I’m of two minds how to feel about City’s 2-2 draw against Indy Eleven. I’m disappointed with a draw at home in the Louisville-Indianapolis Proximity Association Football Contest, but it was a fair result. Indy had three shots on goal the whole game and scored two of them. Both goals were the result of some errors at the back. It’s unfortunate because City had decent control of the game. Indy did some good things offensively, but couldn’t produce much from the run of play. One could argue Louisville City did the same. Ownby’s penalty take wasn’t that great, but one of the rebounds surely should have gone in.

Paco missed a rare headed clearance of a cross that somehow fell in Jack McInerney’s lap and there was little Greg could to do stop it. I guess you could argue he should have come out to clear the ball, but I’m not sure he was expecting Paco to miss the header, either.

Ilija’s goal looked like something anyone who’s ever coached soccer would draw up on the training pitch. I have no idea how Indy didn’t deal with it. Illy hit it so lightly I was worried it was going to just stop before it got past Fon Williams. Fortunately my fears were not realized. You could just about say the same thing about Davis’s equalizer – it was a goal that shouldn’t have happened at this level, and yet did.

City had over 60% of the ball in the game. That’s the second time this season Morados have clearly dominated possession and not come away with three points. They were also pretty dominant in the air, winning nearly 60% of the aerials in the match. Indy did pretty well to disrupt Paolo and Speedy most of the day, to their credit, with 20 intercepted passes. That’s a lot.

Morados passed the ball pretty well in Indy’s half, nearly 65%, while Indy didn’t even complete half their passes in City’s half. The Eleven did manage to get the ball in good places in the Louisville City eighteen, and got six shots out of about fifteen touches. Louisville City did about the same. One thing I can tell from the touchmap about this game, though, was how little Louisville City had the ball on the wings in Indy’s defensive third. That’s been a trend since the team switched to four at the back, keeping Kyle Smith and Oscar deeper. While the idea behind the switch was probably defensive, the team hasn’t really stopped giving up goals, Ottawa excepted (and Charlotte, I suppose) while the offense has stagnated a bit. It’ll be an interesting nut for the guys to try and crack on Friday.

Individually, nobody really stood out as overly bad or good. I think a few guys had games that wouldn’t quite meet their standards. Paolo and Speedy never really got comfortable in the game. One of Indy’s tactics, which I think they’ve used before, was to add numbers to the midfield so neither had time on the ball. When Kyle and Oscar are higher up the field, that’s not as much of a problem, but if an attacking mid has to come back deep and help with possession, that means they aren’t an option for a through-ball on offense. That said, the front four produced five scoring chances between them, so something’s working right. Ilija had a goal and an assist to continue his great season, it should be noted.

It’s a bit of a bummer not to have gotten the win. Indy really capitalized on their chances. City didn’t produce enough to feel like they should have gotten more, the missed penalty and series of rebounds excepted. Let’s go beat the Red Bulls on Friday, that always makes me feel better.