Ottawa Unleashes Its Fury on Indy Eleven in 4-1 Win at Carroll Stadium
Canadian Side Expands Lead in Fall Season Standings with Clinical Finishing Display at “The Mike”
INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, August 8, 2015) – Ottawa Fury FC made it a clean sweep of its “Class of 2014” brethren Indy Eleven in their 2015 series tonight, using a pair of goals by Andrew Wiedeman early in the second half – including the game-winner in the 54th minute – to post a 4-1 win in front of 9,866 fans at IUPUI’s Carroll Stadium.
With its third win in as many meetings over Indy Eleven in 2015, the Fall Season leader Ottawa pushed its unbeaten streak to 12 games and reclaimed the top spot in the NASL’s overall standings ahead of New York. Meanwhile, Indy Eleven saw its winless streak reach match a season-high four games after a fruitless three-day, eight-game stretch.
A fairly open start to the match became even more so in the 9th minute, when Sinisa Ubiparipovic opened the scoring for Ottawa. The play began with Fury FC forward Tom Heinemann collecting a turnover near midfield and racing past the Indy Eleven backline before cutting back for Ubiparipovic, who made no mistake with a tidy finish into the right netting.
Indy Eleven had a great chance to equalize in the 17th minute, when a quick counter up the middle of the field through midfielders Marvin Ceballos and Dragan Stojkov sprang Dane Richards behind the Ottawa defense, but the Jamaican striker put his chance into the outside netting. Indy would control the bulk of the possession through the final half hour of the first half, but no full chances would come from it, allowing Ottawa to carry its 1-0 lead into the break.
Just as they did in the first half, Fury FC would move the scoreboard nine minutes into the second stanza when Andrew Wiedeman collected Ryan Richter’s cross from the right flank and finished to the far left post on a near angle, doubling the visitor’s advantage.
Right on the hour mark Indy Eleven showed signs of life in attack with its first goal in over six halves of play. Substitute forward Duke Lacroix turned up route one and finished a 30-yard run with a low shot past Fury FC netminder Romuald Peiser and into the right side of goal to cut the advantage in half at 2-1.
However, Ottawa would answer right back ruthlessly with a pair in quick succession, first in the 62nd minute when Mauro Eustaquio received Heinemann’s square ball with space 10 yards from goal and finished low inside the right post, bringing the score to 3-1. Just two minutes later Wiedeman would do all the work himself for Ottawa’s fourth, shouldering off an Indy defender 35 yards from goal and carrying inside the area uncontested before slotting low and to the right of a stranded Nicht. Ottawa would effectively and efficiently kill off the final half hour of play to take the air out of Carroll Stadium and continue its red-hot form, moving to 6-1-0 on the Fall Season.
After its three-game, eight-day stretch that was the busiest of the 2015 regular season to date, Indy Eleven will get a well-earned weekend off, next returning to action on Wednesday, August 19, back at Carroll Stadium against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Kickoff on “Networking Night” at “The Mike” is set for 7:30 p.m.; tickets for the match can be secured at www.www.indyeleven.com, and fans that can’t make it can follow the proceedings live on WISH-TV8, ESPN3.com and Exitos Radio 1590 AM.
NASL Fall Season
Indy Eleven 1 : 4 Ottawa Fury FC
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Michael A. Carroll Stadium – Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 9,866
Indy Eleven:
Fall Season: 1W-2D-4L (5 pts.), 10th place
Combined: 4W-6D-7L (18 pts.), 9th place
Ottawa Fury FC:
Fall Season: 6W-1D-0L (19 pts.), 1st place
Combined: 8W-6D-3L (30 pts.), 1st place
Scoring Summary:
OTT – Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Tom Heinemann) 9’
OTT – Andrew Wiedeman (Ryan Richter) 54’
IND – Duke Lacroix (Dragan Stojkov) 60’
OTT – Mauro Eustaquio (Tom Heinemann) 62’
OTT – Andrew Wiedeman (unassisted) 64
Discipline Summary:
OTT – Mason Trafford (caution) 17’
OTT – Rafael Alves (caution) 22’
IND – Brian Brown (caution) 22’
OTT – Richie Ryan (caution) 38’
IND – Marvin Ceballos (caution) 73’
OTT – Ryan Richter (caution) 82’
Indy Eleven line-up (4-4-2): Kristian Nicht; Marco Franco, Greg Janicki, Erick Norales (capt), Kyle Hyland; Dragan Stojkov (Zach Steinberger 73’), Daniel Keller, Marvin Ceballos, Victor Pineda (Duke Lacroix 57’); Brian Brown (Wojciech Wojcik 63’), Dane Richards
Indy Bench: Keith Cardona (GK), Cory Miller, Don Smart, Charlie Rugg
Ottawa Fury FC line-up (4-3-3): Romuald Peiser (GK); Mason Trafford, Colin Falvey, Rafael Alves, Ryan Richter; Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Philippe Davies 80’), Richie Ryan (capt), Mauro Eustaquio; Oliver Minatel (Paulo Junior 63’), Tom Heinemann, Andrew Wiedeman (Brandon Poltronieri 86’)
Ottawa Bench: Marcel DeBellis (GK), Drew Beckie, Aly Alberto Hassan, Carl Haworth
INDY ELEVEN QUOTE SHEET – INTERIM HEAD COACH TIM REGAN
On comparison between Wednesday’s game to tonight:
“They were two completely different games. Wednesday’s performance wasn’t poor. We were in the game and like we had done for six games in a row we went behind. When you go behind 1-0, the other team is allowed to sit in and wait to make you do something, and unfortunately that something isn’t enough. We haven’t been able to get back and take control of the game yet. Since the Carolina game when we won and the New York game before that, we haven’t scored first.”
