Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Cassius Byrne took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 5th minute of the game Diego Bradley made a throw-in which Jenson Smith played forward. Emiliano Lluterio blasted a shot towards the goal in the 9th minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. Bruno Beugnet might have been able to make a better finish in the 9th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bruno Beugnet ran back to his position shaking his head. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Ismael Furman in the 11th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Ismael Furman showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 15th minute of the match. In the 26th minute Edward Mcdonald shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Furman 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 Bruno Beugnet, who was totally free with the ball in the 28th minute. Diego Bradley made in the 33rd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Equipo's Sid Todd. 37 minutes into the match, Equipo's Bruno Beugnet sent off a blazing shot straight on target, a shot that Marco Day narrowly saved just below the crossbar. The throw-in from Diego Bradley in the 40th minute of the game was unfortunally taken care of by Equipo's Unai Papachronopoulos. After a rather tough play, USA's Fabian Brown got a free kick in the 41st minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Juliusz Cezar in the 41st minute of the match. In the 43rd minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ismael Furman saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 44th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass, split the defenders, and ran untouched towards the goal. Ismael Furman came out and tried to block the shot, but Cassius Byrne slotted it home off the left post making it 2-0 in the 45th minute. 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.

Equipo made a substitution. Teofil Chrzan replaced Bruno Beugnet. Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Teofil Chrzan to make the kick off. Ismael Furman showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Jenson Smith, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Ismael Furman made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 53rd minute of play. After some fancy dribbling in the 54th minute, Teofil Chrzan managed to get in a good position for a shot. Equipo's supporters rose to their feet, but Teofil Chrzan was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Marco Day breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. When USA's Monty Rogers in the 57th minute got a chance for a shot 57th didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Equipo's goalie prevented a goal. Equipo made a substitution. 胡益桦 replaced Unai Papachronopoulos. 胡益桦 made a great header on Equipo's corner, it was just that USA's Marco Day managed to reach the ball for a save. Cassius Byrne sent away a hard shot on goal in the 64th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. After 74 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Sam Campbell. Ismael Furman took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Teofil Chrzan blasted a shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot hit the top of the crossbar and went out without Marco Day having to make a save. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofil Chrzan in the 82nd 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 Teofil Chrzan, who was totally free with the ball in the 83rd minute. After 88 minutes of play, USA's Sam Campbell made it 3-0 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Ismael Furman was left in no man's land by his defense there! USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. In the 92nd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Bradley to maneuver through the defense. In the 94th minute Teofil Chrzan shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Marco Day saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Teofil Chrzan in the 95th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. USA walked away with a well-earned victory that was much celebrated by the crowd.