Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Diego Forlan took the kick off in the first half of the match. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Forlan in the 6th minute of the match. In the 8th minute, Diego Forlan got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. Ovidio Vagrande stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Monty Rogers's shot from short distance in the 9th minute. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 10th minute. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Diego Bradley got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-0. 11 minutes into the match. Zach Harrison kicked well hit freekick during the 20th minute of the match. Harry Noble House FC's Zeledon Sagaseta got a good chance for a goal in the 21st minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. 23 minutes into the game, Harry Noble House FC's Diego Forlan nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Day made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Forlan, who was totally free with the ball in the 25th minute. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 30th minute of the match, but Ovidio Vagrande made a huge save. Ovidio Vagrande made a fantastic save in the 33rd minute, when Monty Rogers sent off a good shot on target. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diego Forlan went, in the 38th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-2 was the resulting score. Harry Noble House FC's Ovidio Vagrande proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 41st minute of the match, managed to save Harry Noble House FC from getting a goal against them. Harry Noble House FC's Ovidio Vagrande played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 42nd minute of play. When Diego Bradley fell near the penalty area in the 44th minute he thought he would be awarded a free kick. The referee ignored USA's protests and gave Diego Bradley a yellow card for diving instead. After 44 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Diego Bradley. In the 46th minute, USA's Cassius Byrne dribbled the ball into the box and hit a shot with the outside of his foot, sending the keeper the wrong way. 2-2. After fighting hard for a draw in the first half, the players were able to take a much needed rest.

Harry Noble House FC made a substitution. Damian Czeberowski replaced Diego Forlan. Ovidio Vagrande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jacob May, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 55th minute of the match. Ovidio Vagrande showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 56th minute of the match. 58 minutes into the match, Harry Noble House FC's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Ovidio Vagrande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Damian Czeberowski might have been able to make a better finish in the 61st minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Damian Czeberowski ran back to his position shaking his head. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Damian Czeberowski, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 63rd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidio Vagrande saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 65 minutes into the match, Damian Czeberowski had an open shot that he just couldn't miss and scored to the right of Marco Day. USA's manager could be seen yelling to the referee that Damian Czeberowski was offside, but the referee ignored the protest. 2-3. In the 70th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ovidio Vagrande was frozen by the shot and now it was 3-3. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. Edward Mcdonald took the ball and in the 74 minute, shot a rapid shot to the right of a surprised Ovidio Vagrande. Ovidio Vagrande dived to the right, and did manage to get a hand on the shot, but it still went into the right corner making it 4-3. Harry Noble House FC's Ovidio Vagrande played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 77th minute of play. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Ovidio Vagrande showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 93rd minute of the match. Harry Noble House FC's Ovidio Vagrande played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 94th minute of play. Ovidio Vagrande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 97th minute of play. A collision led to Harry Noble House FC getting a freekick after 97 minutes play. Damian Czeberowski hit a great ball. When the referee blew the final whistle, you could see the dissatisfaction in the USA players' eyes. They were disappointed they hadn't taken more from the game.