Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 49 (Terracing: 38, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Stamen Tekeliev kicked off to start the match. Zé Roberto Teixeira showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Monty Rogers in the 6th minute of the match. After 7 minutes, Diego Bradley mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the USA and the Playa Malvín players grew even worse after the yellow card. In the 7th match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Diego Bradley to maneuver through the defense. USA's Monty Rogers got a good chance for a goal in the 11th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. Playa Malvín's Zé Roberto Teixeira played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Monty Rogers in the 19th minute of play. In the 20th minute, Stamen Tekeliev 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. Zé Roberto Teixeira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 24th minute of play. Marco Day made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Stamen Tekeliev in the 33rd minute of play. If Stamen Tekeliev had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 38th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stamen Tekeliev in the 38th minute of the match. 41 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Stamen Tekeliev came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 42nd minute of the match Playa Malvín got a corner. USA's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Stelian Murgu ran over to the corner to take the kick. A well done corner resulted in Sandu Mândrilă drilling the ball in to score 0-1 behind USA's goalkeeper. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 46th minute of play forced Playa Malvín's goalkeeper Zé Roberto Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Even after changing tactics the home team jogged off the field with a 0-1 deficit. They would have to work harder if they wanted to turn things around in the second half.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stamen Tekeliev in the 52nd minute of play. Zé Roberto Teixeira made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 54th minute of play. 58 minutes into the match, USA's goalkeeper Marco Day had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Stamen Tekeliev. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 62nd minute of play forced Playa Malvín's goalkeeper Zé Roberto Teixeira to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. If Monty Rogers had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 65th minute. The ball went over the crossbar instead. Playa Malvín's Josu Onez was substituted for Sandu Mândrilă. 73 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Sam Campbell came free, but Zé Roberto Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Quinto Ampudia sent away a hard shot on goal in the 74th minute, but the ball hit the crossbar and went out. A very good chance for a goal. Quinto Ampudia could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 74th minute of the match, but Marco Day made a huge save. 76 minutes into the match, Playa Malvín's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Zé Roberto Teixeira reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 78 minutes had been played when some careless play by Playa Malvín's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Jenson Smith was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. When the match had gone on for 79 minutes, Khalid Parry put it in 1-1 from a short distance just to the right of Zé Roberto Teixeira. After 83 minutes, Sam Campbell made it 2-1 with a short kick to the right side. Playa Malvín's Zé Roberto Teixeira tried to save the shot but he was too slow in reacting to the shot. Raphael Moore made in the 92nd minute of the game a throw-in that took a bad bounce and was taken care of by Playa Malvín's Josu Onez. There were very few away supporters still in the ground by the end of the match. Most of them had left early, disgusted by the way their team had been torn apart. USA fully deserved thier win.