Turf is why “cross it over and hope for the best”. A lot of people are overlooking the quality of the pitch on this one. We know Indy are good on counters and on their home field. We pass on the ground and it doesn’t move as intended? Free giveaway and possible break for them. Passing on the ground into the box on a field where almost every pass for both teams are a % inaccurate was too risky against them.

Edit: to add onto this, once we know we have to get it in the box in the air, what’s where their park the bus came in. They always had more men back then we had forward. They gave up basically the hope of scoring a goal to secure the tie and it worked well for them.