Pat Hannigan

2009 Second Round: Lone PK enough for Battery, edge Miami FC in defensive struggle

June 16, 2009 by

Tropical Park – Miami, Fla. | 8 p.m.

Media coverage: Miami Herald | Charleston Battery

	0	FT	1
				65’ Tyler Hemming (PK)

Tyler Hemming converted a penalty kick in the 65th minute to send the Charleston Battery to the Third Round of the US Open Cup with a 1-0 win over Miami FC.

The Battery got running out of the gate early with a couple of chances. Hemming had a 30-yard shot sail wide in the 15th minute, and then a cross in the 21st minute fell to defender Matt Bobo, whose shot also went wide. Miami got its own chances in the game, with a shot from Diego Serna in the 35th minute and one from Edwin Miranda in the 52nd, with both shots missing off target.

In the 65th minute, Miami defender Cristiano Dias fouled Battery midfielder Chris Williams in the box, which earned a penalty kick for Charleston. Hemming converted a right-footed shot to score the only goal of the match.

The Charleston Battery move on to the Third Round, where they will play Major League Soccer’s Chivas USA at Blackbaud Stadium on Tuesday, June 30.

2009 First Round: Miami FC avoid repeat of 2006, edge USASA’s Lynch’s FC 2-1

June 9, 2009 by

TropicalPark – Miami, Fla. | 8 p.m.

Match Reports: Miami FC, Miami Herald

	2	FT	1
Paulo Araujo Jr. (Diego Serna) 64’ Diego Serna (Tim Merritt) 65’				44’ Tomas Kracinovic (PK)

Just like they did in 2006, the Miami FC Blues found themselves down 1-0 at halftime to a USASA club, but this time they battled back to win the game. Lynch’s FC, from Jacksonville, Fla., had the lead, but back-to-back second half goals kept the Blues from repeating their historic 2006 loss to Dallas Roma FC, beating Lynch’s 2-1.

Lynch’s looked on their way to the club’s first Open Cup win in three tries when they opened the scoring with a 44th minute penalty kick by Tomas Kracinovic. However, the Blues crushed their spirits with two goals in quick succession by Paulo Arajuo Jr. in the 64th and the other a minute later by Diego Serna.

Miami will host a fellow USL-1 club, the Charleston Battery, next Tuesday in the Second Round.

LINEUPS

LYN: Greg Williams; Thomas Senegal, Jacoby Goodfellow (Tony Kattreh 80), Steve Command; Patrick Gambone Michele Anai, Rammy Nikansae (Jonathan Jackson 23), Dominic Schell, Mark Rowland; Alejandro Tayloe, Tomas Kracinovic (Harris Donaldson 63)

MIA: Pat Hannigan; Tim Merritt, Chris Williams (Walter Ramirez 45), Cristiano Dias, John Traynor (Jarryd Goldberg 45); John Pulido, Edwin Miranda, Connally Edozien (Danny Vasquez 62), Paulo Araujo; Alen Marcina, Diego Serna

Shots: LYN 5, MIA 8
Fouls: LYN 14, MIA 12
Corners: LYN 5, MIA 3
Saves: LYN 4, MIA 5
Offsides: LYN 0, MIA 8

Cautions
LYN: Schell 52, Command 55
MIA: Serna 51, Marcina 82, Hannigan 90

Referees: NA