Lou City 4 - Indy XI 1 As It Happened
Photo by Elizabeth Shaw
Lou City will be looking to avenge a 2-1 scoreline from the match in Indianapolis this year, so let’s get right into it.
Lou City lined up as:
29-Schewe, 2-McFadden, 7-Serrano, 8-T. Davila, 9-Donovan, 13-Dia, 15-Perez, 19-Niang, 21-Huerman, 31-Lambert, 32-Adams (C)
1st Minute
City starts on the front foot.
3rd Minute
And then are immediately pinned in for a while.
6th Minute
City have reestablished their foothold.
7th Minute
GOAL! Seranno gets on the end of a pass from Donovan and stays on his feet to go around the keeper and slots it into an open net.
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11th Minute
The center referee takes out Baba. He helps him up.
13th Minute
Dia wins a free kick.
15th Minute
Schewe comes for a ball and doesn't get it. Out for a corner while he gets some treatment. An Indy player gets some too.
18th Minute
Donovan wins a corner.
19th Minute
The ball eventually finds Manny, but his shot is handled easily by Dick.
23rd Minute
Schewe has to make a last ditch save on a looping shot.
29th Minute
Quenzi drags a shot wide.
30th Minute
Baba has a rough coming together in the box while chasing down a lost cause.
32nd Minute
Quenzi almost sneaks one in near post.
33rd Minute
GOAL! Lambert takes Quinn to school making him look like a right prat, and slots one home from outside of the box.
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36th Minute
Donovan skies one into the concourse.
42nd Minute
GOAL! Seranno gets his brace on a tidy and simple finish with Donovan assisting and doing most of the running.
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Stoppage Time
Lou City defend for a few and keep Indy at bay.
Halftime
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Total domination.
48th Minute
Ray has his first attempt at a hat trick blocked.
49th Minute
A tame effort from Indy is saved.
51st Minute
GOAL! Ray won't be denied on his next attempt as his shot takes a nasty deflection into the back of the net. Hat trick achievement unlocked!
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55th Minute
Quenzi picks up a yellow card on a foul to stop a promising counter-attack.
59th Minute
Donovan's header goes just wide on a good opportunity.
61st Minute
Totsch on for Lambert and Akale on for Huerman.
67th Minute
Manny wins a corner.
72nd Minute
Goal. Indy pulls one back on a set piece.
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75th Minute
Totsch gets a yellow while conceding a foul just outside of the box.
81st Minute
After the goal, Lou City has done a good job keeping possession and maintaining control.
82nd Minute
Davila the Younger on for Niang.
85th Minute
Dayes on for Manny and Cooper Conley on for Donovan.
Stoppage Time
Conley's goal is waved off because the center referee hates fun.
Full Time
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City is hopefully rounding into shape at just the right time.
Lambert is pleased with the performance and the goal. Seranno deflects the praise onto his teammates with special praise for Donovan. Coach Bird lauds Lambert, Ray and Chris while commenting that he would have liked to see a little more ruthlessness in the last 15 minutes.
Player Ratings
Schewe-7, Adams-7, Lambert-9, McFadden-7, Dia-7, Perez-7, Davila-8, Niang-7, Heurman-7, Donovan-10, Serrano-10
