Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Diego Forlan kicked off to start the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Forlan in the 3rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Harry Noble House FC's Ovidio Vagrande proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Harry Noble House FC from getting a goal against them. 8 minutes into the match, Harry Noble House FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Ovidio Vagrande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Harry Noble House FC's Ovidio Vagrande proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 9th minute of the match, managed to save Harry Noble House FC from getting a goal against them. 11 minutes into the game, Diego Bradley was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. USA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave Harry Noble House FC the free kick. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 11th minute of the match. 20 minutes into the match, Harry Noble House FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Ovidio Vagrande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. After 22 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Edward Mcdonald. Ovidio Vagrande took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Edward Mcdonald, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Olaf Pilipiec kicked well hit freekick during the 27th minute of the match. 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 30th minute. Marco Day came out of the goal in the 35th minute to try and stop a shot by Harry Noble House FC's Diego Forlan. But to his dismay, Diego Forlan quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 0-1. 38 minutes into the match, Harry Noble House FC's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Ovidio Vagrande reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Ovidio Vagrande showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Monty Rogers, who was totally free with the ball in the 40th minute. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

Harry Noble House FC made a substitution. Damian Czeberowski replaced Diego Forlan. 53 minutes had been played when some careless play by Harry Noble House FC's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. Ovidio Vagrande showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 62nd minute of the match. 65 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-1. Ovidio Vagrande was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. In the 71st minute, Anthoon Baecke hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. After 72 played minutes Harry Noble House FC got a freekick which was hit by Anthoon Baecke. If Sam Campbell had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 73rd minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. 75 minutes into the match, Edward Mcdonald notched a goal, 3-1, to the right of Harry Noble House FC's Ovidio Vagrande. Ovidio Vagrande was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Damian Czeberowski in the 78th minute of play. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. In the 82nd minute of the game Diego Bradley made a throw-in which Jenson Smith played forward. In the 88th play minute Damian Czeberowski came free and shot an unsuspected shot which went into goal from the right pole behind a surprised Marco Day. 3-2. 91 minutes into the match, Marco Baker notched a goal, 4-2, to the right of Harry Noble House FC's Ovidio Vagrande. Ovidio Vagrande was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 94th minute of play forced Harry Noble House FC's goalkeeper Ovidio Vagrande to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. After some careless play in the Harry Noble House FC defense, Khalid Parry kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Ovidio Vagrande. The Harry Noble House FC fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Ovidio Vagrande should have stopped the shot. USA walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.