On break before next match:
“We’ll take advantage of the time we have to get a little bit of rest from both the physical and the mental side and then we’ll ramp it back up and get ourselves back in gear. We definitely faded over the course of this week. Between the travel, the lack of training and guys in and out, it’s going to happen. I like to think that I could look at every guy and they would say that they could have given more.”
On the debut of midfielder Marvin Ceballos:
“I was pleased. He got in and you could see, especially in the first 30 minutes and first half total, that the attacking quality that he brings is really good. The number of times that they just blatantly fouled him and he drew yellow cards is going to continue. You can’t stop him around the midfield when he has the ball. Hopefully it just leads to more goals as he gets more comfortable with the team.”
INDY ELEVEN QUOTE SHEET – MIDFIELDER MARVIN CEBALLOS
On making team debut tonight:
“It felt very good to play in my first game [with Indy Eleven], but I wish the final score would have been different. I feel like I can definitely help this team by creating more spaces and going more forward with the ball. I felt very comfortable tonight, though. Tim [Regan] and my teammates gave me a lot of confidence so that it made it feel like it wasn’t my first game. Playing in front of these fans is really nice because they never stop supporting the team over the full 90 minutes.”
INDY ELEVEN QUOTE SHEET – FORWARD DUKE LACROIX
On his second-half goal:
“In the moment, it was good to get the goal, but it was short lived after they got a goal real quick after that. Overall it was a bit of mixed emotions. It was nice to get one to get us back in the game, but at the same time they got one and we were back in the hole so it was just rough to get the goal but succumb to another goal right after.”
On the break prior to the Tampa Bay match in 11 days’ time:
“It’s nice that we have a bit of time before our next game. Tim preaches the point that we have to take our time and work for each other to be difficult to play against. I think that tonight we were lacking on both of those fronts and going forward, we have extra time to get back into the swing of things to help right the ship.”
Ottawa Unleashes Its Fury on Indy Eleven in 4-1 Win at Carroll Stadium
Canadian Side Expands Lead in Fall Season Standings with Clinical Finishing Display at “The Mike”
INDIANAPOLIS (Saturday, August 8, 2015) – Ottawa Fury FC made it a clean sweep of its “Class of 2014” brethren Indy Eleven in their 2015 series tonight, using a pair of goals by Andrew Wiedeman early in the second half – including the game-winner in the 54th minute – to post a 4-1 win in front of 9,866 fans at IUPUI’s Carroll Stadium.
With its third win in as many meetings over Indy Eleven in 2015, the Fall Season leader Ottawa pushed its unbeaten streak to 12 games and reclaimed the top spot in the NASL’s overall standings ahead of New York. Meanwhile, Indy Eleven saw its winless streak reach match a season-high four games after a fruitless three-day, eight-game stretch.
A fairly open start to the match became even more so in the 9th minute, when Sinisa Ubiparipovic opened the scoring for Ottawa. The play began with Fury FC forward Tom Heinemann collecting a turnover near midfield and racing past the Indy Eleven backline before cutting back for Ubiparipovic, who made no mistake with a tidy finish into the right netting.
Indy Eleven had a great chance to equalize in the 17th minute, when a quick counter up the middle of the field through midfielders Marvin Ceballos and Dragan Stojkov sprang Dane Richards behind the Ottawa defense, but the Jamaican striker put his chance into the outside netting. Indy would control the bulk of the possession through the final half hour of the first half, but no full chances would come from it, allowing Ottawa to carry its 1-0 lead into the break.
Just as they did in the first half, Fury FC would move the scoreboard nine minutes into the second stanza when Andrew Wiedeman collected Ryan Richter’s cross from the right flank and finished to the far left post on a near angle, doubling the visitor’s advantage.
Right on the hour mark Indy Eleven showed signs of life in attack with its first goal in over six halves of play. Substitute forward Duke Lacroix turned up route one and finished a 30-yard run with a low shot past Fury FC netminder Romuald Peiser and into the right side of goal to cut the advantage in half at 2-1.
However, Ottawa would answer right back ruthlessly with a pair in quick succession, first in the 62nd minute when Mauro Eustaquio received Heinemann’s square ball with space 10 yards from goal and finished low inside the right post, bringing the score to 3-1. Just two minutes later Wiedeman would do all the work himself for Ottawa’s fourth, shouldering off an Indy defender 35 yards from goal and carrying inside the area uncontested before slotting low and to the right of a stranded Nicht. Ottawa would effectively and efficiently kill off the final half hour of play to take the air out of Carroll Stadium and continue its red-hot form, moving to 6-1-0 on the Fall Season.
