National cup

National stadium
Spectators: 15921 (Terracing: 10000, Seating: 5448, VIP seats: 473) The field was rather wet after several days of rain when Pascal Hebert took the kick off in the first half of the match. Korey Richards took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from Bai Qiang Wei, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side. 胡战朗 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tad Ball in the 11th minute of the match. In the 11th minute Tad Ball shot on, it seemed, an open goal, but 胡战朗 saw the ball coming and threw himself on it before it passed the goal line. USA's Korey Richards played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Bai Qiang Wei in the 14th minute of play. The audience was convinced that Tin Tin's extremely hard shot when he got free in front of the goal was going in, but 胡战朗 was relentless in the 20th minute of the game. Tin Tin could have scored with his fast shot on goal in the 23rd minute of the match, but 胡战朗 made a huge save. 胡战朗 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tad Ball in the 26th minute. 胡战朗 made an important save on a dangerous shot by Tad Ball in the 26th minute. 30 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Zhuo Chen Feng came free, but Korey Richards reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 胡战朗 made a fantastic save in the 31st minute, when Tin Tin sent off a good shot on target. After 32 minutes China's defender was forced to head the ball over the line for a corner. It was Garrett Smalls who took care of the corner kick. A nice corner shot did that Garrett Smalls got away a dangerous shot. Despite this 胡战朗 quite easily got ahold of the ball to make the save. 32 minutes into the game Garrett Smalls took the chance and shot a long shot on goal. In spite of 胡战朗 awareness of the shot he didn't succeed to stop the ball, and watched as it rolled inside the left pole. 2-0. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bai Qiang Wei in the 36th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Korey Richards to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. An unexpectedly hard shot by Bai Qiang Wei in the 38th minute of play forced USA's goalkeeper Korey Richards to throw himself to the left, to be able to save the ball. Korey Richards showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bai Qiang Wei, who was totally free with the ball in the 39th minute. 42 minutes had been played when some careless play by USA's defense caused the ball to cross the line for a corner. 崔彬松 was slow to take the kick. During this time China's players had a chance to rest. After taking down the ball on China's corner 李德凌 fired away a hard shot, but the defenders efficiently covered the most dangerous angles and Korey Richards quite easily take care of the ball. In the 44th match minute, China was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by 钱思益 to maneuver through the defense. Korey Richards took care of the ball after a well-directed shot from 陶渊斌, even though the ball almost passed him on his left side.

The wind increased when Bai Qiang Wei made the kick off in the second half. Korey Richards showed his good apprehension of the play when he made a fantastic save on a shot from Bai Qiang Wei, who was totally free with the ball in the 52nd minute. Korey Richards made a wonderful reflex save on a shot from 孙镇珂 in the 54th minute of play. 57 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Bai Qiang Wei came free, but Korey Richards reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. 59 minutes into the match, USA's goal looked a bit too open when Bai Qiang Wei came free, but Korey Richards reached the ball before it rolled over the goal line. In the 62nd match minute, USA was awarded a freekick, the ball was picked up by Garrett Smalls to maneuver through the defense. When China's Bai Qiang Wei in the 63rd minute got a chance for a shot 63rd didn't hesitate and placed the ball to the right of the goalie. A beautiful save bye USA's goalie prevented a goal. The audience thought a goal was coming when 崔彬松 got free with Korey Richards in the 70th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. 胡战朗 showed brilliant goalkeeper skills when he caught the ball after a hard shot from Tad Ball in the 71st minute of the match. Korey Richards was out of position in the 72 minute of play, and 孙镇珂 capitalized on the mistake with a soft shot into the goal. 孙镇珂 really showed his touch with that goal: 2-1. USA made a substitution. Jeramy Walker replaced Tin Tin. 76 minutes into the game, Tad Ball was given a yellow card after he appeared to trip an opposing player. USA's manager was livid on the sidelines, but the referee was unmoved and gave China the free kick. The audience thought a goal was coming when 陶渊斌 got free with Korey Richards in the 78th minute, but the goalkeeper managed to catch the ball with a huge effort. China's 胡战朗 played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by Jeramy Walker in the 80th minute of play. Bai Qiang Wei fired away a screaming shot towards the goal in the 82nd minute, but the shot went just over the crossbar without Korey Richards having to interfere. 徐凡震's shot was meant for the net just under the crossbar, but Korey Richards read the situation well and was quickly in position to make a wonderful save in the 84th minute of play. After some careless play in the USA defense, 徐凡震 kicked a shot that curved into the net to the right of Korey Richards. The USA fans voiced their displeasure as they felt that Korey Richards should have stopped the shot. USA's Korey Richards played magnificently when he managed to stop the ball from hitting the goal, after a sharp shot by 徐凡震 in the 88th minute of play. Thanks to some nice foot action and superb ball handling 徐凡震 in the 91st minute a chance for a shot on goal. With an extended leg and a bit of luck Korey Richards prevented the ball from getting in the gole.

When the final whistle was heard the away supporters stood up and showed their joy. China had managed to secure a win in what was a close match throughout.