In the USL Championship game on 27 September 2026, Miami FC beat Indy Eleven 0:2. Match numbers: shots on target 2:6, corners 4:1.
Match report
Miami beat Indy Eleven 2:0 in the USL Group Stage at Michael A. Carroll Stadium on Friday evening. The visitors took all three points after a match where they controlled the tempo from the start. Indy had the home advantage but could not find their rhythm against a well-organised side.
R. Da Costa opened the scoring in the seventeenth minute, capitalising on a moment of space in the final third. By then the visitors had already seen B. Ndiaye booked in the twentieth minute for a late challenge. The goal shifted the momentum, and Indy's attempts to respond came without real threat.
M. Tunbridge doubled the lead just before the break with a forty-fourth-minute finish. The hosts pressed forward after the interval but their attacks lacked precision. Tunbridge was later substituted in the sixty-ninth minute, having done enough to secure the result.
Miami dominated possession at sixty per cent and registered six shots on target compared to Indy's two. The visitors also created one big chance each, but their efficiency with the ball made the difference. Indy managed seventy attacks but failed to convert them into meaningful opportunities.
The result leaves Indy in seventh place on thirty-three points from twenty-five games. Miami remain ninth with thirty points from twenty-six fixtures, though this victory tightens the gap at the bottom of the table. Both sides had similar records before Friday, but the performance told a different story.
Indy will need to raise the tempo when they need to if they want to climb away from the mid-table pack. Miami, meanwhile, held their nerve in a match where they were rarely troubled. The visitors showed they can compete away from home, and that is something worth noting.
HT🟨10' A. Milesi — Yellow card🟨16' A. Quinn — Yellow card⚽17' R. Da Costa — Goal🟨20' B. Ndiaye — Yellow card⚽44' M. Tunbridge — Goal⇄46' D. Sing — Substitution🟨55' D. Knutson — Yellow card⇄59' B. Ndiaye — Substitution🟨61' C. D. Milanes Navarro — Yellow card⇄63' P. Craig — Substitution⇄69' M. Tunbridge — Substitution⇄75' J. O'Brien — Substitution⇄85' A. Rocha — Substitution🟨90+2' J. Hafferty — Yellow card
