Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) USA's Cassius Byrne started the match with a crisp pass. The crowd had been anticipating this game for weeks and the excitement in the stadium was easily visible. 4 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Benjy Muller was slow to take the kick. During this time ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's players had a chance to rest. A collision led to ARedonditos de Ricota CFK getting a freekick after 5 minutes play. Michael Dalberg hit a great ball. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Florentino Berasko, who was totally free with the ball in the 11th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Edward Mcdonald got free with Xie Bang Ang in the 12th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When Florentino Berasko came up free with the goalie in the 13th minute, the ARedonditos de Ricota CFK 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 Florentino Berasko couldn't finish the play. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Emilio Gonzales in the 17th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Michael Dalberg hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Xie Bang Ang 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 21st minute. Xie Bang Ang 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 22nd minute. In the 28th minute, Cassius Byrne 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. Florentino Berasko fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 33rd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. Marco Day took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Emilio Gonzales, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Emilio Gonzales went, in the 37th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. Florentino Berasko scored 1-2 in the 45th match minute with a shot that went into the goal to the right of Marco Day, who was just a little too slow in reacting to the shot.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Florentino Berasko to strike the kick off in the second half. Xie Bang Ang took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Cassius Byrne, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK made a substitution. Jonas Paz replaced Emilio Gonzales. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Robert Haegg in the 61st minute of the match. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK were awarded a corner in the 62th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Benjy Muller took the corner. If Robert Haegg had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. Xie Bang Ang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 71st minute of play. An unexpectedly hard shot by Robert Haegg in the 74th 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 USA getting a freekick after 76 minutes play. Diego Bradley hit a great ball. USA's Khalid Parry was substituted for Monty Rogers. 81 minutes into the match, ARedonditos de Ricota CFK's goal looked a bit too open when Khalid Parry came free, but Xie Bang Ang reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA were furious when Koby Fletcher was red carded, 83 minutes into the game, but the referee dismissed their protests. 84 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Benjy Muller came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Xie Bang Ang made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 85th minute of play. Jonas Paz fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 88th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Marco Day having to interfere. The audience was convinced that Robert Haegg's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 93rd minute of the game. When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. ARedonditos de Ricota CFK had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.