Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when 陶翀辰 kicked off to start the match. Diego Bradley kicked well hit freekick during the 5th minute of the match. 俞平亦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 7th minute of the match. In the 8th minute USA were awarded a corner. Cassius Byrne went to the cornerflag to take it. 俞平亦 made a fantastic save in the 9th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. 俞平亦 came out of the goal in the 10th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Monty Rogers. But to his dismay, Monty Rogers quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 1-0. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 陶翀辰 in the 13th minute of play. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with 俞平亦 in the 18th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 24 minutes into the game, ◇Mz.梦◆糖球's 陶翀辰 nearly tore a hole in the net with a booming shot. Marco Day made a valiant effort, but he could not reach the ball in time, 1-1. With a couple of smart ball manuevers 陶翀辰 in the 27th managed to get into a good position. With a left leg Marco Day saved USA from getting behind. With an all-out effort, USA's 俞平亦 threw himself towards the right post 29 minutes into the match and grabbed hold of the ball from Cassius Byrne, which otherwise would have been placed in the net. Edward Mcdonald hit a great freekick 31 minutes into the match. In the 35th minute ◇Mz.梦◆糖球 were awarded a corner. 沈亦天 went to the cornerflag to take it. Cassius Byrne received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 37th minute. 俞平亦 tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. 42 minutes into the match, ◇Mz.梦◆糖球's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but 俞平亦 reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 肖星谦 hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. After recieving a nice pass, USA's Cassius Byrne tried to score from far away in the 45th minute, but the ball went over the crossbar. The fans had the chance to grab some refreshments as the whistle went for half-time. The score stood at 1-1 after a close first half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. ◇Mz.梦◆糖球's 俞平亦 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 51st minute of play. USA's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Cassius Byrne in the 57th minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from 陶翀辰 in the 62nd minute of the match. The supporters of ◇Mz.梦◆糖球 booed when USA was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 75 match minutes in a wonderful position. Diego Bradley didn't get a good kick on the ball. In the 76th minute, Diego Bradley hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from 陶翀辰, who was totally free with the ball in the 79th minute. The audience was convinced that 陶翀辰's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Marco Day was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. 俞平亦 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Sam Campbell in the 83rd minute of the match. 俞平亦 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 85th minute of play. In the 85th minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 俞平亦 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. ◇Mz.梦◆糖球's 俞平亦 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Sam Campbell in the 89th minute of play. 俞平亦 made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Sam Campbell in the 91st minute of play. In the 92nd minute Sam Campbell shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 俞平亦 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Marco Day made an important save on a dangerous shot by 张铮迅 in the 93rd minute. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. A collision led to USA getting a freekick after 96 minutes play. Koby Fletcher hit a great ball. ◇Mz.梦◆糖球 succeeded in salvaging a draw, even though USA had controlled the match.