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Edmonton dominated the contest and could have run up the score had they been able to convert a handful of other excellent scoring opportunities. At the other end, Farago had just one save to make in the contest.

“I think that was a credit to our work rate,” Miller said. “I don’t want to be disrespectful to our opposition, but I saw them walking off at half time and their body language didn’t show a lot of fight and energy. They had a tough game on Wednesday night and they scored a very late winner (1-0 against North Carolina FC) and I thought if our players were going to work hard as they were doing and our substitution plan was going to add more pace to our team, then it was going to work out.”

Nyassi opened the scoring in the 31st minute, getting to the end of a ball floated over top of the Indy back line by captain Nik Ledgerwood and hammering a shot past goalkeeper Jon Busch.

Indy had difficulty keeping up with Nyassi throughout the contest or dealing with striker Tomi Ameobi, who created a number of excellent scoring opportunities.

“I’m happy I scored, but I’m also happy the team played well,” Nyassi said. “It was good to come back from a disappointing loss last weekend. We needed this and we got the three points and I’m happy for that going forward.”

Edmonton went into the game having lost 3-0 at home to North Carolina FC last weekend. Miller and his crew had a week to stew over the loss, which put their playoff hopes in jeopardy.

“It’s a relief,” Nyassi said. “We’re fighting to make the playoffs and these three points are going to take us a long way.”