(NPSL 2019 Northeast Region Final) New York Cosmos B 3v1 FC Baltimore Christos





Sunday 21st July 2019
Mitchel Athletic Complex, New York   Attendance - 

Cosmos clinched the Northeast Title and moved into the semi-finals of the NPSL Championship after a 3v1 win over the Mid-Atlantic Champions Baltimore in a game which saw 3 red cards. Baltimore made a sluggish start to the game and Cosmos wasted no time in capitalising striking early after just 4mins when the Baltimore keeper could only parry a shot from Burgos and Acuna was on hand to tap in from close range.
Cosmos were dominating play and Acuna went close on 2 more occasions as Baltimore remained camped inside their own half. 
Baltimore showed signs of improvement as the half wore on, but Espinal should have doubled New York's lead late in the half after miscuing an effort with the Baltimore goal gaping. Burgos went through soon after and after some good work shot weakly at the Baltimore keeper.
With Baltimore looking to see out the half and regroup they grabbed an unlikely equaliser. A swift counter-attack by the visitors led to Nick Gumbs being one on one with Galvao. The Baltimore man kept his cool and created a shooting opportunity to slot past Blanchette. Cosmos continued to squander chances as they wasted another chance in stoppage time, shooting straight at the Baltimore keeper.
Baltimore came out much improved in the second half and came close to going ahead, blazing over from close range after some good build up play. Cosmos had lost the momentum of the first half, but gained a numerical advantage when Baltimore were harshly reduced to 10 men following a needless foul. From the free-kick Cosmos almost took immediate advantage, but Baltimore scrambled the effort away.
In hot conditions Baltimore were forced back and Cosmos regained the lead in the 70th minute when a right wing cross fell to Agolli who drilled a fine effort into the net.
Burgos made sure of a Cosmos win with a fantastic long range effort following a quickly taken free-kick which left the Baltimore keeper rooted to the spot.
Bardic came on as a late substitute and was denied a goal after his close range header was well saved.
In the 90th minute tempers flared as the red card came out again for Cosmos sub Aaron Dennis and another Baltimore player.










  

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

(NPSL 2019) Boston City 1v3 New York Cosmos B

Image
Saturday 15th June 2019 Hormel Stadium, Boston   Attendance -  A brace from Bocanegra helped Cosmos to extend their 100% record in the NPSL with a 3v1 win in Boston against the Lions of Boston City. Boston had only recorded 1 win in 10 games so far, but had made some new additions to the squad, 3 of which made the starting line up. Added to the fact that Cosmos faced another match 24hrs later forcing Cosmos into making several changes to the line up meant that the match was closer than may have been expected. Cosmos lost Al Hassan early on to injury, but with Cosmos still temporarily down to 10 men they took the lead with less than 15mins on the clock when a Bocanegra effort deflected off Boston's Tomasso D'Agostino and into the net. The goal came from a long throw-in into the Boston area which the Lions failed to deal with. The lead did not last long however as Boston equalised with their first dangerous attack when a long ball caught the Cosmos defence flat-fo...
Read more

(NPSL 2016) Kingston Stockade 2v4 New York Cosmos B

Image
Saturday 18th June 2016 Amesbury Sports Park, Massachusetts   Attendance - Cosmos B consolidated their lead in the Atlantic Conference following a 4v2 victory over Kingston Stockade. It looked like plain sailing for Cosmos after they dominated their opponents in the first 45mins, going in 2v0 at half time. But a crazy start to the second half which saw 3 goals in 4mins, 2 for the home side, made the game more difficult than it should have been, before a late goal sealed the win. Cosmos had to make a substitutions seconds into the game after Trey Williams left the pitch due to illness, with Frankie Castellanos replacing the player. But despite the early change Cosmos had the first chance when a dangerous Castellanos free kick was whipped into the area, but the header from close range was well off target. The home side were struggling to cope with the superior technique and quick passing from the Cosmos and there were a few efforts on the Stockade goal in the ea...
Read more