Forward Madison Falls to Charlotte Independence 1-2

Forward Madison Falls to Charlotte Independence 1-2

Forward Madison welcomed Charlotte Independence to Breese Stevens Field for their seventh match of the USL League One season, which ended in a 2-1 loss. The match kicked off at 7:06 pm CT on Saturday, May 21st, 2022. Forward Madison started the first half aggressively as Nazeem Bartman sped past the Charlotte defense and logged a shot from the wing into the side netting. At the seven minute mark, Charlotte got a break and Koa Santos crossed a ball that Ivan Luquetta managed to head into the goal to take a 1-0 lead. In the 21’, Charlotte was shown a yellow card after stopping the Forward Madison counterattack. On the free kick, Mikey Maldonado crossed the ball into the box where Jeremiah Streng tried to ricochet the ball into the goal but it wasn’t successful. Forward Madison applied constant pressure on Charlotte throughout the half.

In the 29th minute, Drew Conner took a curling shot into the corner of the goal which the Independence goalie barely saved. Later in the half, Forward Madison nearly scored on the break as Matheus Cassini passed it into the box to Jeremiah Streng who shot it just wide of the goal. With four minutes of stoppage time added, Forward Madison mostly kept the ball on Charlotte’s half of the field and recorded a couple of corner kicks but they couldn’t score. The first half ended with the Flamingos down 1-0 even though they dominated the whole half in terms of possession and shots on goal.

The second half opened with a Matheus Cassini shot on goal that the Charlotte goalkeeper saved. In the 50th minute, Charlotte pushed the ball on the counterattack and got a rocket of a shot on goal that Phil Breno saved. At the 60th minute mark, Charlotte got on the break and Quinn McNeill managed to get a shot past Phil Breno, to take a 2-0 lead. To try to regain some momentum, Coach Matt Glaeser subbed on Rojay Smith and Christian Enriquez for Drew Conner and Derek Gebhard. Rojay Smith made an immediate impact as he nearly scored from the edge of the box with a curling shot at the 69th minute. In the 76th minute Forward Madison finally got one past the Independence goalkeeper with a nasty curling shot from the edge of the box by Nazeem Bartman. Cyrus Rad assisted on the goal as Charlotte’s lead dropped to 2-1. The six minutes of stoppage time wasn’t enough as the Flamingos lost a close one at home.

“It’s coming,” Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu said. “Obviously disappointed with the result, but it was a good performance.”

“I’m proud of the team,” Matheus Cassini said. “I trust in everyone here, my teammates, and know that better days are coming.”

Looking ahead, Forward Madison will host their next home match against FC Tucson on Saturday, June 4th, 2022. Charlotte will travel to South Carolina to take on Greenville Triumph SC on June 4th, 2022.

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Major Moments:

2’ side netting from Bartmann on the wing for Madison
5’ free kick Madison for a foul on Cassini, comes to nothing
5’ Ciss with a second foul in a minute
6’ Corner for Madison, goal kick given
7’ cross from the right headed home by #9 for Charlotte
16’ Cassini dribbles into the box and squares to Gebhard who cannot get the shot away
21’ Yellow Card number 17 Clay Dimick © Charlotte
24’ Around the world by Cassini in midfield – delicious
27’ shot from the edge of the box from Forward blocked
28’ Cassini into the box, grappled to the ground, no penalty
29’ great save from the Charlotte keeper from a curling shot from Connor from the edge of the box
Corner wasted
40’ shot from #24 Bartman way outside the box doesn’t catch it clean
44’ Streng cannot get the shot away one on one with the keeper
+4 minutes of stoppage
45 + 3 Forward crossed headed away from danger
45+4 corner FMFC after a great dribble from Mikey – deep cross tipped away from Rad by the keeper
HT
47’ crossed into the box from Madison but the goalkeeper collects
50’ comfortable low save from Breno after Charlotte fail to convert a 3 on 2
51’ great shot from outside the box from Mikey deflected out for a corner
54’ Ciss shoots from outside the box on the run but scuffs it tamely
58’ great work on the edge of the box from a Flamingo trio
60’ Goal from Charlotte # 19 Quinn McNeill
61’ subs 8 Drew Conner [61’ off for Christian Enriquez] and 17 Derek Gebhard [61’ off for 11 Rojay Smith]
69’ curling effort from outside of the box from Forward #11 just over
73’ free kick outside left, headed out for a corner on the opposite side
76’ #24 Nazeem Bartman with a beautiful curled finish into the corner from just inside the box. Left side, curled into the bottom right, right foot. Assist Cyrus Rad
90+4 Sukow with the run can’t quite make it
90+6 Breno up for the corner but the goalkeeper flaps it clear
90+7

Forward Madison FC

1 Phil Breno

3 Eric Leonard

4 Mitch Osmond ©

47 Cyrus Rad

15 Mikey Maldonado

17 Derek Gebhard [61’ off for 11 Rojay Smith]

8 Drew Conner [61’ off for 13 Christian Enriquez]

28 Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu [off on 75’ for 19 Sukow]

24 Nazeem Bartman [off on 82’ 16 Alvin Jones]

10 Matheus Cassini

9 Jeremiah Streng [off on 71’ for 7 Abdou Mbacke Thiam]

Unused Substitutes: 27 Bailey Taylor, 2 Cesar Murillo, 16 Alvin Jones, 11 Rojay Smith, 19 Justin Sukow, 13 Christian Enriquez, 7 Abdou Mbacke Thiam

Head Coach: Matt Glaeser

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Charlotte Independence FC

1 Keegan Meyer

2 Koa Santos

3 Hector Acosta

5 Shalom Dutey

17 Clay Dimick ©

6 Omar Ciss

7 Miguel Ibarra

8 Will Vint [out on 74’ for number 24 Grayson Barber]

19 Quinn McNeill

9 Ivan Luquetta [off on 81’ for 16 Tomas Maya]

90 Khori Bennett

Unused Substitutes: 31 Logan Bellina, 15 Carson Talboys, 16 Tomas Maya, 21 Giuseppe Barone, 24 Grayson Barber, 26 Noah Behrmann, 25 Brayden Keenan

Head Coach: Mike Jeffries

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Goals

Forward Madison

76’ #24 Nazeem Bartman

Away Team

7’ #9, Ivan Luqueta

60’ Goal from Charlotte # 19 Quinn McNeill

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Discipline

Forward Madison

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