Forward Madison FC Struggles in Loss to Central Valley Fuego FC

9-Man FMFC unable to find the back of the net in California

Forward Madison FC took on Central Valley Fuego FC on Wednesday, September 21st at 9:30 pm CT at Chukchansi Park in Fresno, California. The match resulted in a 0-3 loss for the ‘Mingos after they went down to 9 men due to two second half red cards.

The Flamingos began the first half with a lot of energy as the squad’s defensive pressure caused Fuego some early trouble in the build up of play. In the 9th minute of the match, Forward Madison committed a foul and gave Central Valley a free kick. Fuego’s striker Christian Chaney took the free kick and fired a shot into the upper right corner of the goal to give his squad an early 1-0 lead. At the 17th minute mark, Central Valley recorded a quality chance in the box, luckily for the ‘Mingos, Raiko Arozarena managed to make a quick save to prevent an early two-goal deficit. Arozarena came up with another crucial save in the 32nd minute, when Chaney got a shot off from the right side of the box. In the 36th minute, the referee issued the first card of the match to Drew Conner. The first half of the match winded down, as both squads struggled to create chances in the final moments. Forward Madison logged its first corner of the match in the 45+5th minute of stoppage time. The Flamingos entered the halftime break down 1-0.

The second half of Wednesday’s match started poorly for the ‘Mingos. In the 50th minute, Matheus Cassini was issued a red card after a scuffle with Fuego broke out. After the booking, Forward Madison was forced to finish out the match a man down. Coach Matt Glaeser chose to pump some energy into his squad by subbing in Jeremiah Streng, Justin Sukow, and Rojay Smith in the 65th minute. At the 71st minute mark, Conner dished a perfect pass to Smith in the box. Smith recorded his squad’s first shot of the match, which Okef Antman managed to save. Just moments later, Conner challenged a ball late and was issued his second yellow card. Down two men for the rest of the match, Forward Madison faced an uphill battle with 15 minutes remaining. In the 82nd minute, Fuego continued to apply pressure on Forward Madison. The pressure worked as Central Valley’s Cherif Dieye fired a shot into the left corner of the goal, to give the Fuego a 2-0 lead. In the 90+2nd minute, Dieye got another quality chance as he broke free and slotted a shot past Arozarena. The final moments of the second half ticked away as Forward Madison ended up falling 0-3 in Fresno, California.

Looking ahead, Forward Madison FC welcomes South Georgia Tormenta FC to Madison on Saturday, September 24th at 7:00 pm CT. Next up for the Fuego, they’ll head to Richmond to take on the Kickers on Saturday, September 24th.

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Major Moments:

2’ MAD Foul, No Card
5’ MAD Foul, No Card
6’ CV Foul, No Card
8’ MAD Foul, No Card
9’ CV Free Kick
9’ CV Goal (9 Christian Chaney)
14’ MAD Foul, No card
14’ MAD Foul, No Card
15’ CV Free Kick
17’ CV Shot, Saved by Arozarena
18’ CV Corner Kick
18’ CV Offsides
21’ CV Foul, No Card
22’ CV Foul, No Card
23’ MAD Free Kick
23’ CV Corner Kick
28’ MAD Foul, No Card
30’ CV Foul, No Card
32’ CV Shot, Saved by Arozarena
33’ CV Foul, No Card
34’ CV Offside
36’ MAD Foul, Yellow Card (Drew Conner)
40’ MAD Foul, No Card
41’ CV Foul, No Card
42’ MAD Offside
4 Minutes of Stoppage Time
45+1’ CV Shot
45+4’ CV Foul, No Card
45+5’ MAD Corner Kick

Half: Central Valley Fuego FC 1 – 0 Forward Madison FC

47’ CV Foul, No Card
49’ MAD Foul, No Card
50’ MAD Red Card Matheus Cassini
58’ MAD Cross Cut Out
58’ MAD Foul, No Card
61’ CV Shot, Deflected out of bounds
62’ CV Corner Kick
62’ CV Corner Kick
63’ CV Shot, Deflected away by defender
64’ CV Shot, Headed Wide of the Net
64’ MAD Foul, No Card
65’ MAD SUB:
- OFF Eric Leonard, Nazeem Bartman, Abdou Mbacke Thiam
- ON Jeremiah Streng, Justin Sukow, Rojay Smith
67’ CV Shot, Over the Net
67’ MAD Shot, Saved by Antman
69’ CV Foul, No Card
70’ MAD Yellow Card Issued to the Bench (Matt Glaeser)
71’ MAD Shot, Saved by Antman
72’ CV Foul, No Card
73’ MAD Second Yellow Card Issued to Drew Conner
74’ CV Shot, Saved by Arozarena
76’ CV Foul, No Card
77’ CV SUB:
- OFF 9 Christian Chaney, 6 Ozzie Ramos, 30 Maximiliano Schenfeld

5 Nathan Smith

ON 24 Cherif Dieye, 21 José Villarreal, 7 Mouhamed Dabo, 22 Diego Casillas

82’ CV Goal Cherif Dieye
85’ CV SUB:
- OFF 13 Francois Dulysse
- ON 2 Sam Strong
86’ MAD SUB:
- OFF 15 Mikey Maldonado 28 Andrew Wheeler-Omiunu
- ON 18 Alann Torres 13 Christian Enriquez
88’ CV Foul, No Card
90’ MAD Free Kick, Punched Away by Antman
3 Minutes of Stoppage Time
90+1’ MAD Corner Kick
90+2’ CV Goal Cherif Dieye

Final: Central Valley Fuego FC 3 – 0 Forward Madison FC

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Forward Madison FC:

56 Raiko Arozarena

3 Eric Leonard

4 Mitch Osmond ©

5 Christian Dean

7 Abdou Mbacke-Thiam

8 Drew Conner

10 Matheus Cassini

15 Mikey Maldonado

24 Nazeem Bartman