Match Recap: NYRB II Suffer Defeat Against North Carolina FC

New York Red Bulls II 0, North Carolina FC 3

2020 USL Championship Regular-Season Match 15

Wednesday, September 30, 2020 – 5:00 p.m. ET

City Stadium | Richmond, VA

Scoring Summary: 

NC – Andre Fortune (penalty) 12’

NC – Benjamin Speas (Pecka) 26’

NC - John Tolkin (own goal) 45’ +3

Misconduct Summary:

NC – Andre Fortune (caution, foul) 28’

NY – Bo Cummins (caution, foul) 44’

NY – Kenan Hot (caution, foul) 88’

NY – Dantouma Toure (caution, foul) 90’

New York Red Bulls II: Luca Lewis; Bo Cummins, Joey Zalinsky, Preston Kilwien, John Tolkin (Tapiwa Shumba 72’); Samad Bounthong, Kenan Hot, Deri Corfe (Sebastian Elney 45’); Cherif Dieye, Omar Sowe (Dantouma Toure 73’), Jake Lacava (Serge Ngoma 63’)

TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 3

North Carolina FC: Alex Tambakis; Akeem Ward, DJ Taylor, Connor Donovan, Alexander Comsia; Benjamin Speas (Robert Kristo 71’); Manny Perez (Hadji Barry 55’), Andre Fortune (Nazmi Albadawi 45’), Graham Smith; Pecka (Daniele Proch 55’), Marios Lomis

TOTAL SHOTS: 16; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 10; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 9; SAVES: 3

Referee: Matt Franz

Assistant Referees: Nicholas Seymour, Max Smith

Fourth Official: JC Griggs

• New York Red Bulls II (5-10-0, 15 pts) suffered a 3-0 defeat to North Carolina FC at City Stadium in Richmond, Virginia.  
• North Carolina earned an early penalty, that Dre Fortune converted in the 12^th minute. Benjamin Speas found the second goal in the 26^th minute.
• Goalkeeper Luca Lewis recorded three saves in the loss.
• Six Red Bulls Academy players took the field on Wednesday night, including 15-year-old midfielder Serge Ngoma, who made his second professional appearance.  
• NYRB II forward Sebastian Elney made his 35^th career appearance coming on as a substitute in the 45^th minute.  
• NYRB II will finish their season with a home match against Hartford Athletic on October 4 at 5 p.m. ET.