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National Stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) Dark clouds were building up when the players entered the field. None of the them looked very eager to play. Hans Anders started the match with the kick off. 4 minutes into the match, U21 Netherlands's goalkeeper Albert Mans had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nicky Stapleton. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Rossi in the 10th minute of play forced U21 Netherlands's goalkeeper Albert Mans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Albert Mans took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Gabriel Rossi, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. An unexpectedly hard shot by Matthijs Ebbinge in the 13th minute of play forced U21 United States's goalkeeper J.C. Barker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hans Anders in the 14th minute of play forced U21 United States's goalkeeper J.C. Barker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Albert Mans showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tony Pacheco in the 16th minute of the match. U21 United States's J.C. Barker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hans Anders in the 17th minute of play. Gabriel Rossi's shot straight on target was not completely harmless. The ball had pretty good speed, but Albert Mans firmly grabbed it by the left post. An unexpectedly hard shot by Wouter Averdijk in the 22nd minute of play forced U21 United States's goalkeeper J.C. Barker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Albert Mans made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Darío Campos in the 25th minute of play. Marquis Kenny kicked well hit freekick during the 25th minute of the match. J.C. Barker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Wouter Averdijk, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. In the 32nd minute Komen Schotte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but J.C. Barker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. U21 United States's J.C. Barker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hans Anders in the 34th minute of play. In the 38th minute Komen Schotte shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but J.C. Barker saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. Wouter Averdijk received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 39th minute. J.C. Barker tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. U21 United States's J.C. Barker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Wouter Averdijk in the 40th minute of play. J.C. Barker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hans Anders in the 44th minute of the match. Shelton Flanagan fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 46th minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Albert Mans having to interfere. After the first half U21 Netherlands were leading 0-1. They had played with great self confidence throughout the first half and fully deserved their lead.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nicky Stapleton to strike the kick off in the second half. U21 United States's attacker deliberately struck the ball against an opponent to win a corner for his team. The corner was taken by Darío Campos in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Hans Anders in the 58th minute of play forced U21 United States's goalkeeper J.C. Barker to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Martien Overmars could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 59th minute of the match, but J.C. Barker made a huge save. J.C. Barker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Hans Anders in the 62nd minute of the match. U21 United States's J.C. Barker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Hans Anders in the 62nd minute of play. J.C. Barker took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Martien Overmars, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 65 minutes into the match, U21 United States's goalkeeper J.C. Barker had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Martien Overmars. The crowd rose to their feet as Hans Anders kicked a wonderful shot that went in to the left of a diving J.C. Barker. That made the score 0-2 in the 66 minute of play. J.C. Barker showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Hans Anders, who was totally free with the ball in the 72nd minute. In the 72nd minute, Hans Anders left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The U21 Netherlands fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 0-3. Albert Mans showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Tony Pacheco, who was totally free with the ball in the 75th minute. 79 minutes into the match, U21 Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Gabriel Rossi came free, but Albert Mans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. J.C. Barker was out of position in the 81 minute of play, and Matthijs Ebbinge capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. Matthijs Ebbinge really showed his touch with that goal: 0-4. An unexpectedly hard shot by Gabriel Rossi in the 84th minute of play forced U21 Netherlands's goalkeeper Albert Mans to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 86 minutes into the match, U21 Netherlands's goal looked a bit too open when Shelton Flanagan came free, but Albert Mans reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. U21 Netherlands's Albert Mans played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Gabriel Rossi in the 91st minute of play. U21 United States's J.C. Barker played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Martien Overmars in the 93rd minute of play. J.C. Barker showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Martien Overmars in the 97th minute of the match. When the final whistle sounded U21 Netherlands left the ground with the victory after a much better performance than U21 United States.