Match Recap: NYRB II Falls to Hartford Athletic on the Road

Hartford Athletic 3, New York Red Bulls II 1

2020 USL Championship Regular-Season Match 12

Wednesday, September 16, 2020 - 7:00 p.m. ET

Dillon Stadium | Hartford, CT

Scoring Summary: 

HFD – Matheus Silva (Cohen) 11’

HFD – Alex Dixon (Politz) 45+1’

NY – Jake Lacava (Lema) 64’

HFD – Justin Haak (unassisted) 75’

Misconduct Summary:

NY – Edgardo Rito (caution, foul) 39’

HFD – Justin Haak (caution, foul) 43’

HFD – Gabriel Torres (caution, foul) 53’

HFD – Danny Barrera (caution, foul) 67’

NY – Caden Clark (caution, foul) 69’

New York Red Bulls II: Wallis Lapsley; Edgardo Rito (Bo Cummins 89’), Joey Zalinsky, Joe Fala, John Tolkin; Chris Lema ©, Barry Sharifi (Deri Corfe 65’); Jake Lacava, Caden Clark, Dantouma Toure (Cherif Dieye 64’), Omar Sowe

TOTAL SHOTS: 16; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 2

Hartford Athletic: Parfait Mandanda; Idan Cohen (Arthur Rogers 64’), Gabriel Torres, Matheus Silva, Kevin Politz, Sam Strong; Justin Haak, Aiden Mesias (Mads Jorgensen 73’) , Danny Barrera © (Nicky Downs 77’); Alex Dixon (Markus Naglestad 77’), Ever Guzman

TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 16; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 4

Referee: Thomas Snyder

Assistant Referees: Tyler Wyrostek, Eric Schreiber

Fourth Official: Jeremy Scheer

• New York Red Bulls II (4-8-0, 12 pts) suffered a 3-1 defeat to Hartford Athletic at Dillon Stadium on Wednesday night.
• Hartford Athletic opened the scoring in the 11^th minute off of a header from Matheus Silva and added a second right before halftime from Alex Dixon.
• NYRB II would strike back in the 64^th minute, when Chris Lema found Jake Lacava on the back post to put the club back in the match.
• Lacava recorded his third goal of the season, while Lema tallied his first assist of the season.
• Dantouma Toure, current academy player, made his third career start alongside U-19 teammate Joey Zalinsky, who made his second consecutive start for NYRB II.
• Hartford found another goal in the 75^th minute from Justin Haak.  
• NYRB II are back in action against Atlanta United 2 on September 23 with kickoff set for 7:30 p.m. ET.