![]() Birmingham had officially qualified as one of those five for the seven available playoff spots. As the halftime whistle blew, Indy found themselves down 2-nil and looking like a completely different team than the one that had started the game.Ĭoming into tonight’s game, 8 of the Eastern Conference playoff positions were determined 5 teams were already confirmed for the playoffs and 3 teams had already been eliminated. ![]() Boone picked up a goal minutes after his yellow card, and would have finished the half with a brace if the goal in the 43rd minute hadn't been deemed to be an Own Goal conceded by Dambrot. ![]() Vazquez and Jerome were on different pages multiple times, leading to chances and goals. Then Hack got hacked down resulting in a yellow card for Boone in the 28th minute, and then the mistakes started happening in the backline of Indy. The play out of Indy in the first 20 minutes is getting much closer to what Indy fans had hoped to see this year, and that seems more like a Mark Lowry coached team. The effort was greater, the press started higher, and the touches were fewer with one and two-touches being the norm. That was a different team than we saw in the middle of the season. Indy came out on the front foot and really put Monterey Bay under pressure in the opening minutes. Ayoze has written himself into the top of the club's entire record book. We don't know if the ageless wonder will retire this year or if he is in Coach Lowry's future plans for the team, but Ayoze is set to be the club's all-time leader in Minutes, Appearances, Starts, and Assists is 4th for Points is 6th for Goals (2 behind Mares), and is 2nd in Yellow Cards. Also, with tonight's effort, Ayoze now creeps to within 10 minutes (unofficially by my count) of surpassing Ouimette for the club's all-time minutes leader, and he leap-frogged Mares to sit in 4th place for Total Points. And at 36 years-young, he continues to make other pros look silly as he dribbles his way out of 1, 2, and 3 defenders. Conversely, he made some spectacular cross-field passes to Pinho. There were some moments when I wish Ayoze had continued to push the ball up the field to a streaking Timmer, but I'm seeing the field from the press box and not from his vantage point. However, Ayoze's dribbling and flawless penalty kick are going to push him to the GBGB for tonight's game. The Game Beckons Game BallThere were a lot of bright spots for me in this game, particularly compared to the previous game against Monterey Bay. Coach Hankinson brought the club their first, and only, trophy to date and he will always be remembered and revered for that fact. ![]() It’s weird that the interaction stuck with me, but maybe it was because of how funny it was to me how detailed oriented he seemed and that he was that invested in Indy that he thought it was good that my shoes matched the Indy colors. I remember a season ticket holder event and I wore a pair of red, white, and blue Adidas shoes, and Hankinson’s attention to detail meant that my shoes caught his eye in that they were the correct Indy Eleven color. There are a lot of stories from supporters about their interaction with Coach Hank, and I’m no different. Coach Hankinson was a good guy who always took time to answer questions from the grassroots media that were a major component of the press coverage during the Hankinson period of Indy Eleven. The Game Beckons family will keep the Hankinson family in their thoughts as they transition to life without Tim. Before anything related to the game, I want to express my condolences to the Hankinson family after Coach Tim Hankinson passed away this past week after a fight with cancer. ![]()
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