Friday 11th August 2017
Clarke Stadium, Edmonton, Canada Attendance - 2,758
A
second half wonder strike by Emmanuel Ledesma earned New York a draw in
Edmonton after a wretched first half from the visitors saw Edmonton take a 1v0
lead.
Ameobi
gave an early warning to the Cosmos defence after just 8mins when he forced
Maurer into a save.
Cosmos
continued to be terrorised by Ameobi who could have had a hat-trick in the
first 45 minutes as his pace caused havoc with a flat footed New York defence.
Ameobi
came close to giving the home side the lead halfway through the first half
after hesitation from Jakovic following a long kick by the Edmonton keeper.
Jakovic hesitated in dealing with the ball and Ameobi stole in to get a foot to
the ball and although he guided it past Maurer it went narrowly wide.
Ameobi's
pace continued to cause Cosmos problems and again the New York back line were
too easily caught out by the long ball as Ameobi raced clear later in the half.
The Edmonton striker did not make the most of the chance as he allowed the
angle to close in and ended up firing into the side netting.
Ledesma
did sting the hands of the Edmonton keeper with a well struck effort soon
after, but with the half time interval approaching the home side took the lead.
Ben
Fisk sent over a cross which was met at the far post by Ameobi and Fordyce was
on hand unmarked to stab it into the net.
Cosmos
improved in the 2nd half as Starikov came on and he had Farago diving to his
right as the Cosmos man unleashed a half volley from outside the area. But
Farago could do nothing with a Ledesma strike soon after which ultimately
earned Cosmos a point.
Richter
had a shot blocked on the edge of the Edmonton area, but the rebound fell to
Ledesma. The Argentine made room for himself and sent a fierce drive into the
top corner to level the scores.
Neither
side could carve out much in the way of goalscoring opportunities late in the
game as the sides played out a draw.
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