Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. With a little luck, C.S.D Punta Ballena's Bartoli Navagos got control of the ball when Edward Mcdonald tried to sneak it across the goal line. After 4 minutes C.S.D Punta Ballena's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Cassius Byrne who took care of the corner kick. USA's Diego Bradley was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Bartoli Navagos in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 5th minute, Baudelio Valls hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Cassius Byrne blasted a shot towards the goal in the 11th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Bartoli Navagos having to make a save. 11 minutes into the match, USA's Cassius Byrne sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Bartoli Navagos narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Cassius Byrne fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 14th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Bartoli Navagos having to interfere. When the match had gone on for 16 minutes, Cassius Byrne took a quick shot and it went in 1-0 without a chance for Bartoli Navagos to make any attempt to save it. In the 20th minute, Jenson Smith fired away a killer shot towards the goal that, to the delight of Bartoli Navagos, passed just outside the right post. After 24 minutes of play, USA's Monty Rogers made it 2-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Bartoli Navagos was left in no man's land by his defense there! In the 28th minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Bartoli Navagos. C.S.D Punta Ballena's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 3-0. Bartoli Navagos didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 39th minute, to the upper right corner, 4-0 was the resulting score. In the 42nd match minute, C.S.D Punta Ballena was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Onofre Masas to maneuver through the defense. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Nevada Chapital to make the kick off. In the 56th minute, Cassius Byrne left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The USA fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 5-0. After a defensive mix-up in C.S.D Punta Ballena's zone, Monty Rogers stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Bartoli Navagos came out of the goal and Monty Rogers tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Bartoli Navagos made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 64th minute of play. Bartoli Navagos showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 65th minute of the match. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. 76 minutes into the match, C.S.D Punta Ballena's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Bartoli Navagos reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Monty Rogers came up free with the goalie in the 79th minute, the USA fans jumped to their feet. But the shot missed the goal by a fraction of an inch, and the fans sat back down disappointed that Monty Rogers couldn't finish the play. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. Sam Campbell received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 83rd minute. Bartoli Navagos tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. In the 85th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Bartoli Navagos saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The USA fans' excitement grew in the 85th match minute when USA's Sam Campbell looked to have a clear shot with the ball near the goal. The shot wasn't hard, but the ball still rolled over the goal line to make it 6-0 before the goalkeeper had a chance to intervene. It was no surprise that this one had ended in a win for the home team. USA had played much better football throughout.