- New York Red Bulls II (2-4-0, 6 pts) suffered their second consecutive loss against Pittsburgh Riverhounds (4-2-0, 12 pts) on Saturday night.
- Pittsburgh Riverhounds opened the scoring in the 3rd minute, when Robbie Mertz converted a penalty kick.
- Mertz recorded his second goal of the match in the 61st minute, while Ropapa Mensah tripled the lead off a pass from Raymond Lee. Anthony Velarde rounded out the scoring for Pittsburgh in the 81st minute.
- NYRB II forward Dantouma Toure recorded his first professional goal in the 93rd minute, after he found a pass from midfielder Cherif Dieye.
- NYRB II forward Sebastian Elney and defender Preston Kilwien each made their 30th appearance for the club.
- Midfielder Chris Lema made his 63rd appearance for the club, which puts him sole position of second place all-time, one shy away from tying Jared Stroud for the all-time lead.
- NYRB II will return home to welcome Loudoun United FC to Red Bull Arena on Wednesday, August 12, with kickoff set for 7 p.m. ET.
