Despite dominating the possession and the chances all match, the San Francisco Deltas were unable to defeat visiting FC Edmonton at Kezar on Saturday, falling 2-1.

The Deltas outshot the Eddies 29-10 and had a 58-42 percent advantage in possession. However all game the team was unable to score when needed.

San Francisco applied heavy pressure in the first thirty minutes of the game and had three golden scoring opportunities. But it was the Eddies who struck first on a quickly executed counter attack goal from Tomi Ameobi.

The Deltas almost leveled the game up just before the half when Tyler Gibson’s lofted shot over FC Edmonton goalkeeper Tyson Farago was batted down and then cleared off the goal line.

In the second half, San Francisco continued to apply the pressure. Forward Tommy Heinemann was sprung behind the Eddies defense by a Pablo Dyego pass in the 54th minute. His shot on a wide open goal, however, found the far post instead of the back of the net.

Finally, in the 62nd minute, the Deltas converted. Jackson was taken down in the box and Dagoberto stepped up to the spot and converted his first goal for San Francisco when he slotted the penalty shot home.

Just when it seemed like the momentum had finally switched to San Francisco, they quickly conceded a corner kick. The corner was knocked down in front of goal. During the scramble, FC Edmonton’s Allan Zebie blasted the shot into the goal.

The Deltas had a few more chances including another shot off the post, this time by Pablo Dyego in the 87th minute. The rebound found his way to Dagoberto who’s header was saved by Fargo.

“To come out of here with a loss is very, very disappointing. We did everything in the game to try to win the game. We created a lot of chances, balls hitting the post, balls going over, Farago getting some saves on the goal line,” said SF Deltas Head Coach Marc Dos Santos. “We have to be better and more clinical in the final third and unfortunately, we weren’t today.”

With the loss, the Deltas finish a two game homestand claiming only one out of possible six points. They fell to sixth in the Fall standings (1 win, 3 draws, 1 loss) but still are clinging to second place in the combined standings, 2 points ahead of the New York Cosmos and three in front of the Jacksonville Armada.

The Deltas will look to change their fortunes on the road next Saturday taking on Indy Eleven. They next return home to Kezar Stadium on September 9th to play Miami FC.

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Match: SF Deltas vs. FC Edmonton

Date: August 26, 2017

Competition: NASL Fall Season Week 5

Venue: Kezar Stadium in Golden Gate Park; San Francisco, Calif.

Kickoff: 5:00 p.m.

Attendance: 2.168 Weather: Sunny 75F

Scoring Summary: 1 2 FT

0 1 1 SFD

1 1 2 FCE

SFD – 67’ – #21, FCE – 33’ – #11 (assisted by #11); 65’ – #3;

Lineups: SFD: Deltas FC Lineups:

1-Gk- Romuald Peiser (c), 4-M- Tyler Gibson, 6-D- Patrick Hopkins, 7-D- Jackson, 9-F-Tommy Heinemann, 15-M- Maxim Tissot, 20-D- Karl W. Ouimette (17-F- Devon Sandoval, 73’), 21-F-Dagoberto, 23-M- Greg Jordan (11-F- Pablo Dyego, 45’), 30-M- Michael Stephens (10-M- Kyle Bekker, 59’), 35-D-Reiner Ferreira

Subs not used: 12-GK- Alex Mangels, 2-D- Bryan Burke, 5-D- Kenny Teijsse, 27-D- Andrew Lubahn.

Head coach: Marc dos Santos

FCE: FC Edmonton Lineups:

FCE: 21-Gk- Tyson Farago, 4- D- Abdoulaye Diakite, 12-D- Pedro Galvao, 13-D- Karsten Smith, 22-D- Shawn Micklaw, 3-M- Alan Zebie (10-M- Mauro Estaquio, 90’+3’), 7-M- Ben McKendry, 9-M- Ben Fisk, 11-M- Dustin Corea (14-M- Sainey Nyassi, 80’), 18-F- Tomi Ameobi (c ), 23-F- Jake Keegan (27-D- Netan Sansara, 68’)

Subs not used: 28-GK- Nathan Ingham, 20-M- Nicolas Di Biase,

Head coach: Colin Miller

Stats Summary: SFD / FCE Shots: 29/10 Shots on Goal: 8/4 Saves: 0/3 Corner Kicks: 5/8 Fouls: 14/12 Offside: 1/2

Misconduct Summary: SFD – 23’ – #22 (caution); 71’ – #10 (ejection), 77’ – #21 (Caution); 88’ – #9 (caution); 89’ – #4 (caution); FCE – 5’- #13 (caution); 48’- #7 (caution); 66’ – #13 (caution); 66’- #13 (ejection), 87’ – #22 (caution)

Officials

Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Assistant Referee 1: Andrew Hanks

Assistant Referee 2: Brandon Chapman

4th Official: Alex Marquand-Willse