Match Recap: NYRB II Fall to Loudoun United FC

New York Red Bulls II 1, Loudoun United FC 2

2020 USL Championship Regular-Season Match 7

Wednesday, August 12, 2020 – 7 p.m. ET

Red Bull Arena | Harrison, NJ

Scoring Summary: 

LDN – Theodore Ku-Dipietro (unassisted) 45+4’

LDN – Elvis Amoh (PK) 65’

NY – Preston Kilwien (Jake LaCava) 79’

Misconduct Summary:

NY – Wallis Lapsley (ejection, DOGSO) 15’

LDN – Elvis Amoh (caution, foul) 60’

LDN – Timmy Miehl (caution, dissent) 80’

LDN – Peabo Doue (caution, foul) 85’

NY – Edgardo Rito (caution, dissent) 90+1’

NY – Preston Kilwien (caution, foul) 90+5’

New York Red Bulls II: Wallis Lapsley; Edgardo Rito, Preston Kilwien, Joe Fala (Bo Cummins, 73’), John Tolkin (Samad Bounthong, 74’), Chris Lema, Daniel Edelman; Cherif Dieye (Alex Bobocea, 17’), Caden Clark (Barry Sharifi, 59’), Dantouma Toure, Sebastian Elney © (Jake LaCava, 60’)

TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 17; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 4

Loudoun United FC: Colin Miller; Shane Wiedt, Jacob Greene, Allexon Saravia, Timmy Mehl, Theodore Ku-Dipietro (Brandon Williamson, 56’), Kairou Amoustapha (Peabo Doue, 83’), Nelson Martinez, Michael Gamble (Massimo Ferrin, 55’), Elvis Amoh (Jeremy Garay, 66’), Alioune Ndour (Josh Fawole, 56’)

TOTAL SHOTS: 17; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 19; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 4

Referee: Jeremy Scheer

Assistant Referees: Zeno Cho, Tyler Wyrostek

Fourth Official: Kenneth Rojas

Attendance: closed door

• New York Red Bulls II (2-5-0, 6 pts) fell to Loudoun United FC on Wednesday night at Red Bull Arena, 2-1.
• New York fell behind 2-0 after going down a man in the 15^th minute when goalkeeper Wallis Lapsley was sent off for a handball outside of the penalty area that denied a goalscoring opportunity.
• Current Red Bulls Academy goalkeeper Alex Bobocea got his first professional minutes after replacing Lapsley, making four saves.
• Bobocea was one of four current Red Bulls Academy players to feature in the match, with Dantouma “Yaya” Toure and Daniel Edelman starting, and Bo Cummins making a substitute appearance. It was Toure’s first start in a professional match.
• Loudoun scored in first half stoppage time and added one from the penalty spot in the second half.
• Preston Kilwien pulled one back for NYRB II, cutting through the defense for his first goal of the season in the 79^th minute.
• Chris Lema, on loan from New York Red Bulls, started the match, tying Jared Stroud for most games played in NYRB II history.
• NYRB II faces a quick turnaround, with a trip to Connecticut to face Hartford Athletic on Saturday, August 15.