Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) After 2 played minutes Bermejo Club got a freekick which was hit by Johan Kiewit. In the 5thth minute of the game Johan Kiewit who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but USA's Marco Day was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 11th minute of play forced Bermejo Club's goalkeeper Leandro Munio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Diego Bradley made in the 17th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Monty Rogers. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Johan Kiewit, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Bermejo Club's Johan Kiewit in the 24th minute got a chance for a shot 24th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. 25 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers dribbled the ball past the defender and swiftly kicked the ball to the left of Leandro Munio, 1-0. King Nanuk made a great header on Bermejo Club's corner, it was just that USA's Marco Day managed to reach the ball for a save. Bermejo Club were awarded a corner in the 31th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Feliberto Tauro took the corner. A well-hit corner resulted in King Nanuk heading the ball towards the goal, but to his dismay he misdirected it and missed the goal completely. Bermejo Club made a substitution. Honorio Nikola replaced Antônio Carlos Xavier. After having played for 36 minutes, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edward Mcdonald was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 40th minute of the match, but Leandro Munio made a huge save. 43 minutes into the game, Cassius Byrne cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 2-0. Leandro Munio was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. Cassius Byrne recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 46th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. The away team players looked dejected as the walked off the pitch at half time. They had fought hard, but were still losing 2-0.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Johan Kiewit was the one to do the kick off. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Honorio Nikola in the 50th minute of the match. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Johan Kiewit in the 55th minute. Honorio Nikola could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 57th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. The audience was convinced that Honorio Nikola's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 64th minute of the game. In the 65th minute Bermejo Club were awarded a corner. Feliberto Tauro went to the cornerflag to take it. A nice corner shot did that King Nanuk got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 67th minute of play forced Bermejo Club's goalkeeper Leandro Munio to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Johan Kiewit in the 70th minute of play. Feliberto Tauro kicked well hit freekick during the 76th minute of the match. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. The supporters of USA booed when Bermejo Club was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 77 match minutes in a wonderful position. Feliberto Tauro didn't get a good kick on the ball. Marco Day stood for a superb save when he managed to get hold of Honorio Nikola's shot from short distance in the 80th minute. Khalid Parry might have been able to make a better finish in the 88th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Leandro Munio. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Khalid Parry ran back to his position shaking his head. Bermejo Club's Leandro Munio played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Khalid Parry in the 88th minute of play. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Honorio Nikola in the 94th minute of the match. USA's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.