Fulltime Recap – San Antonio Scorpions 2 : 0 Indy Eleven
SAN ANTONIO (Saturday, August 9, 2014) – The San Antonio Scorpions used goals from forward Tomasz Zahorski and defender Julius James late in the first half to build a 2-0 advantage over the visiting Indy Eleven, a scoreline that held through to the final whistle in front of 7,847 fans at Toyota Field.
The action took awhile to get going as neither side were able to seriously threaten on goal for the first quarter hour. The home side took the initiative by attacking down the flanks through Walter Restrepo and Billy Forbes, with the first quality chance coming from Restrepo in the 15th minute, whose effort from 15 yards was stopped with a fine kick save by Indy goalkeeper Kristian Nicht. in the 20th minute, Scorpions forward Cesar Elizondo nearly headed home a Restrepo cross at the right post, but sent the chance on the doorstep just wide.
Minutes later Indy Eleven would get two excellent looks, but midfielder Kleberson’s stinging shot from the top of the area was pushed wide by diving Scorpions ‘keeper Josh Saunders, while a rebound shot inside the six-yard box by Mike Ambersley was blocked off the Eleven attacker’s foot.
The scoring breakthrough would come from the Scorpions in the 28th minute, when Nicht tried to punch a Restrepo cross wide, only to see it land at the feet of Forbes. With Nicht stranded, a quick square ball into the path of Zahorski allowed a simple, low finish by the Polish striker from eight yards out to give the home side a 1-0 advantage.
San Antonio would double up in the 38th minute through defender Julius James, as the Scorpions’ captain lost his mark inside the six and was able to get a head on Cesar Castillo’s corner kick. Nicht got a foot to the low shot right on the goalline, but the ball trickled over to give San Antonio a 2-0 advantage, which it carried into the halftime break.
The second half began with James again the focal point, but this time for dubious reasons after earning his third straight red card of the season in the 56th minute after showing his studs on a challenge at the midfield stripe against Eleven substitute defender Brad Ring. A fatiguing Indy side would be dealt a blow in the 74th minute, when Ring was forced from the match after pulling up with an apparent right foot injury while trying to track another run by Restrepo,
Down a man for the final 30-plus minutes, San Antonio was willing and able to absorb pressure and embark on the occasional counter attack while clogging the middle of the field defensively, forcing Indy to pressure from out wide. The tactic proved successful as the visitors pumped in cross after cross but were unable to create many chances of note down the stretch, midfielder Don Smart’s chipped effort off the top of the crossbar in the 90th minute giving Indy its best hope of cutting into the eventual 2-0 margin for San Antonio.
From here, Indy Eleven (2-3-1, 7 pts. in Fall Season; 2-8-5, 11 pts. overall) will take to the road once again, and the task gets only marginally easier as the Hoosier State side faces Spring Champion and Fall second-place holder Minnesota United FC (4-0-1, 13 pts. in Fall; 10-1-3, 33 pts.) next Saturday, August 16. Kickoff from the National Sports Center Stadium in Blaine, Minn., is set for 8:00 p.m. ET for a match that can be seen live worldwide online at NASLLive.com.
INDY ELEVEN HEAD COACH JUERGEN SOMMER
On the Eleven’s effort tonight:
“I think the busy stretch of three games in eight days caught up to us a little bit tonight, and our rotation in back being pretty thin at the moment didn’t help much either. San Antonio was pretty effective at using their speed and width to stretch us out in the first half, and they had some chances to be had because of it.”
On playing with a man advantage for much of the second half:
“Going up a man I thought we were able to do some pretty good things on the ball, but San Antonio proved to be very organized and tough to break down. The chances we were able to create just weren’t of enough quality to threaten seriously, and that finishing aspect is something we need to focus on.”
NASL Fall Season Week 5 – Fulltime Recap
San Antonio Scorpions 2 : 0 Indy Eleven
Toyota Field – San Antonio, Texas
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Attendance: 7,847
Weather: 96 degrees & clear
1 2 FT
San Antonio Scorpions 2 0 2
Indy Eleven 0 0 0
Scoring Summary:
SAS – Tomasz Zahorski 5 (Billy Forbes 6) 28’
SAS – Julius James 1 (Rafael Castillo 1) 38’
Discipline Summary:
IND – Victor Pineda (caution) 33’
SAS – Julius James (EJECTION) 57’
IND – Dylan Mares (caution) 82’
IND – Chris Estridge (caution) 90+’
Statistics SAS IND
Shots 13 9
Shots on Goal 4 2
Fouls 10 13
Corners 3 7
Saves 2 2
Offside 2 2
Possession % 38 62
Line-ups:
Indy Eleven (4-5-1) – Kristian Nicht (c); Andrew Stone (Brad Ring 45’) (Dylan Mares 73’), Chris Estridge, Jaime Frias, Kyle Hyland; Don Smart, Sergio Peña, Kléberson, Victor Pineda (Pedro Mendes 66’), Blake Smith; Mike Ambersley
Unused Substitutes: Jon Dawson (GK), A.J. Corrado, Corby Moore
Head Coach: Juergen Sommer
San Antonio Scorpions (4-4-2) – Josh Saunders; Jonathan Borrajo, Greg Janicki, Julius James (c), Stephen DeRoux; Walter Restrepo (Trevin Caesar 82’), Richard Menjivar, Rafael Castillo, Billy Forbes; Tomasz Zahorski (Sainey Touray 76’), Cesar Elizondo (Josue Soto 60’)
Unused Substitutes: Jeremy Vuolo (GK), Julio Garcia, Eric Hassli
Head Coach: Alen Marcina
Officials: Referee- Armando Villareal; Assistant Referees- Tony Obas, John Dearmond; Fourth Official- Juliana Duncan
Fulltime Recap – San Antonio Scorpions 2 : 0 Indy Eleven
SAN ANTONIO (Saturday, August 9, 2014) – The San Antonio Scorpions used goals from forward Tomasz Zahorski and defender Julius James late in the first half to build a 2-0 advantage over the visiting Indy Eleven, a scoreline that held through to the final whistle in front of 7,847 fans at Toyota Field.
