Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 45 (Terracing: 35, Seating: 10, VIP seats: 0) It was fairly windy and cold on the field when Diego Buonanno kicked off to start the match. After some careless play in the Football Club Kekke defense, Monty Rogers kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Mai Namer. The Football Club Kekke fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Mai Namer should have stopped the shot. After a rather tough play, Football Club Kekke's Diego Buonanno got a free kick in the 8th minute. Marco Day showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Diego Buonanno in the 11th minute of the match. Mai Namer came out of the goal in the 14th minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Cassius Byrne. But to his dismay, Cassius Byrne quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-0. Marco Day showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Diego Buonanno, who was totally free with the ball in the 18th minute. 19 minutes into the match, Football Club Kekke's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but Mai Namer reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. With a little luck, Football Club Kekke's Mai Namer got control of the ball when Cassius Byrne tried to sneak it across the goal line. In the 31st minute Monty Rogers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Mai Namer saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. When USA's Monty Rogers in the 33rd minute got a chance for a shot 33rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye Football Club Kekke's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when Cassius Byrne got free with Mai Namer in the 34th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. Cassius Byrne could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 38th minute of the match, but Mai Namer made a huge save. In the 39th minute the ball was on its way in behind Football Club Kekke's goalkeeper Mai Namer, but with the help of a sacrificing defense, he could catch the ball at the crossbar. Mai Namer made a fantastic save in the 42nd minute, when Zach Harrison sent off a good shot on target. Mai Namer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 47th minute of play. No-one was surprised that the home team were leading 2-0 at half-time.

The players of the away team seemed most concentrated when Cassius Byrne stepped up to make the kick off in the second half. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cassius Byrne in the 52nd minute of play forced Football Club Kekke's goalkeeper Mai Namer to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. The supporters of USA booed when Football Club Kekke was adjudged a doubtful freekick after 55 match minutes in a wonderful position. Ola Biörkman didn't get a good kick on the ball. Mai Namer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 57th minute of play. Mai Namer 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 58th minute. Mai Namer didn't have a chance when a screaming shot from Cassius Byrne went, in the 62nd minute, to the upper right corner, 3-1 was the resulting score. Mai Namer 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 68th minute. Mai Namer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 70th minute of play. In the 71st minute of the match USA got a corner. Football Club Kekke's goalie ran out to the linesman to protest the call, but the linesman resolutely pointed his flag at the cornerflag. Cassius Byrne ran over to the corner to take the kick. Marco Day made a fantastic save in the 77th minute, when Ola Biörkman sent off a good shot on target. Mai Namer made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Monty Rogers in the 78th minute of play. After having played for 81 minutes, Edward Mcdonald managed to get in a good position for a shot on goal. USA's supporters crossed their fingers, but Edward Mcdonald was, after a quick turn that froze the defenders, out of balance and shot the ball just to the right of the goal. USA's Sam Campbell was substituted for Cassius Byrne. USA's Marco Baker was substituted for Edward Mcdonald. Erik Spets kicked well hit freekick during the 84th minute of the match. USA's Sam Campbell got a good chance for a goal in the 86th minute, but he totally mistimed the shot and it went over the crossbar. In the 88th minute, Zach Harrison 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. USA's supporters were delighted with their team's performance and swarmed onto the pitch at the end of the match to celebrate the victory with the players.