Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Diego Forlan took the kick off in the first half of the match. In the 6th minute the ball was on its way in behind USA's goalkeeper Marco Day, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. In the 7th minute, Monty Rogers ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Ovidio Vagrande was frozen by the shot and now it was 1-0. Through an outstanding action, after 13 minutes, Ovidio Vagrande successfully got his hands on the ball before it slid into the goal at the right post. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Forlan in the 15th minute of the match. Ovidio Vagrande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 18th minute of play. Diego Forlan might have been able to make a better finish in the 27th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Marco Day. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Diego Forlan ran back to his position shaking his head. An unexpectedly hard shot by Diego Forlan in the 27th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Marco Day to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 29 minutes in the game, Monty Rogers fired away an excellent shot, which passed to the side of the right post without Ovidio Vagrande having to interfere. Ovidio Vagrande 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 31st minute. Ovidio Vagrande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 33rd minute of play. Marco Day didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Diego Forlan went, in the 35th minute, to the upper right corner, 1-1 was the resulting score. USA's Marco Day played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Diego Forlan in the 39th minute of play. Ovidio Vagrande made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. Boleslaw Sokol hit a great freekick 44 minutes into the match. The first half was very even, with the score at 1-1 when the whistle went for half-time. The players welcomed the break and quickly retired to the dressing rooms.

Harry Noble House FC's Damian Czeberowski was substituted for Diego Forlan. When the second half was about to start, both teams quickly lined up and Cassius Byrne made a kick off. After 53 minutes of play, Harry Noble House FC's Damian Czeberowski made it 1-2 when he simply outclassed the defender marking him and hit a curling shot into the right side of the net. Marco Day was left in no man's land by his defense there! An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 56th minute of play forced Harry Noble House FC's goalkeeper Ovidio Vagrande to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 58th minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Ovidio Vagrande saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Ovidio Vagrande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 71st minute of play. Ovidio Vagrande 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 73rd minute. After some careless play in the USA defense, Damian Czeberowski kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Marco Day. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Marco Day should have stopped the shot. Ovidio Vagrande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 81st minute of play. After a rather tough play, Harry Noble House FC's Lukasz Malik got a free kick in the 85th minute. In the 86th minute, Lukasz Malik hit a crossing free kick to the open man running down the field. Ovidio Vagrande made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Marco Baker in the 92nd minute of play. 2-3 became the score in the 95th minute when Khalid Parry elegantly shot the ball into goal just under the crossbar.