Cosmos defeat Ottawa
OTTAWA – (August 26, 2015) The New York Cosmos extended their unbeaten streak to seven matches as they were held to a scoreless draw by Ottawa in a top-of-the-table North American Soccer League showdown at TD Place Wednesday night. The Cosmos win the previous 4 meetings with the Fury, the most recently 1-0, at Brooklyn’s MCU Park during the spring complain.
“The game was exactly how we planned it and thought it was going to be,” said Cosmos head coach Giovanni Savarese. “There were no surprises. The only thing that maybe we lacked a little bit was finding more solutions to break them down. It wasn’t easy.”
“Ottawa is a very difficult team because they defend very well,” said Cosmos midfielder Andrés Flores. The Salvadoran international made his sixth consecutive start in Ottawa. “They really played for their fans. We were able to maintain possession of the ball, and they were content to let us have it, but they made it tough for us to break through.”
The Fury have a four-point lead in the NASL Fall Season Standings, but the Cosmos maintained their five-point advantage on top of the Combined Season Standings.
“For us, we’re not content with only a tie,” Savarese said. “We wanted a win, the three points. It’s not a bad result, but it’s not the one we came here for.”
The Cosmos (4-4-1) had more of the possession in the first half. In the 22nd minute, Adam Moffat had time and space to unleash a low shot from distance, but Ottawa goalkeeper Romuald Peiser made the save.
Six minutes later, Raúl slid a pass to Walter Restrepo on his right and the midfielder put a well-struck shot on frame following a long spell of possession. However Peiser parried it away for a Cosmos corner kick.
