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Spectators: 10300 (Terracing: 7725, Seating: 2369, VIP seats: 206) The mood of the audience was pleasant when Ştefan Suşu made the kick off which started today's match. After some fancy dribbling in the 2nd minute, Bryce Conn managed to get in a good position for a shot. USA's supporters rose to their feet, but Bryce Conn was a bit off balance and shot the ball just wide of the left post. Remus Blajovan breathed a sigh of relief and went to take the goal kick. Dean Li made an important save on a dangerous shot by Claudiu Izbașa in the 4th minute. In the 6th minute Bernardo Brower shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but Remus Blajovan saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. 12 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Ştefan Suşu came free, but Dean Li reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 14th minute, Valeriu Zgârcu ran past the defenders and hit a shot which went straight ahead into goal. Dean Li was frozen by the shot and now it was 2-0. Remus Blajovan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bernardo Brower, who was totally free with the ball in the 17th minute. The audience thought a goal was coming when Valeriu Zgârcu got free with Dean Li in the 20th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. USA's Dean Li proved his good apprehension of play when he, in the 21st minute of the match, managed to save USA from getting a goal against them. 33 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Leontin Enescu came free, but Dean Li reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. Dean Li made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from Valeriu Zgârcu in the 35th minute of play. Remus Blajovan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Cody Arnold, who was totally free with the ball in the 38th minute. Bryce Conn might have been able to make a better finish in the 39th minute when he tried to place a hard shot over Remus Blajovan. Instead the ball went over the crossbar and out. Bryce Conn ran back to his position shaking his head. 42 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Cody Arnold came free, but Remus Blajovan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. All the noise was coming from the home fans when the whistle went for half-time. The home team had fought hardest to put themselves in a deserved lead.

The players of the home team were most fresh-looking when they entered the field to play the second half. Bernardo Brower was the one to do the kick off. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudiu Izbașa in the 51st minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Dean Li to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Remus Blajovan made a fantastic save in the 52nd minute, when Bernardo Brower sent off a good shot on target. Remus Blajovan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bryce Conn, who was totally free with the ball in the 54th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Claudiu Izbașa in the 55th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Dean Li to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Dean Li showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Ştefan Suşu, who was totally free with the ball in the 58th minute. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cody Arnold in the 60th minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Remus Blajovan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. 62 minutes into the match, Romania's goal looked a bit too open when Cody Arnold came free, but Remus Blajovan reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the last second Remus Blajovan throw himself and got hold of the ball when Cody Arnold in the 68thth minute from his position got away a shot towards the right post. Romania made a substitution. Constantin Zărnescu replaced Valeriu Zgârcu. Romania's Liviu Galușcă was substituted for Ştefan Suşu. Romania made a substitution. Grigore Lupeanu replaced Emilian Ştefănică. 71 minutes had been played when some careless play by Romania's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. Emery Singer was slow to take the kick. During this time USA's players had a chance to rest. USA's Bryce Conn was first on the ball when the corner was shot and he dangerously headed the ball towards goal, but Remus Blajovan in the goal jumped up to prevent it from getting in. In the 72nd minute, Claudiu Izbașa left the goalkeeper for dead before tapping the ball into the right side of the net. The Romania fans were clearly happy with the effort and the scoreboard reflected the new score: 4-0. Liviu Galușcă received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 77th minute. Dean Li tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Remus Blajovan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Bryce Conn in the 79th minute of the match. The audience was convinced that Fernando Carrero's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but Remus Blajovan was relentless in the 80th minute of the game. Remus Blajovan showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Fernando Carrero in the 82nd minute of the match. Remus Blajovan made a fantastic save in the 83rd minute, when Reynaldo Kaufman sent off a good shot on target. 88 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Claudiu Izbașa came free, but Dean Li reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. An unexpectedly hard shot by Cary Gaston in the 92nd minute of play forced Romania's goalkeeper Remus Blajovan to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Reynaldo Kaufman received a nice pass in the box and took a hard shot in the 93rd minute. Remus Blajovan tensed up and prepared to dive, but the shot went over the goal with him having to interfere. Remus Blajovan made a fantastic save in the 95th minute, when Bryce Conn sent off a good shot on target. Romania's Remus Blajovan played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Fernando Carrero in the 97th minute of play. Remus Blajovan showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Fernando Carrero, who was totally free with the ball in the 97th minute.