Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Nereo Luke kicked off to start the match. Edward Mcdonald received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 3rd minute. Nizam Soner tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. After a rather tough play, !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Lisandro Stephen got a free kick in the 4th minute. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Nizam Soner came out and tried to block the shot, but Cassius Byrne slotted it home off the left post making it 1-0 in the 6th minute. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bobby Pires, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Bobby Pires received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 12th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Nizam Soner proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 18th minute of the match, managed to save !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU from getting a goal against them. !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Lisandro Stephen managed, thanks to a brazen rush, stole the ball on a throw-in made by Diego Bradley in the 19 minute of the game. In the 20th minute Nereo Luke 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. Nizam Soner made a fantastic save in the 22nd minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Nizam Soner played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 23rd minute of play. 33 minutes into the game, Monty Rogers recieved a splendid long ball, split the defenders, and gently placed the ball to the left of Nizam Soner. Monty Rogers showed that you don't have to tear a hole in the net to score, 2-0. Nizam Soner showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 36th minute of the match. Edward Mcdonald could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Nizam Soner made a huge save. !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Nizam Soner proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 43rd minute of the match, managed to save !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU from getting a goal against them. The audience was convinced that Bobby Pires's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 44th minute of the game.

When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cassius Byrne made a kick off. Nizam Soner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 51st minute of play. In the 53rd minute, Cassius Byrne made a precise shot to the right of Nizam Soner. !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 4-0. !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Bobby Pires came free and shot a quick shot against goal 57 minutes in the game, fortunately Marco Day had problems saving as it came toward the left post. In the 59th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nizam Soner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 61st minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Nizam Soner was frozen by the shot and now it was 5-0. Nizam Soner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 64th minute of play. Nizam Soner 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 64th minute. Nizam Soner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. After having played for 71 minutes, Monty Rogers managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Monty Rogers was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Nizam Soner made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 77th minute of play. In the 83rd minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Nizam Soner saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Nizam Soner took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sam Campbell, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA were awarded a corner in the 86th minute after !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Jenson Smith took the corner. USA's Jacob May was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Nizam Soner in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. With an all-out effort, !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU's Marco Day threw himself towards the right post 90 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Bobby Pires, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. In the 91st minute of the match !!KARAGÜLLE İMPARATORLUĞU 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. Bobby Pires ran over to the corner to take the kick. Gilbert Alströmmer was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. USA had played much better football throughout.