Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) Cassius Byrne made the kick off and thus started the match. In the 7th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Erhun Bilek saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bedrettin Özguven, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. The corner ended in Eser İşcan almost managing to get the ball behind the net, but USA's Marco Day did a great save. Palestine's Erhun Bilek played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 14th minute of play. 16 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Bedrettin Özguven came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Erhun Bilek 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 19th minute. Erhun Bilek took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 25 minutes into the match, Palestine's Bedrettin Özguven sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. Erhun Bilek made a fantastic save in the 30th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. The supporters of Palestine booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 31 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Bradley didn't get a good kick on the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bedrettin Özguven in the 33rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 33rd minute, Bedrettin Özguven left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Palestine fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-1. Erhun Bilek 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 36th minute. 38 minutes into the match, Palestine's goalkeeper Erhun Bilek had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Cassius Byrne. 40 minutes into the match, Palestine's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but Erhun Bilek reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bedrettin Özguven in the 45th minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bedrettin Özguven in the 47th minute of play. Luck had favoured the away team in the first, and they walked off with a 0-1 lead.

The crowd rose to their feet as Palestine's Bedrettin Özguven slotted home a wonderful shot that went in to the left of Marco Day. That made the score 0-2 after 56 minutes of play. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bedrettin Özguven in the 61st minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Bedrettin Özguven in the 62nd minute of play. Erhun Bilek 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 63rd minute. Marco Day was a little too slow when Bedrettin Özguven got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 66th minute. The score was now 0-3. Palestine made a substitution. Roland Bobrowski replaced Tahsin Savtuna. Palestine made a substitution. Karl-Åke Svanberg replaced Sixto Luix. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Palestine's attentive Anísio Matorin managed to snatch the ball when Raphael Moore made a throw-in in the 73rd minute of the game. Enis Behiç Cangun might have been able to make a better finish in the 79th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Enis Behiç Cangun ran back to his position shaking his head. With a little luck, USA's Marco Day got control of the ball when Enis Behiç Cangun tried to sneak it across the goal line. Erhun Bilek showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Jacob May in the 80th minute of the match. Eser İşcan's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Marco Day read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 82nd minute of play. In the 87th minute, Monty Rogers made a precise shot to the right of Erhun Bilek. Palestine's defense was at fault, and the scoreboard reflected the new score, 2-3. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Enis Behiç Cangun fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 93rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Enis Behiç Cangun sent away a hard shot on goal in the 96th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 96th minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them.