SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Cristian Parano scored a pair of second-half goals as San Antonio FC pulled away for a 3-1 victory against Indy Eleven at Toyota Field on Friday night to move level on points with Orange County SC at the top of the Western Conference.<\/p>\n
Indy almost broke the deadlock in the 22nd minute when a corner from the left was flicked on target at the near post by Nabi Kibunguchy, forcing a reflex save by SAFC\u2019s Joey Batrouni before Josh O\u2019Brien\u2019s header off the rebound clipped the crossbar and was cleared. The hosts took the lead three minutes later, however, as a cross from the right into the box came to Christian Sorto, who slipped a pass for Emil Cuello to his left for a shot that took a deflection off a defender on its way to finding the net. <\/p>\n
Parano threatened again for the hosts just past the half-hour mark after a weaving run and shot was denied by Indy\u2019s Eric Dick, and the veteran goalkeeper was called on again to keep out a low shot by Jorge Hern\u00e1ndez that was headed to the bottom-right corner. But Parano doubled SAFC\u2019s lead three minutes into the second half when his first-time shot off a cutback cross from Mikey Maldonado on the left clipped a defender and snuck past Dick for the Argentine\u2019s third goal of the campaign.<\/p>\n
Indy tried to find a way back into the game just before the hour-mark when Jack Blake\u2019s long-range effort was kept out by Batrouni, but Parano added his second of the night with a volleyed finish after a neat piece of interplay with Hern\u00e1ndez that set up the opportunity. O\u2019Brien pulled a goal back late in stoppage time for Indy, slipping in past the SAFC back line to convert from close range after Anthony Herbert\u2019s initial effort had been blocked, but it proved the last real action before the final whistle as San Antonio took a comfortable win.<\/p>\n
Takeaways<\/p>\n
San Antonio FC \u2013 The hosts put together one of their most comprehensive performances of the season as the flair of Cristian Parano and Jorge Hern\u00e1ndez was on display to impressive effect. Parano doubled his goal total for the season with his two-goal performance, while Hern\u00e1ndez notched his league-leading seventh assist to continue his excellent campaign as SAFC dominated possession and the flow of play. <\/p>\n
Indy Eleven \u2013 The Boys in Blue\u2019s struggles away from home continued, with the side remaining winless on the road this season. Indy suffered its fourth consecutive defeat overall in league play, putting it in danger of dropping below the playoff line in the Eastern Conference, and while Josh O\u2019Brien\u2019s late goal brought the side\u2019s scoreless streak to an end at 360 minutes, the visitors headed home emptyhanded. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SAN ANTONIO \u2013 Cristian Parano scored a pair of second-half goals as San Antonio FC pulled away for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":394337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[223,82,84,83],"class_list":["post-394336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-san-antonio","tag-news","tag-san-antonio","tag-san-antonio-headlines","tag-san-antonio-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=394336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/394336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/394337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=394336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=394336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=394336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}