Red Bull New York II (1-0-0, 3 pts.) defeated Columbus Crew 2 (0-1-0, 0 pts.), 4-2, on Sunday night at Sports Illustrated Stadium.
New York opened the scoring in the 5th minute, when midfielder Rafael Mosquera played a cross onto the top of the box to forward Tanner Rosborough who struck a one-time right-footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net.
Columbus equalized in the 21st minute. Defender Brent Adu-Gyamfi played a ball to the penalty spot that was placed into the back of the net by midfielder Kevin Gbamble.
The Red Bulls regained the lead in the 29th minute. Forward Roald Mitchell hopped on a deflected ball and laced a shot into the center of the goal.
Columbus equalized in the 21st minute. Defender Brent Adu-Gyamfi played a ball to the penalty spot that was placed into the back of the net by midfielder Kevin Gbamble.
The Red Bulls regained the lead in the 29th minute. Forward Roald Mitchell hopped on a deflected ball and laced a shot into the center of the goal.
New York struck for a fourth time in the 44th minute. Defender Juan Mina and Mosquera worked a give-and-go on the wing that Mina crossed far post to Mitchell who placed a shot into the back of the net.
Crew 2 scored a second in the first minute of first half stoppage time. Defender Christopher Rogers played a pass into the box to forward Chase Adams who placed a right footed shot into the bottom right corner of the net.
Mitchell tallied his first brace of the season and was the fourth time the forward scored at least two goals in a match.
The forward has scored at least one goal in each of his last five appearance across all competitions with the club.
The Montclair, NJ native has six goals scored in this last five appearances across all competitions.
Mitchell scored his 21st and 22nd career goals across all competitions moving him tied with Jared Stroud for fourth-most goals scored across all competitions in club history.
The forward scored his fourth and fifth career goals against Columbus moving him past Wiki Carmona for most goals scored against Columbus in franchise history.
Mosquera scored his first goal of the season and his third in his last two appearances across all competitions.
The midfielder tallied his first and second assists of the season and has five goal contributions in his last two appearances across all competitions.
Goalkeeper Aidan Stokes made seven saves on the day, which is tied for the second-most he’s made in a single match in his career. It is also tied with AJ Marcucci, Santiago Castrano, Derrek Chan, Evan Louro and Giannis Nikopolidis for fourth-most saves in a single match in club history.
The Totowa, NJ native joins AJ Marcucci and Santiago Castrano as the only three goalkeepers to record at least seven saves in three different career matches in franchise history.
Head Coach Dominik Wohlert joins Michael Bradley as the second coach in club history to win his first match in charge.
Defender Erick Londono and Shunya Sakai made their MLS NEXT Pro debuts and first career starts.
Midfielder Deven Cadigan made his MLS NEXT Pro debut subbing on in the 15th minute of the match.
Midfielder Sekou Kone made his MLS NEXT Pro debut subbing on in the 46th minute of the match.
With the win New York extended their home unbeaten streak to eight consecutive matches.
The side is unbeaten in their last four matches at Sports Illustrated Stadium.
RBNY II are unbeaten in all four of their season openers in MLS NEXT Pro.
The side also extended its home opener unbeaten streak to four consecutive matches.
New York earned their fourth consecutive victory over Columbus and moves their series advantage to 6-2-1.
Following Sunday’s match, New York will host Inter Miami CF Il at Sports Illustrated Stadium on Saturday, March 7. Kickoff is set for 5:00 p.m. ET with coverage on MLSNEXTPro.com and OneFootball.
