New York Red Bulls II 0, Hartford Athletic 1
2020 USL Championship Regular-Season Match 2
Friday, July 17, 2020 – 7 p.m. ET
Red Bull Arena | Harrison, N.J.
Scoring Summary:
HFD – Ever Guzman (Parfait Mandanda) 12’
Misconduct Summary:
HFD – Matheus Silva (caution, foul) 52’
HFD – Danny Barrera (caution, foul) 62’
NY – Deri Corfe (caution, foul) 77’
HFD – Nicky Downs (caution, simulation) 89’
HFD – Andre Deas (caution, foul) 93’
NY – Sebastian Elney (caution, foul) 94’
New York Red Bulls II: Wallis Lapsley; Edgardo Rito (Samad Bounthong, 67’), Roy Boateng (Daniel Edelman, 86’), Preston Kilwien, Joe Fala; Barry Sharifi, Kyle Zajec, Caden Clark (Jake LaCava, 67’), Cherif Dieye (Dantouma Toure, 77’); Sebastian Elney, Omar Sowe (Deri Corfe, HT)
TOTAL SHOTS: 20; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 9; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 0
Hartford Athletic : Parfait Mandanda, Kevin Politz, Alex Davey, Matheus Silva, Tyreke Johnson, Harry Swartz (Arthur Rogers, 67’), Mads Jorgensen (Alejandro Lara, 91’), McGlynn, Danny Barrera, Ever Guzman (Nicky Downs, 67’), Alex Dixon (Andre Deas, 81’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 6; SHOTS ON GOAL: 1; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 3
Referee: Joshua Encarnacion
Assistant Referees: Alex Focea, Tyler Wyrostek
Attendance: closed door
- NYRB II returned to the pitch for the first regular season match in professional sports played in the Metro area since March on Friday night, hosting Hartford Athletic at Red Bull Arena. NYRB II fell, 1-0 on a first half goal.
- The match was Futures Night, with NYRB II wearing special limited-edition kits that featured the names of Red Bulls youth players embroidered into the fabric. The kits will be auctioned off, with proceeds benefitting Wings of Life.
- Hartford scored in the 12th minute, with Ever Guzman able to run onto a long punt from ‘keeper Parfait Mandanda that fell between the Red Bulls backline and ‘keeper Wallis Lapsley.
- Appropriate for Futures Night, eight players with ties to Red Bulls academy saw the field, including Red Bulls Academy signee Jake LaCava and current academy players Yaya Toure and Daniel Edelman. Red Bulls Regional Development School graduate Kyle Zajec captained the team on the night.
- Six players made their professional debuts, including LaCava, Toure and Edelman.
- 2020 draft picks Cherif Dieye and Deri Corfe also saw their first professional minutes in the match.
- NYRB II is now 0-2-0 in 2020, having fallen at Tampa Bay in the March opener prior to the suspension of the USL season.
- NYRB II is next on the road to take on Philadelphia Union II on Wednesday, July 22 at 7:30 p.m. ET.
