Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Darron Candido made the kick off which started today's match. After 4 minutes of play, the referee blew the whistle. It was a penalty for Racing FC! Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Ahmet Efe Sayılgan in the 8th minute of the match. In the 14th minute Darron Candido 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. 18 minutes into the match, Racing FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Dedé Dionísio reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Ahmet Efe Sayılgan in the 19th minute of play. 21 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Şafak Yıldız was slow to take the kick. During this time Racing FC's players had a chance to rest. A nice corner shot did that Şafak Yıldız got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. In the 23rd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Dedé Dionísio saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Racing FC's Dedé Dionísio proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 27th minute of the match, managed to save Racing FC from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Ahmet Efe Sayılgan in the 28th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 29th minute, Koby Fletcher hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After a defensive mix-up in USA's zone, Şafak Yıldız stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Marco Day came out of the goal and Şafak Yıldız tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 彭辉义, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. With a little luck, Racing FC's Dedé Dionísio got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. Dedé Dionísio made a fantastic save in the 44th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Dedé Dionísio took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Darron Candido fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

57 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Şafak Yıldız was slow to take the kick. During this time Racing FC's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on Racing FC's corner Ahmet Efe Sayılgan fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Marco Day quite easily take care of the ball. Dedé Dionísio showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 59th minute of the match. Dedé Dionísio showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cassius Byrne, who was totally free with the ball in the 60th minute. Dedé Dionísio made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 63rd minute of play. 65 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by 彭辉义. A collision led to Racing FC getting a freekick after 66 minutes play. Louis Jamieson hit a great ball. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. In the 69th minute, Louis Jamieson hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Dedé Dionísio 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 71st minute. After a rather tough play, Racing FC's Ahmet Kutsi Kartal got a free kick in the 72nd minute. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Ahmet Efe Sayılgan in the 74th minute of play. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. After 77 minutes USA's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Şafak Yıldız who took care of the corner kick. 79 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Darron Candido came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Jenson Smith in the 82nd minute. 95 minutes into the match, Sam Campbell notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Racing FC's Dedé Dionísio. Dedé Dionísio was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. USA's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.