After its three-game, eight-day stretch that was the busiest of the 2015 regular season to date, Indy Eleven will get a well-earned weekend off, next returning to action on Wednesday, August 19, back at Carroll Stadium against the Tampa Bay Rowdies. Kickoff on “Networking Night” at “The Mike” is set for 7:30 p.m.; tickets for the match can be secured at www.www.indyeleven.com, and fans that can’t make it can follow the proceedings live on WISH-TV8, ESPN3.com and Exitos Radio 1590 AM.
NASL Fall Season
Indy Eleven 1 : 4 Ottawa Fury FC
Saturday, August 8, 2015
Michael A. Carroll Stadium – Indianapolis, IN
Attendance: 9,866
Indy Eleven:
Fall Season: 1W-2D-4L (5 pts.), 10th place
Combined: 4W-6D-7L (18 pts.), 9th place
Ottawa Fury FC:
Fall Season: 6W-1D-0L (19 pts.), 1st place
Combined: 8W-6D-3L (30 pts.), 1st place
Scoring Summary:
OTT – Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Tom Heinemann) 9’
OTT – Andrew Wiedeman (Ryan Richter) 54’
IND – Duke Lacroix (Dragan Stojkov) 60’
OTT – Mauro Eustaquio (Tom Heinemann) 62’
OTT – Andrew Wiedeman (unassisted) 64
Discipline Summary:
OTT – Mason Trafford (caution) 17’
OTT – Rafael Alves (caution) 22’
IND – Brian Brown (caution) 22’
OTT – Richie Ryan (caution) 38’
IND – Marvin Ceballos (caution) 73’
OTT – Ryan Richter (caution) 82’
Indy Eleven line-up (4-4-2): Kristian Nicht; Marco Franco, Greg Janicki, Erick Norales (capt), Kyle Hyland; Dragan Stojkov (Zach Steinberger 73’), Daniel Keller, Marvin Ceballos, Victor Pineda (Duke Lacroix 57’); Brian Brown (Wojciech Wojcik 63’), Dane Richards
Indy Bench: Keith Cardona (GK), Cory Miller, Don Smart, Charlie Rugg
Ottawa Fury FC line-up (4-3-3): Romuald Peiser (GK); Mason Trafford, Colin Falvey, Rafael Alves, Ryan Richter; Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Philippe Davies 80’), Richie Ryan (capt), Mauro Eustaquio; Oliver Minatel (Paulo Junior 63’), Tom Heinemann, Andrew Wiedeman (Brandon Poltronieri 86’)
Ottawa Bench: Marcel DeBellis (GK), Drew Beckie, Aly Alberto Hassan, Carl Haworth
INDY ELEVEN QUOTE SHEET – INTERIM HEAD COACH TIM REGAN
On comparison between Wednesday’s game to tonight:
“They were two completely different games. Wednesday’s performance wasn’t poor. We were in the game and like we had done for six games in a row we went behind. When you go behind 1-0, the other team is allowed to sit in and wait to make you do something, and unfortunately that something isn’t enough. We haven’t been able to get back and take control of the game yet. Since the Carolina game when we won and the New York game before that, we haven’t scored first.”
On break before next match:
“We’ll take advantage of the time we have to get a little bit of rest from both the physical and the mental side and then we’ll ramp it back up and get ourselves back in gear. We definitely faded over the course of this week. Between the travel, the lack of training and guys in and out, it’s going to happen. I like to think that I could look at every guy and they would say that they could have given more.”
On the debut of midfielder Marvin Ceballos:
“I was pleased. He got in and you could see, especially in the first 30 minutes and first half total, that the attacking quality that he brings is really good. The number of times that they just blatantly fouled him and he drew yellow cards is going to continue. You can’t stop him around the midfield when he has the ball. Hopefully it just leads to more goals as he gets more comfortable with the team.”
INDY ELEVEN QUOTE SHEET – MIDFIELDER MARVIN CEBALLOS
On making team debut tonight:
“It felt very good to play in my first game [with Indy Eleven], but I wish the final score would have been different. I feel like I can definitely help this team by creating more spaces and going more forward with the ball. I felt very comfortable tonight, though. Tim [Regan] and my teammates gave me a lot of confidence so that it made it feel like it wasn’t my first game. Playing in front of these fans is really nice because they never stop supporting the team over the full 90 minutes.”
INDY ELEVEN QUOTE SHEET – FORWARD DUKE LACROIX
On his second-half goal:
“In the moment, it was good to get the goal, but it was short lived after they got a goal real quick after that. Overall it was a bit of mixed emotions. It was nice to get one to get us back in the game, but at the same time they got one and we were back in the hole so it was just rough to get the goal but succumb to another goal right after.”
On the break prior to the Tampa Bay match in 11 days’ time:
“It’s nice that we have a bit of time before our next game. Tim preaches the point that we have to take our time and work for each other to be difficult to play against. I think that tonight we were lacking on both of those fronts and going forward, we have extra time to get back into the swing of things to help right the ship.”
