Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 44 (Terracing: 34, Seating: 10, 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. Club Floresta Manda's Zheng Chao Wei proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 6th minute of the match, managed to save Club Floresta Manda from getting a goal against them. 9 minutes had been played when some careless play by Club Floresta Manda'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. The corner first didn't look so dangerous but when Jacob May got the ball he succeeded in some way to get through the defenders to deliver a very hard score. Result 1-0. 9 minutes into the match. Zheng Chao Wei made an important save on a dangerous shot by Edward Mcdonald in the 13th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 15th minute of play forced Club Floresta Manda's goalkeeper Zheng Chao Wei to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Dante Enetz in the 21st minute of play. Club Floresta Manda were awarded a corner in the 22th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Julio Blai took the corner. A nice corner shot did that Julio Blai got away a dangerous shot. Despite this Marco Day quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 25 minutes into the match, Club Floresta Manda's goalkeeper Zheng Chao Wei had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Monty Rogers. In the 27th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Edward Mcdonald to maneuver through the defense. An unexpectedly hard shot by Dante Enetz in the 30th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Cassius Byrne's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Zheng Chao Wei firmly grabbed it by the left post. After some fancy dribbling in the 32nd minute, Orlando Berasko managed to get in a good position for a shot. Club Floresta Manda's supporters rose to their feet, but Orlando Berasko 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. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Zheng Chao Wei in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. When the match had gone on for 37 minutes, Lino Lauaxeta put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Marco Day. Through an outstanding action, after 39 minutes, Zheng Chao Wei successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Club Floresta Manda's Zheng Chao Wei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Cassius Byrne in the 47th minute of play. In the 47thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but Club Floresta Manda's Zheng Chao Wei was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. The score stood at 1-1 when the half time whistle went. Both sets of players seemed reasonably pleased with how the match was going.

Both teams looked relatively alert before the second half when the referee blew his whistle to tell Kuno Uhtlik to make the kick off. In the 53rd minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Zheng Chao Wei saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. USA's Marco Day proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 61st minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. Club Floresta Manda's Zheng Chao Wei played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 65th minute of play. Zheng Chao Wei 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 66th minute. Club Floresta Manda's Zeledon Francesco was substituted for Daniel Cravero. Club Floresta Manda made a substitution. Tomás Telo replaced Froilan Gasteiz. Club Floresta Manda's Dante Enetz got a good chance for a goal in the 73rd minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Zheng Chao Wei took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Monty Rogers, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. The audience thought a goal was coming when Dante Enetz got free with Marco Day in the 80th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. USA made a substitution. Marco Baker replaced Edward Mcdonald. Club Floresta Manda were awarded a corner in the 82th minute after USA's defender lost control of the ball, allowing it to roll out over the line. Julio Blai took the corner. An unexpectedly hard shot by Julio Blai in the 83rd minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Zheng Chao Wei made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Khalid Parry in the 85th minute of play. 86 minutes into the match, Club Floresta Manda's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Zheng Chao Wei reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. When Orlando Berasko came up free with the goalie in the 89th minute, the Club Floresta Manda 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 Orlando Berasko couldn't finish the play. Zheng Chao Wei showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Baker in the 96th minute of the match. Kuno Uhtlik received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 97th minute. Marco Day tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. USA were unable to convert their possession into goals, allowing Club Floresta Manda to leave the ground with a draw.