(NPSL 2016) New York Cosmos B 0v1 Seacoast United Mariners








Friday 13th May 2016
Mitchel Field, New York   Attendance -
Cosmos B suffered a first ever defeat in bizarre circumstances to Seacoast United Mariners. The away side turned up late for kick off and due to the limited availability of the pitch, the game was shortened to just 65mins. Despite controlling the game for long periods and managing x3 times as many shots as the opposition, the Cosmos could not make the breakthrough.

A flurry of opportunities came in the 29th minute, Mitrano's shot from outside the box forced Mariners keeper Will Pike into a save and from the resulting corner Pike saved from Capozucchi. Castellanos would also shoot narrowly wide with a curling effort as Mariners held on.
Against the run of play the visitors took the lead on 31mins. Maxwell Watson sent a long ball upfront to Dimov and he put the ball past Hector Guerrero to score. Cosmos almost levelled matters 6mins later, but Pike made another stop, this time from a Mitrano header.
With the shortened match playing in the visitors favour, the Cosmos did not have enough time to pull the game back, although Ruiz could have salvaged a point, only to shoot over near the end of the game.

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