The New York Red Bulls were elminated by the Philadelphia Union on Wednesday night, ending their run in the U.S. Open Cup by a score of 3-2.
New York took the lead twice on the night, with goals from Wiki Carmona and Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting.
The Red Bulls opened the scoring in the eighth minute, when A.J. Marcucci played a long ball over Philadelphia’s backline and Carmona brought down the ball and took a shot from distance and found the bottom right corner of the net.
Philadelphia answered back in the 13th minute, when Kai Wagner delivered in a free-kick and found the head of Indiana Vassilev, who deflected it towards goal and found Tai Baribo, who placed his shot attempt in the bottom right corner.
New York found their second in the 71st minute, when Dylan Nealis whipped in an early cross into the box and found the foot of Choupo-Moting, who hit his shot attempt to the top left corner of the net.
The Union found the equalizer in the 74th minute, when Baribo picked up the ball and slotted a pass through into the path of Milan Illoski, who’s first time attempt found the bottom left corner. Philadelphia scored their third goal in the 89th minute, when a ball into New York’s box fell to the feet of Olwethu Makhanya, who hit a right-footed shot into the left side-netting.
Carmona scored his first career Open Cup goal and his first of the season across all competitions. The Venezuelan international has now scored six goals across all competitions in his career.
Marcucci recorded his first career assist in tonight’s match and became the first Red Bulls goalkeeper to record an assist in an Open Cup match. He also became the sixth goalkeeper in franchise history to record an assist in a match.
Marcucci was forced to come out of the game with the injury in stoppage time.
Choupo-Moting scored his first career Open Cup goal and his 16th goal of the season across all competitions.
Nealis tallied his first career Open Cup assist and the ninth of his Red Bulls career across all competitions. Nealis has tallied a goal contribution in two of his last three appearances across all competitions.
New York return home to Sports Illustrated Stadium to battle the Philadelphia Union on Saturday, August 16.
Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET with coverage on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV in English and Spanish, and New York Red Bulls Radio presented by Sports Illustrated in English via the New York Red Bulls app and NewYorkRedBulls.com.
