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National stadium
Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Peruanton Tamayo took the kick off in the first half of the match. Dani Hernández showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Nathaniel Burnett, who was totally free with the ball in the 9th minute. Dani Hernández took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Nathaniel Burnett, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. Venezuela's Dani Hernández played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Nathaniel Burnett in the 29th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Nathaniel Burnett's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Dani Hernández was relentless in the 35th minute of the game. USA's Nathaniel Burnett was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Dani Hernández in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. When the match had gone on for 44 minutes, Peruanton Tamayo took a quick shot and it went in 2-0 without a chance for Matthew Benjamin to make any attempt to save it. When the referee blew for the end of the half the home team players were clearly happier, as they went in to the break leading 2-0.

The hometeam waved at the audience when it was time for Nathaniel Burnett to strike the kick off in the second half. Dani Hernández made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Tony Pacheco in the 53rd minute of play. Dani Hernández took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Tony Pacheco, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. USA's Matthew Benjamin played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Peruanton Tamayo in the 57th minute of play. 62 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goalkeeper Dani Hernández had to clear away a ball on his right side after a cunning shot by Nathaniel Burnett. 64 minutes into the match, Venezuela's goal looked a bit too open when Tony Pacheco came free, but Dani Hernández reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dani Hernández was a little too slow when Zackary Hedrick got a fine hit on the ball which went right into the goal in the 67th minute. The score was now 2-1. After a rather tough play, USA's Tony Pacheco got a free kick in the 77th minute. Matthew Benjamin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Meder Muños in the 80th minute of the match. Miki Moco made in the 88th minute of the game a sloppy throw-in which Derek Henderson however managed to control. Matthew Benjamin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Meder Muños in the 90th minute of the match. Caroll Baskin hit a great freekick 93 minutes into the match. Matthew Benjamin showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Meder Muños in the 94th minute of the match. Caroll Baskin hit a great freekick 94 minutes into the match. An unexpectedly hard shot by Meder Muños in the 96th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Matthew Benjamin to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Venezuela's fans were exulted and cheered after their team won in a match that could easily have gone the other way.