Match Recap: Elney's Brace Helps NYRB II Defeat Saint Louis

Post-Match Recap: New York Red Bulls II 2, Saint Louis FC 0

2019 USL Regular Season Match Game 22

Friday, August 2, 2019 – 7:00 p.m. ET

MSU Soccer Park |  Montclair, NJ

Attendance: 756

Scoring Summary:

NY – Sebastian Elney (Jared Stroud) ‘34

NY – Sebastian Elney ‘89

Discipline Summary:

STL – Mastanabal Kacher (caution) ‘13

STL – Oscar Umar (caution) ‘32

STL – Kyle Greig (caution) ‘39

NY – Jared Stroud (caution) ‘69

NY – John Tolkin (caution) ‘74

STL – Caleb Calvert (caution) ‘75

STL – Oscar Umar (ejection) ‘88

New York Red Bulls II: Evan Louro; Edgardo Rito (Allen Yanes ’80), Jordan Scarlett, Sean Nealis (Preston Kilwien ‘46), John Tolkin; Christopher Lema, Jean Christophe Koffi, Vincent Bezecourt; Jared Stroud (Ben Mines ’90), Tom Barlow, Sebastian Elney

TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 19 OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 2

Saint Louis FC: Tomas Gomez; Matt Bahner, Paris Gee, Sam Fink, Phanuel Kavita; Lewis Hilton, Oscar Umar, Collin Fernandez (Caleb Calvert ‘74’); Mastanabal Kacher (Russell Cicerone ’46), Kyle Greig, Kadeem Dacres

TOTAL SHOTS: 5; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 18; OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 3

• New York Red Bulls II (13-4-5, 44 points) topped Saint Louis FC (6-7-6, 24 points) 2-0 at MSU Soccer Park Friday evening.
• Sebastian Elney opened the scoring for the home side, netting his second goal of the season in the 34^th minute.
• Jared Stroud earned an assist on the Elney tally, his team-leading seventh helper of the year.
• After a red card in the 88^th minute, NYRB II doubled their lead as Elney poked home a rebound off the ensuing free kick.
• Evan Louro made two saves for his fourth shutout of the season and 10^th of his career.
• This is the fourth-straight season that NYRB II have recorded double digits wins at home dating back to the 2016 season.
• The team will be back in action next Saturday on road, heading north to Hartford, Conn. for a 1 p.m. contest against Hartford Athletic. The next home game at MSU Soccer Park is Wednesday, April 14 when the Pittsburgh Riverhounds come to town.