Challenge

New York Arena
Spectators: 41 (Terracing: 32, Seating: 9, VIP seats: 0) Wilton Valladares started the match with the kick off in front of an excited audience. In the 3rd minute, Koby Wright ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Mehmet Kerem was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. 7 minutes in the game Richard Mccarthy did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Carter George. Mehmet Kerem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Rohan Watson, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 12 minutes into the match, Rohan Watson notched a goal, 0-2, to the right of . SC Manhattan .'s Mehmet Kerem. Mehmet Kerem was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. An unexpectedly hard shot by Carter George in the 18th minute of play forced . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Mehmet Kerem to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Mehmet Kerem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Rohan Watson in the 21st minute of play. In the 22nd minute, Rohan Watson left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Canada fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Canada's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Koby Wright in the 33rd minute. Canada's Rohan Watson was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Mehmet Kerem in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. 37 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Koby Wright came free, but Mehmet Kerem reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mehmet Kerem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Rohan Watson, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Wilton Valladares got free with Jax Williamson in the 45th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. In the 46th minute Chico Valadares shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Jax Williamson saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Koby Wright stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. Mehmet Kerem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Koby Wright in the 51st minute of play. Nate Mills hit a great freekick 55 minutes into the match. Canada made a substitution. Filip Edwards replaced Koby Wright. A collision led to Canada getting a freekick after 55 minutes play. Nate Mills hit a great ball. In the 56th minute, Van Dijk got an opportunity to score, but he didn't get a solid hit on the ball and ended up kicking it wide of the goal. . SC Manhattan .'s Mehmet Kerem played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Carter George in the 62nd minute of play. 64 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goal looked a bit too open when Filip Edwards came free, but Mehmet Kerem reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Mehmet Kerem made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Filip Edwards in the 69th minute of play. Canada's Prince Anderson was substituted for Carter George. Canada made a substitution. Theo Burton replaced Rohan Watson. In the 72nd minute of the match Canada got a corner. . SC Manhattan .'s goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Jan Dixon ran over to the corner to take the kick. Mehmet Kerem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Prince Anderson, who was totally free with the ball in the 74th minute. Mehmet Kerem showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Theo Burton, who was totally free with the ball in the 80th minute. A hard shot 80 in the game by Theo Burton from a close distance when the talented Mehmet Kerem managed to make a qualified save. . SC Manhattan .'s players were relieved. A sloppy throw-in by Richard Mccarthy in the 82nd minute of the game went astray and was snapped up by . SC Manhattan .'s Edward Czech. Mehmet Kerem made an important save on a dangerous shot by Filip Edwards in the 84th minute. Mehmet Kerem took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Filip Edwards, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 88th minute, Luka Harris reached a very good position and smashed the ball with a huge effort into the net, just to the left of Mehmet Kerem. The goal made the score 0-4. 91 minutes into the match, . SC Manhattan .'s goalkeeper Mehmet Kerem had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Luka Harris. After some fancy dribbling in the 92nd minute, Wilton Valladares managed to get in a good position for a shot. . SC Manhattan .'s supporters rose to their feet, but Wilton Valladares was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Jax Williamson breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick.