Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) A collision led to UPTEXTIL.COM getting a freekick after 2 minutes play. Belchior Mamatov hit a great ball. USA were awarded a corner in the 6th minute after UPTEXTIL.COM's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Cassius Byrne took the corner. Paolo Ruisko received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 8th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 13 minutes in the game Cassius Byrne did a throw-in, and the ball was quickly in game thanks to Edward Mcdonald. 16 minutes had been played when some careless play by UPTEXTIL.COM's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Cassius Byrne was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. After a rather tough play, USA's Diego Bradley got a free kick in the 17th minute. Mateus Cruz made an important save on a dangerous shot by Zach Harrison in the 20th minute. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Paolo Ruisko in the 23rd minute of play. Mateus Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 25th minute of the match. 29 minutes into the match, UPTEXTIL.COM's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Mateus Cruz reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Paolo Ruisko in the 30th minute of the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Belchior Mamatov in the 36th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. A collision led to UPTEXTIL.COM getting a freekick after 37 minutes play. Pontus Hjortberg hit a great ball. In the 47th minute, Edward Mcdonald 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: 1-0. UPTEXTIL.COM's Hugo do Valle was substituted for Zé Paulo Queirós. The home fans were very happy to see their team leading 1-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cüneyt Berksoy stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. In the 57th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mateus Cruz saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Raphael Moore made in the 58th minute of the game a fairly good throw-in which was taken care of by Cassius Byrne. Cassius Byrne scored 2-0 in the 63rd match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Mateus Cruz, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot. UPTEXTIL.COM's Mateus Cruz played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 69th minute of play. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 71st minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cüneyt Berksoy in the 73rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Koby Fletcher was astounded when the referee showed him the red card after a seemingly innocent challenge, 76 minutes into the match. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. The referee blew the whistle for a penalty in the 76th minute of the game. One of USA:s players had nearly got his shirt torn off by an opponent while getting free in front of UPTEXTIL.COM:s goal. When the match had been going on for 79 minutes, UPTEXTIL.COM's Belchior Mamatov got an opportunity to shoot a penalty. He stayed cool and waited for the goalkeeper to move, before he confidently shot the ball into the goal, to the left of Marco Day. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. In the 84th match minute, UPTEXTIL.COM was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Pontus Hjortberg to maneuver through the defense. Khalid Parry might have been able to make a better finish in the 86th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Mateus Cruz. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Khalid Parry ran back to his position shaking his head. Mateus Cruz showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Khalid Parry in the 86th minute of the match. 95 minutes into the game, USA's Khalid Parry nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Mateus Cruz made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 4-1. Hugo do Valle hit a great freekick 100 minutes into the match. When the referee ended the match the USA players were able to celebrate. They had won a fair victory and recieved the ovations of their fans.