Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Cassius Byrne got the match started through his kick off. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wiktor Strömqvist in the 4th minute of play. Peace Home Street Boys's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Anísio Matos in the 5th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Per-Oskar Hedberg in the 7th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Wiktor Strömqvist came up free with the goalie in the 11th minute, the Peace Home Street Boys 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 Wiktor Strömqvist couldn't finish the play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anders Kielberg in the 12th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Kayacan Müjdat, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. After a defensive mix-up in Peace Home Street Boys's zone, Monty Rogers stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Per-Oskar Hedberg 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. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anders Kielberg in the 20th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wiktor Strömqvist recieved an excellent pass in front of the goal in the 25th minute. Unfortunately, he received the ball on his off foot and could only manage a weak shot that went over the goal. In the 26th minute the ball was on its way in behind Peace Home Street Boys's goalkeeper Per-Oskar Hedberg, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wiktor Strömqvist, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. When Wiktor Strömqvist, who was free, got the in front of the goal in the 28 minute he wasn't focused and tipped the ball just over the goal. The Marco Day was delighted since the ball would have got in if it had gone under the crossbar. Cassius Byrne came free with the goalkeeper in the 32nd minute of the match, and shot straight on target. The shot was a little too simple and Per-Oskar Hedberg could save by the left post. After 33 minutes Peace Home Street Boys'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. Jacob May made a great header on USA's corner, it was just that Peace Home Street Boys's Per-Oskar Hedberg managed to reach the ball for a save. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Wiktor Strömqvist in the 36th minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Anders Kielberg in the 37th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Wiktor Strömqvist sent away a hard shot on goal in the 42nd minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Anders Kielberg in the 45th minute of play. Monty Rogers fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 47th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Per-Oskar Hedberg having to interfere. The score stood at 0-0 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Peace Home Street Boys's Claudinei Messias was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Marco Day in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 54th minute of play forced Peace Home Street Boys's goalkeeper Per-Oskar Hedberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Verner Wahlnäs sent away a hard shot on goal in the 55th minute, but the ball went just over the crossbar and out. A very good chance. Anders Kielberg could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. If Wiktor Strömqvist had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 60th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. Per-Oskar Hedberg showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald, who was totally free with the ball in the 67th minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Verner Wahlnäs in the 69th minute of the match. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by Wiktor Strömqvist in the 71st minute. In the 73rd minute, Valdemar Borre hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. The supporters of USA booed when Peace Home Street Boys was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 74 match minutes in a wonderful position. Valdemar Borre didn't get a good kick on the ball. 84 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Kayacan Müjdat came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Alexander Schiavo hit a great freekick 86 minutes into the match. Peace Home Street Boys made a substitution. Aaron Svartengren replaced Kayacan Müjdat. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. After 88 played minutes Peace Home Street Boys got a freekick which was hit by Alexander Schiavo. An unexpectedly hard shot by Sam Campbell in the 89th minute of play forced Peace Home Street Boys's goalkeeper Per-Oskar Hedberg to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Guido Van Hallebeecke's late challenge caught a USA's player on the shin and left him crawling around in pain. The referee blew his whistle and produced the yellow card. Guido Van Hallebeecke helped the player get up and apologised. After a defensive mix-up in Peace Home Street Boys's zone, Khalid Parry stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. Per-Oskar Hedberg came out of the goal and Khalid Parry tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Aaron Svartengren in the 94th minute of play. In the 95th minute of the match Peace Home Street Boys got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Anísio Matos ran over to the corner to take the kick.