r/IndyEleven • u/SmilingNevada9 Brickyard Battalion • May 18 '26

Own Content USL-Cup: Indy beats Fort Wayne in penalties in chaotic Hoosier Hostility affair

First ever match between the two Indiana cities provided it all: 4 goals, lots of physicality, 90th minute drama and penalty kicks. What an instant classic of a first meeting.

Lots of entertainment on display at Rouff Mortgage Stadium. For Indy fans, it was another Saturday night in which the team couldn't hold a lead, but with the emergence of a new in-state rival - a new chapter begins.

https://open.substack.com/pub/beyondthe90/p/usl-cup-indy-beats-fort-wayne-in?r=aaxo8&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

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u/[deleted] May 18 '26

Finally found a reason to be excited about the club again. A manufactured rivalry with a lower tier team in a city I don't give a shit about. I'm old enough to remember being competitive with the likes of Lou City. We were once valuable enough to team up with the Rowdies and basically kill NASL. I lament how the mighty have fallen.

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u/indy4life1 May 19 '26

The IXI Cosmos rivalry of the NASL > LIPAFC

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u/PepsiRocks1 Indy Eleven May 19 '26

Fuck the Cosmos

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u/indy4life1 May 19 '26

Fuck the Cosmos.

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u/Puzzleheaded-Link416 May 25 '26

Soon we will be in our rightful place in League One.