free kick in the 14th minute. A collision led to 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín getting a freekick after 15 minutes play. Gaston Fernández hit a great ball. Bona Dios 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 16th minute. USA were awarded a corner in the 17th minute after 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. In the 17th minute, Edward Mcdonald hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Bona Dios played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 19th minute of play. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anacleto Soin in the 28th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. Edward Mcdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 31st minute of the match, but Bona Dios made a huge save. 37 minutes into the match, 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Bona Dios reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Gaston Fernández fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 44th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. After a rather tough play, USA's Monty Rogers got a free kick in the 47th minute. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Gaston Fernández stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 51st minute, Gaston Fernández hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. 54 minutes into the match, Cassius Byrne had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Bona Dios. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Cassius Byrne was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 1-0. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Cassius Byrne in the 58th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Bona Dios saved 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín from getting behind. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 62nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bona Dios having to interfere. Jacob May might have been able to make a better finish in the 65th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Bona Dios. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Jacob May ran back to his position shaking his head. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Anacleto Soin in the 71st minute of play. 73 minutes into the game, Edward Mcdonald cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Bona Dios was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Godofredo Natanael was substituted for Salvador Polentzi. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Edward Mcdonald kicked well hit freekick during the 79th minute of the match. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Gaston Fernández, who was totally free with the ball in the 81st minute. Bona Dios showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 83rd minute of the match. In the 85th minute Anacleto Soin 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. Bona Dios showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Marco Baker, who was totally free with the ball in the 88th minute. In the 89th minute of the match USA got a corner. 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jenson Smith ran over to the corner to take the kick. A nice corner shot did that Marco Baker got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Bona Dios quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Marcelo Trobbiani in the 91st minute of play. 93 minutes into the match, Khalid Parry notched a goal, 3-0, to the right of 【E ➣ Don Bosco Cosquín's Bona Dios. Bona Dios was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. With a couple of smart ball manuevers Anacleto Soin in the 96th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. When the referee ended the match the USA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.