At 4:30 a.m., as the morning sun dawned, the USL group stage was in full swing. The Miami World Team won a thrilling 3-2 away match against FC Cincinnati, with Argentinean star Iguaín scoring a hat-trick of goals, one of which was the decisive goal, and his brother Federico also contributing an assist.
Miami World took the lead in only the 7th minute of play. George sent a pinpoint 45-degree cross from the right side of the field, and Shea darted in like a cheetah in the box and fired a beautiful shot across the face of the goal.
However, the game took a turn for the worse in the 38th minute. The tacit understanding between Iguane's brothers was once again evident, as Federico passed the ball to his younger brother, Iguane, with a clever flick on the outside of his foot at the top of the penalty area. Iguaín took two steps inside the right side of the penalty area and calmly fired a low left-footed shot into the goal to make it 2-0.
Although FC Cincinnati came back from two goals down to tie the game at 2-2 in the 59th minute on a long pass from the back of the field by Matarrita, which was picked out on a one-touch shot by Balil, FC Cincinnati tied the game again in the 83rd minute on a cross from Acosta's left corner, which was met by Haglund's towering header at the back post.
However, the match came to a climax again in the 85th minute. Iguaín, with a breakaway through the middle of the field, played the ball to Morgan, who swept the ball across the face of goal on the right side of the box and Iguaín pushed it home from close range to complete his second goal of the season and seal the win for the Miami World team.
It's worth noting that the head coaches for both sides in this game are from Mann Connections. Miami World's head coach is Neville Jr. while FC Cincinnati's head coach is Statham. In this matchup, the taller Statham was outplayed by the smaller Neville with a win.
