Lou City 4 - Miami 1 As It Happened
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The One with Temu Messi — Fleur-de-lis FC
Miami Twice
Does Miami need two soccer clubs that participate in American Soccer Pyramid? No, it does not. Can anybody think of a good reason that Miami FC exists? No, they cannot. Maybe they are a money laundering operation like the car wash on Breaking Bad. If so, they have to be laundering money for Jesse Pinkman’s chili powder recipe under the guise of “Cap’n Cook”. They definitely aren’t worthy of being associated with Walter White’s “Baby Blue”.
Somebody has to be the league punching bag and Miami seems to be committed to multiple season arcs as such. I don’t know who this team is for. Are there people in Miami that like soccer but are like, “I really don’t care for that Messi character.” We'll assume that anyone attending a Miami FC at their hilariously named “Pitbull Stadium” (yes, it is THAT Pitbull, costing him $1.2 million annually at last report) if firmly on the Cristiano Ronaldo side of the greatest player debate.
Lou City Lined up as:
30-Troutman, 2-McFadden, 3-Morris, 4-Totsch, 5-Dayes, 7-Serrano, 8-T Davila, 9-Donovan, 25-Wilson, 31-Lambert, 32-Adams
4th Minute
Donovan just misses a header on a nice delivery from Serrano.
8th Minute
GOAL! McFadden scores for the second match in a row on an assist from Donovan.
Lou City 1 - Miami 0
12th Minute
Serrano delivers another good ball that Wilson just can't get on the end of.
18th Minute
Serrano loses possession and then the counter-attacking move ends with a Miami shot flashing just wide.
21st Minute
Lou City continues to fire in shots that keep getting deflected and one finally goes out for a corner.
23rd Minute
Davila delivers one on a platter to Donovan, but his header again goes wide.
23th Minute
Troutman has to make a quick reaction save but handles it easily.
23th Minute
McFadden sends in a nice cross and it finds Lambert, but his looping header lands the top of the net.
28th Minute
GOAL! Serrano opens his account for the season with a nice strike from the top of the box.
Lou City 2 - Miami 0
30th Minute
GOAL! Wilson's corner finds Donovan and on the third time it's the charm.
Lou City 3 - Miami 0
33rd Minute
I am walking by the Miami substitutes who are warming up and one says, "the experiment has failed." Wonder what that means.
44th Minute
Goal. Miami pulls one back through Milesi when Lou City can't clear the danger.
Lou City 3 - Miami 1
45th Minute
Wilson sets up Serrano and the Miami keeper makes a save. The rebound falls to Wilson and is cleared off the line by a Miami defender.
Half Time
Lou City 3 Miami 1
A nice stroll through Lynn Family stadium is made a little less pleasant with the late goal, but Lou City looks to be in control.
46th Minute
Duncan in for Lambert.
50th Minute
Dayes’ header is wide on a decent opportunity.
54th Minute
Wilson has a go from outside of the box, but it is easily saved.
57th Minute
McFadden sits his defender down and then crosses/shoots one that it saved.
59th Minute
The crowd is unhappy when Wilson goes down in the box after a great bit of control, but he clearly handled the ball before going down.
65th Minute
The ball finds Adam is in the box, but it rolls harmlessly to the keeper.
68th Minute
GOAL! Wilson gets his as he and Serrano finish off a great team goal.
Lou City 4 - Miami 1
70th Minute
Serrano almost bundles one across line, but the keeper makes a save.
74th Minute
Perez in for Adams and Huerman in for Serrano.
80th Minute
Wilson picks up a tactical yellow, although honestly there wasn't much danger.
82nd Minute
Duncan has a go from distance, but it is well wide.
86th Minute
McFadden hobbles off for Moguel. Let's hope it is merely a contract injury.
90th Minute
Huerman almost beats the keeper, but he goes low for a decent save.
90th Minute +1
Niang makes his debut when he replaces Davila.
Full Time
Player Ratings
Troutman-6; Morris-6; Adams-7; Dayes-7; Totsch-7, McFadden-8, Lambert-7, Davila-8; Serrano-9; Wilson-9, Donovan-9; Duncan-6
