National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725,
Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The sun was shining, the grass was green and the audience cheered when Stanislav Búlgarov got the match started through his kick off. In the 6th minute Sung McKinley shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitomir Starokin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 8 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Stanislav Búlgarov came free, but Roberto Layton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Tzvetan Mudrov in the 11th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Roberto Layton to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. In the 15th minute Cody Miles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitomir Starokin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. After 16 played minutes USA got a freekick which was hit by Sung McKinley. Cody Miles could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 19th minute of the match, but Vitomir Starokin made a huge save. 21 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Stanislav Búlgarov came free, but Roberto Layton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling Stanislav Búlgarov in the 21st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Roberto Layton prevented the ball from getting in the gole. When Bulgaria's Parvan Dakelov in the 22nd minute got a chance for a shot 22nd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. Roberto Layton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Stanislav Búlgarov in the 24th minute of the match. Roberto Layton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parvan Dakelov in the 26th minute of the match. Vitomir Starokin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Cody Miles in the 27th minute of the match. In the 31st minute Kerry Sellers shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitomir Starokin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 34th minute Cody Miles shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitomir Starokin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. USA's Roberto Layton played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Stanislav Búlgarov in the 39th minute of play. In the 43rd minute, Stanislav Búlgarov ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Roberto Layton was frozen by the shot and now it was 0-1. The crowd was extremely unhappy with the home team's performance in the first half. They were losing 0-1.
USA's Lincoln Hand was substituted for Cody Miles. USA made a substitution. Vern Pierre replaced Claudio Marangoni. The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Lincoln Hand was the one to do the kick off. Vitomir Starokin took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Sung McKinley, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. If Parvan Dakelov had kept his shot down it would have been a goal in the 68th minute. The ball went over the crossbar and out instead. The audience was convinced that Parvan Dakelov's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Roberto Layton was relentless in the 70th minute of the game. Bulgaria's attentive Parvan Dakelov managed to snatch the ball when Derek Henderson made a throw-in in the 72nd minute of the game. Stanislav Búlgarov could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 73rd minute of the match, but Roberto Layton made a huge save. 77 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Parvan Dakelov came free, but Roberto Layton reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Roberto Layton showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Parvan Dakelov in the 77th minute of the match. Bulgaria made a substitution. Marko Ruskov replaced Stanislav Búlgarov. 81 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Lincoln Hand came free, but Vitomir Starokin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Lachezar Kavaldzhiev kicked well hit freekick during the 82nd minute of the match. 86 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Lincoln Hand came free, but Vitomir Starokin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 87th minute Lincoln Hand shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Vitomir Starokin saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. In the 88th minute, Lincoln Hand 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. Vitomir Starokin showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Edgardo Silva, who was totally free with the ball in the 90th minute. 92 minutes into the match, Bulgaria's goal looked a bit too open when Merlin Castro came free, but Vitomir Starokin reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Elin Popovski hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. The second half was just like the first, even and exciting. The match ended in a draw.
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