Indy Eleven Defeat Atlanta United, Move On To US Open Cup Semis

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ATLANTA — It’s been a year to remember for Indy Eleven in more ways than one. They set a franchise record for most consecutive wins earlier in the USL Championship season and now they can say they have beaten a Major League Soccer team.

On Tuesday, in front of a small but potent crowd at Fifth Third Bank Stadium on the Kennesaw State pitch, the ‘Boys in Blue’, wearing their red kits, beat Atlanta United 2-1 to advance to the semi-finals of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

The tournament was started way back in 1913 but has been dominated by Major League Soccer sides since the mid-1990s. It’s a tournament in which soccer teams from all levels of U.S. Soccer can face each other for a high-level championship.

Indy Eleven is the first team from Indiana to make it this far in the event since the now-defunct Indianapolis Inferno, who made it to the semi-finals back in 1992.

The scoring was led by Augustine Williams for Indy who was able to find the back of the net in the 31st minute of the first half. Williams was found on a beautiful pass ahead by Douglas Martinez who was credited with the assist.

The score remained 1-0 until the 83rd minute of the second half when Williams was looking for Elliott Colliar in the box. Instead, the ball found the foot of an Atlanta defender who tapped the ball into the Atlanta net for an own goal. 2-0 Indy Eleven.

Nick Firmino would then score two minutes into stoppage time for Atlanta, but it was too little, too late as Indy was ahead when the final whistle was blown and the victory was secured.

Who Indy will be facing in the semis is yet to be determined. They will have to face yet another MLS team in order to stay alive in the tournament. They will face either Sporting KC out of Kansas City or FC Dallas in August.

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