New York Red Bulls 1, LA Galaxy 0
In a battle of two of Major League Soccer's top youth programs, the New York Red Bulls edged the LA Galaxy on Thursday afternoon to reach the championship game of the Generation adidas Cup's Premier Division.
While New York controlled the game from the start, it took a second-half red card to put them ahead on the scoreboard. Nine minutes after the Galaxy were reduced to 10 players, Red Bulls winger Rodrigo D'Andrea broke into the penalty area and fed forward Brian Saramago, who took an excellent first touch onto his left foot and calmly slotted past goalkeeper Eric Lopez.
With four saves for the game, Lopez was able to keep LA in it, and Salvador Segura and Patrick Muprhy were the keys to several late LA chances, but the Red Bulls held on to reach the Premier Division final.
New York Red Bulls (3-0-1) vs. LA Galaxy (3-1)
2015 Generation adidas Cup - Premier Division semifinals
April 2, 2015 –- Toyota Stadium, Frisco TX
Scoring Summary:
- NY -- Brian Saramago 2 (Rodrigo D'Andrea 1) 49
- New York Red Bulls -- Xavier Kennedy, Sean Texeira, Mason Deeds, Kyle Perno (Richard Wolf 71+), Noah Powder, Jared Gilbey, Ryan Mingachos (Vincent Borden 63), Rodrigo D'Andrea (Zach Ryan 61), J.P. Marin (Kazu Shigenobu 52), Omir Fernandez (Kyle Casey 52), Brian Saramago.
- LA Galaxy -- Eric Lopez, Andrew Kenney, Andrew Perez, Ian Lonergan, Jorge Cardona (Jorge Estrada 36), Enrique Bustamante (Jake Arteaga 36), Leonardo Zulli (Colin Apel 43, Tyson Griffin 52), Kevin Negrete, Kyle Holcomb (red card 40), Salvador Segura, Tristan Weber (Patrick Murphy 36).
Matches played with 35-minute halves.
