Forward Madison FC Falls to Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC

An early goal and red card leads to FMFC’s first loss of the season

Forward Madison FC was back home to battle Northern Colorado Hailstorm FC at Breese Stevens Field on Thursday, May 18th. The match kicked off just after 7pm CT.

The beginning of the match started strong for the Flamingos, as the team had two early opportunities on goal. However, Northern Colorado capitalized in the 11th minute after an unfortunate turnover, putting the Mingos down by one early. Forward Madison kept the pressure up as they tried to even the score. Flamingo’s goalkeeper, Bernd Schipmann, came up with a major save to keep the game within one. With ten minutes left of the first half, FMFC stayed on the attack, tallying three major scoring opportunities, one of which Christian Chaney buried in the back of the net, but was called offsides. The Flamingos left the field at halftime, down one.

With the second half underway, the game became more aggressive. In the 51st minute, Timmy Mehl received his first red card of the season after fouling a Northern Colorado player in the box. However, Schipmann saved his second PK of the season, keeping the ‘Mingos in the game. Reduced to 10 players on the field, the game slowed down. In the 75th minute, Northern Colorado put away their second goal to finish the match and break Forward Madison’s unbeaten streak this season. The match ended with the Hailstorm besting the Flamingos 2-0.

“Tonight was not our night,” FMFC Head Coach Matt Glaeser said. “We made some mistakes that ultimately cost us the match.”

“We now look to work to improve every day and work on correcting those mistakes,” Glaeser said.

“I always believe that we don’t lose at home,” FMFC’s Schipmann said. “We have 25 matches left. I told the guys that we need to believe in ourselves, learn from the match tonight, and have a great season.”

“We know our identity and what we’re capable of,” FMFC defender Stephen Payne said. “We made some mistakes tonight, but we have to look at the positives of what we’ve done before this season. We just need to get back to what we know best and find more ways to score and put pressure on the opponent.”

Next up, Forward Madison will travel to Nebraska for a rematch against Union Omaha on Saturday, May 27th at 7pm CT.

Forward Madison FC Lineup:

55 Schipmann

22 Payne

4 Osmond (C)

5 Mehl

16 Crull

7 Martinez

23 Mesias

10 Onen

14 Cichero

17 Gebhard