The action took awhile to get going as neither side were able to seriously threaten on goal for the first quarter hour. The home side took the initiative by attacking down the flanks through Walter Restrepo and Billy Forbes, with the first quality chance coming from Restrepo in the 15th minute, whose effort from 15 yards was stopped with a fine kick save by Indy goalkeeper Kristian Nicht. in the 20th minute, Scorpions forward Cesar Elizondo nearly headed home a Restrepo cross at the right post, but sent the chance on the doorstep just wide.
Minutes later Indy Eleven would get two excellent looks, but midfielder Kleberson’s stinging shot from the top of the area was pushed wide by diving Scorpions ‘keeper Josh Saunders, while a rebound shot inside the six-yard box by Mike Ambersley was blocked off the Eleven attacker’s foot.
The scoring breakthrough would come from the Scorpions in the 28th minute, when Nicht tried to punch a Restrepo cross wide, only to see it land at the feet of Forbes. With Nicht stranded, a quick square ball into the path of Zahorski allowed a simple, low finish by the Polish striker from eight yards out to give the home side a 1-0 advantage.
San Antonio would double up in the 38th minute through defender Julius James, as the Scorpions’ captain lost his mark inside the six and was able to get a head on Cesar Castillo’s corner kick. Nicht got a foot to the low shot right on the goalline, but the ball trickled over to give San Antonio a 2-0 advantage, which it carried into the halftime break.
The second half began with James again the focal point, but this time for dubious reasons after earning his third straight red card of the season in the 56th minute after showing his studs on a challenge at the midfield stripe against Eleven substitute defender Brad Ring. A fatiguing Indy side would be dealt a blow in the 74th minute, when Ring was forced from the match after pulling up with an apparent right foot injury while trying to track another run by Restrepo,
Down a man for the final 30-plus minutes, San Antonio was willing and able to absorb pressure and embark on the occasional counter attack while clogging the middle of the field defensively, forcing Indy to pressure from out wide. The tactic proved successful as the visitors pumped in cross after cross but were unable to create many chances of note down the stretch, midfielder Don Smart’s chipped effort off the top of the crossbar in the 90th minute giving Indy its best hope of cutting into the eventual 2-0 margin for San Antonio.
From here, Indy Eleven (2-3-1, 7 pts. in Fall Season; 2-8-5, 11 pts. overall) will take to the road once again, and the task gets only marginally easier as the Hoosier State side faces Spring Champion and Fall second-place holder Minnesota United FC (4-0-1, 13 pts. in Fall; 10-1-3, 33 pts.) next Saturday, August 16. Kickoff from the National Sports Center Stadium in Blaine, Minn., is set for 8:00 p.m. ET for a match that can be seen live worldwide online at NASLLive.com.
INDY ELEVEN HEAD COACH JUERGEN SOMMER
On the Eleven’s effort tonight:
“I think the busy stretch of three games in eight days caught up to us a little bit tonight, and our rotation in back being pretty thin at the moment didn’t help much either. San Antonio was pretty effective at using their speed and width to stretch us out in the first half, and they had some chances to be had because of it.”
On playing with a man advantage for much of the second half:
“Going up a man I thought we were able to do some pretty good things on the ball, but San Antonio proved to be very organized and tough to break down. The chances we were able to create just weren’t of enough quality to threaten seriously, and that finishing aspect is something we need to focus on.”
NASL Fall Season Week 5 – Fulltime Recap
San Antonio Scorpions 2 : 0 Indy Eleven
Toyota Field – San Antonio, Texas
Saturday, August 9, 2014
Attendance: 7,847
Weather: 96 degrees & clear
1 2 FT
San Antonio Scorpions 2 0 2
Indy Eleven 0 0 0
Scoring Summary:
SAS – Tomasz Zahorski 5 (Billy Forbes 6) 28’
SAS – Julius James 1 (Rafael Castillo 1) 38’
Discipline Summary:
IND – Victor Pineda (caution) 33’
SAS – Julius James (EJECTION) 57’
IND – Dylan Mares (caution) 82’
IND – Chris Estridge (caution) 90+’
Statistics SAS IND
Shots 13 9
Shots on Goal 4 2
Fouls 10 13
Corners 3 7
Saves 2 2
Offside 2 2
Possession % 38 62
Line-ups:
Indy Eleven (4-5-1) – Kristian Nicht (c); Andrew Stone (Brad Ring 45’) (Dylan Mares 73’), Chris Estridge, Jaime Frias, Kyle Hyland; Don Smart, Sergio Peña, Kléberson, Victor Pineda (Pedro Mendes 66’), Blake Smith; Mike Ambersley
Unused Substitutes: Jon Dawson (GK), A.J. Corrado, Corby Moore
Head Coach: Juergen Sommer
San Antonio Scorpions (4-4-2) – Josh Saunders; Jonathan Borrajo, Greg Janicki, Julius James (c), Stephen DeRoux; Walter Restrepo (Trevin Caesar 82’), Richard Menjivar, Rafael Castillo, Billy Forbes; Tomasz Zahorski (Sainey Touray 76’), Cesar Elizondo (Josue Soto 60’)
Unused Substitutes: Jeremy Vuolo (GK), Julio Garcia, Eric Hassli
Head Coach: Alen Marcina
Officials: Referee- Armando Villareal; Assistant Referees- Tony Obas, John Dearmond; Fourth Official- Juliana Duncan
