Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 8th minute of play forced Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Stanislav Búlgarov went, in the 11th minute, to the upper right corner, 0-1 was the resulting score. In the 17th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slavey Dochevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Omurtag Púrvulov in the 21st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 22nd minute of the match Blue avalanche got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ronaldinho Gaúcho ran over to the corner to take the kick. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 27th minute of play forced Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Stanislav Búlgarov, who was totally free with the ball in the 34th minute. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Omurtag Púrvulov in the 36th minute of play. 38 minutes into the match, Blue avalanche's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Slavey Dochevski reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 39 minutes into the match, Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Monty Rogers. Mohamad Salah sent away a hard shot on goal in the 41st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. An unexpectedly hard shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 43rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Disappointed in the 0-1 score, the home team went to the dressing room to adjust tactics for the second half.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Cassius Byrne to strike the kick off in the second half. With his leg Marco Day managed to avoid a goal in the 51stth minute, when Blue avalanche's Stanislav Búlgarov fired away a shot with a lot of spin towards his right hand side. In the 55th minute of the match Blue avalanche got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Ronaldinho Gaúcho ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well-hit corner resulted in Delyan Partinov heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Mohamad Salah in the 58th minute of the match. In the 59th minute Zach Harrison shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slavey Dochevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 60th minute of play forced Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 62ndth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Delyan Partinov, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Slavey Dochevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Mohamad Salah came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 66th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Slavey Dochevski saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Mohamad Salah was really disappointed when he shot the ball just outside the right post instead of scoring a goal in the 67th minute. Blue avalanche's manager could be seen on the sidelines shaking his head and muttering to himself as his team had just wasted another chance. 73 minutes into the match, Jacob May notched a goal, 1-1, to the right of Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski. Slavey Dochevski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Stanislav Búlgarov fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 78th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Slavey Dochevski took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 85th minute of the match USA got a corner. Blue avalanche'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 well-hit corner resulted in Marco Baker heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. 88 minutes into the match, Khalid Parry notched a goal, 2-1, to the right of Blue avalanche's Slavey Dochevski. Slavey Dochevski was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. Jenson Smith sent away a hard shot on goal in the 91st minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. After a rather tough play, Blue avalanche's Seymour Coffman got a free kick in the 92nd minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 93rd minute of play forced Blue avalanche's goalkeeper Slavey Dochevski to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball.