(NASL 2015 Spring) Indy Eleven 1v1 New York Cosmos

Saturday 11th April 2015
Michael A Carroll Stadium, Indianapolis   Attendance -  10,524

All 3 previous matches with Indy Eleven had ended in draws, so it was no surprise to see the 2 sides unable to be separated in front of another sell out crowd.

Cosmos made a decent start to the game but an error from Jimmy Maurer gave Indy an early lead. Maurer came racing out of his area to intercept a long ball from the home side, but his soft headed clearance fell straight to the feet of Brian Brown. With Maurer well out of goal Brown chipped the ball into an unguarded net to send the sell out crowd into celebration.

Cosmos searched for  quick equaliser and Indy Keeper Nicht was called into action from an effort from Roversio from a corner. Cosmos continued to threaten and Fernandes was found in a dangerous position deep inside the Indy area, but the home side quickly pounced on him to block his shot. 

Cosmos were dominating possession, but Indy were dangerous on the break and Dylan Mares showed some pace to close in on goal and force a good save from Maurer.

Towards the end of the first half a great ball from Fernandes played in Stokkelien, only for the striker to miscontrol the ball as the chance went begging.

The second half continued in the same fashion, with Cosmos dominating possession. A well worked free kick gave Restrepo a sight of goal, but with the angle against him he could only fire into the side netting. Cosmos patience would pay off as Raul levelled the scores after 65mins.

Nicht had made a good save from a fantastic volley from Stokkelien, but from the resulting corner the resistance from the home side was finally broken. Restrepo whipped the ball into the box and Raul rose to head home.

Indy had hardly threatened the Cosmos goal at all in the 2nd half, but threatened in the 78th minute when after a breakaway Rugg had an opportunity, but fired the half chance wide.  Despite continuing to have the lions share of the ball the away side failed to create a clear chance on goal, so yet again had to settle for a point against Indy.