Challenge

RFK Stadium
Spectators: 47 (Terracing: 36, Seating: 11, VIP seats: 0) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Sulo Montaña made the kick off which started today's match. George Buturugã made a fantastic save in the 12th minute, when Cassius Byrne sent off a good shot on target. 15 minutes into the match, Monty Rogers notched a goal, 1-0, to the right of LOI's George Buturugã. George Buturugã was clearly disgusted with the effort of the defense and let the defenders know about it. In the 20th minute of the match, Monty Rogers tried to roll the ball into the goal by the right post, but George Buturugã saw his intentions and got control of the ball before it passed the line. George Buturugã showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Edward Mcdonald in the 22nd minute of the match. 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 23rd minute. 32 minutes into the game, Özgür Özbay cracked a shot to the right of the goalkeeper, 1-1. Marco Day was not in position, and could only watch the ball fly in. The audience was convinced that Monty Rogers's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but George Buturugã was relentless in the 39th minute of the game. After some fancy dribbling in the 42nd minute, Kaan Öztanır managed to get in a good position for a shot. LOI's supporters rose to their feet, but Kaan Öztanır 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. After 43 minutes, Kaan Öztanır mouthed his way into the referee's book. The tension between the LOI and the USA players grew even worse after the yellow card. Kaan Öztanır hit a great freekick 46 minutes into the match. After a defensive mix-up in LOI's zone, Edward Mcdonald stole the ball and had only the goalie to beat. George Buturugã came out of the goal and Edward Mcdonald tried to chip the ball over his head. To his dismay, the ball went over the crossbar and out of play.

When USA's Cassius Byrne in the 53rd minute got a chance for a shot 53rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye LOI's goalie prevented a goal. George Buturugã made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Cassius Byrne in the 54th minute of play. In the 59th minute Cassius Byrne shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but George Buturugã saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. The audience was convinced that Cassius Byrne's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but George Buturugã was relentless in the 63rd minute of the game. In the 66thth minute of the game Cassius Byrne who was perfectly placed tried to make a shot on goal, but LOI's George Buturugã was lucky and managed to grab hold of the ball. 69 minutes into the match, LOI's goal looked a bit too open when Monty Rogers came free, but George Buturugã reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 71 minutes into the match, LOI's goal looked a bit too open when Cassius Byrne came free, but George Buturugã reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 74th minute, Sulo Montaña left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The LOI fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 1-2. USA made a substitution. Sam Campbell replaced Cassius Byrne. An unexpectedly hard shot by Monty Rogers in the 78th minute of play forced LOI's goalkeeper George Buturugã to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. When Edward Mcdonald came up free with the goalie in the 81st minute, the USA 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 Edward Mcdonald couldn't finish the play. George Buturugã came out of the goal in the 81st minute to try and stop a shot by USA's Sam Campbell. But to his dismay, Sam Campbell quickly shot the ball in between his legs and into the goal making it 2-2. USA made a substitution. Khalid Parry replaced Monty Rogers. In the 87th minute Marco Baker shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but George Buturugã saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 88 minutes LOI's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Jenson Smith who took care of the corner kick. Jacob May was in a good position and managed to take a shot, but he missed just to the outside of the post. George Buturugã showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Marco Baker in the 90th minute of the match. 91 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Metin Semi came free, but Marco Day reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. USA were clearly unhappy with the draw, as they felt they had done enough to earn themselves a victory.