00:00We are ready to get rolling here at the Rue.
00:04Rue off Mortgage Stadium.
00:05Proper title here in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
00:07Mark Schoensler, coach Eric Debranski with you here on ESPN+.
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00:20Now let's take a look at the starting lineups.
00:22Yeah, and for Fort Wayne they're going to have to move the Cosmos defense.
00:24Boom. They've got different plans in mind.
00:26Yeah, conversely for the New York Cosmos it starts with discipline and compactness defensively.
00:30They'll be anchored by Anderson Holt.
00:32Cabrera has it over in the left wing.
00:37Lukovic sends it inside.
00:39A touch is taken.
00:40Guanzotti turns to goal right down the middle to Shipman.
00:45One veteran denying another.
00:52That's why Guanzotti has been the prolific attacker that he's been throughout his career.
00:56His ability to get himself inside the box, but be dangerous faced up or back turned to goal.
01:02But Fort Wayne does a terrific job of limiting his options to only that central ball right there.
01:08Shipman can easily collect.
01:10But still some warning signs and some shots here from the Cosmos that have Fort Wayne wanting to look at
01:20some of the self-inflicted turnovers that they've generated themselves with some of the turnovers.
01:25But they continue to find success along this right side.
01:29Talking about crafty wingers.
01:31Gaffar and Neidlinger combining very nicely here.
01:35That chemistry coming along.
01:38Ball bouncing.
01:39Healy on the folly!
01:41It's a stinger.
01:43But Javier Garcia is ready.
01:48Well, this was going to be a candidate for goal of the week if he pulls it off because of
01:53the difficulty bringing this down and striking it before it hits the ground.
01:57But then Garcia meets this with a high-class save.
02:02Guanzotti.
02:04Jona on it now.
02:08Back to the top.
02:11He can cut inside here!
02:14It's another banger!
02:18Recreating the magic from Wednesday.
02:21Lamine Jona smashes it home.
02:35Corner kick served.
02:37It skipped through!
02:39The Cosmos have a stranglehold on this game now!
02:48In the dying embers of the first half, the visitors notch in two goals!
02:58This is a wicked delivery.
03:00It has got the shape.
03:02And there is the halftime whistle.
03:06Well, we had one story that we were going to walk away with, and it's a very different one now.
03:10Yeah, some loud plays from the Cosmos to end that first half, and they've converted in some of those chances.
03:16They've used moments intentionally, and that's what they had to do in that first 45, and for Fort Wayne FC.
03:21Pretty pivotal in decision-making in the first half.
03:24And then it's a reloading up top for Mike Avery.
03:27Ryan Boettcher in for Cameron Lacy.
03:30Boettcher has basically been the bona fide starter as the number nine since the departure of Lillian Recol.
03:40We welcome you back here on the broadcast.
03:42Mark Schoenster, coach Eric Dobransky with you here on the broadcast.
03:48Two goals in the final three minutes of the first half.
03:54Puts the Cosmos up ahead, and what had been flow-wise a pretty even game.
04:01But they have been punishing in those closing moments of the game.
04:07Gaffar trying to find Boettcher, looking to cut into that deficit immediately.
04:14Jordan rolls over to Healy.
04:17Healy dancing with the ball at his feet.
04:20Ends up being a little bit too much to chew on.
04:25Spangler shrugs off Armas.
04:28He'll play this up ahead.
04:30Guanzotti is there.
04:31It's a beautiful pass.
04:33Guanzotti turned away.
04:36Did it go across the line?
04:42It did.
04:48What a breakaway from the Cosmos.
04:53Baby alert.
04:55Now he got a corner kick.
04:57Turned in.
04:58Goal-scoring alert for Wayne.
05:01Have one on the board.
05:09Thiago Diash cuts one back for the home side.
05:15And they'll try to ride some of that momentum here after scoring.
05:19And a response personnel change from Davide Corti.
05:24Nicholas Solanka will sub on for Ozzy Ramos, another one of those players, carrying a yellow card.
05:31Who still has some gas left in the tank.
05:34And if you don't have any gas left in the tank, can you just force yourself to make something happen
05:39anyway?
05:39Here comes Jowna set free by that pass.
05:43Jowna gets another one.
05:48A blazing run from Lamine Jowna.
05:52And the Cosmos restore their three-goal lead.
06:03You have to take something from them.
06:05You can't just brush it away and say, hey, we didn't pick up three points to move on.
06:10Yes, you control the narrative, but there's also some big moments that they could have taken advantage of.
06:15Boettcher trying to take advantage here.
06:17Punched away by Garcia.
06:19Settled down by Healy.
06:21Take Healy.
06:22Trying to work against several defenders and does earn a corner kick.
06:28Some of it was what we saw earlier on the season, and we've talked to Mike Avery about, was some
06:33of those, as those transitional plays develop, can you blow them up before they fully develop?
06:38Can you halt that play as we see a corner?
06:43Healy will provide the service.
06:45Boettcher turns it to goal.
06:47How about that save from Javier Garcia?
06:51It's certainly not what would be preferred for Fort Wayne and the other teams in that playoff race-slash-bubble.
06:58Thomas takes a go.
07:00Swatted away by Garcia.
07:02Oh, it's Hyundai.
07:03It's another save.
07:05But a tumble in the box means the penalty's incoming.
07:11It's fantastic from Garcia, but it was just a little too much to handle for the Cosmos.
07:17Six.
07:18That's it.
07:19Six.
07:20Looks to score his second professional goal after scoring his first a week ago against Portland Hearts of Pine.
07:26He's up against Javier Garcia, who is more than capable of stopping a pen.
07:33Has a bit of a track record doing it.
07:36Iwador steps up, and it's cool, calm, and collected from the Frenchman.
07:43It's another goal for Fort Wayne with under five minutes to go in this game.
07:49They've been explosive going forward, and they've been purposeful and intentional with the space they occupied going forward.
07:55You see what it means to their bench.
07:57And for Fort Wayne, FC.
07:58You see what it means to their next selection, and it's specific to your team.
07:58You see...
07:59Thanks.
