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. In the 2nd minute, Armando Petrosino left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Armando Petrosino in the 5th minute of play. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 8th minute to try and stop a shot by ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Cody Miles. But to his dismay, Cody Miles quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-2. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 13th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. In the 13th minute the ball was on its way in behind ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's goalkeeper Nicolas Britto, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. 15 minutes into the match, ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Nicolas Britto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 17 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Lauro Leite came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 20th minute of the match, but Nicolas Britto made a huge save. In the 22nd minute, Cody Miles 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 0-3. 33 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Armando Petrosino came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Nicolas Britto played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 35th minute of play. In the 36th minute Armando Petrosino 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. Nicolas Britto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cassius Byrne in the 39th minute of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Lauro Leite in the 44th minute of the match. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 1-3 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

In the 53rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nicolas Britto saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 55 minutes into the match, ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Nicolas Britto reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. The audience was convinced that Monty Rogers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Nicolas Britto was relentless in the 57th minute of the game. Nicolas Britto made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 64th minute of play. Nicolas Britto showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 65th minute of the match. USA were awarded a corner in the 66th minute after ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. USA's Diego Bradley was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nicolas Britto in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. Hannes Hellsing kicked well hit freekick during the 68th minute of the match. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ made a substitution. Luiz Eduardo Valadares replaced Cody Miles. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ made a substitution. Guilherme Ramos replaced Hannes Hellsing. A collision led to ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ getting a freekick after 70 minutes play. Hannes Hellsing hit a great ball. USA's Monty Rogers couldn't find anyone to pass the ball to, so he shot a long shot towards the goal in the 71st minute. The shot went wide which resulted in a goal kick for ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ. Nicolas Britto 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 79th minute. Nicolas Britto 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 84th minute. When Sam Campbell came up free with the goalie in the 86th 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 Sam Campbell couldn't finish the play. 91 minutes into the match, ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's Humberto Suazo sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Nicolas Britto 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 94th minute. In the 95th minute, Khalid Parry made a precise shot to the right of Nicolas Britto. ҜΔΜƗҜΔŽ€Ş ĆƗΜŽ's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-3. USA were disappointed that they only managed a draw, even though they felt themselves to be the better team.