Match Recap: NYRB II Fall to Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC

New York Red Bulls II 0, Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 3

2020 USL Championship Regular-Season Match 10

Saturday, September 5, 2020 – 5:00 p.m. ET

Red Bull Arena | Harrison, N.J.

Scoring Summary: 

PIT – Ropapa Mensah (Raymond Lee) 45’

NY – Preston Kilwien (Own Goal) 51’

PIT – Robbie Mertz (unassisted) 58’

Misconduct Summary:

NY – Preston Kilwien (caution, foul) 11’

NY – Roy Boateng (caution, foul) 16’

PIT – Mark Da Silva Lindstrom (caution, foul) 23’

NY – Cherif Dieye (caution, foul) 26’

NY – Edgardo Rito (caution, foul) 47’

PIT – Jordan Dover (caution, foul) 86’

New York Red Bulls II: Wallis Lapsley; Edgardo Rito, Roy Boateng (Joe Fala, 62’), Preston Kilwien, John Tolkin (Bo Cummins, 81’); Chris Lema, Barry Sharifi (Tapiwa Shumba, 62’); Cherif Dieye, Caden Clark (Kenan Hot, 68’), Dantouma Toure; Jake Lacava (Omar Sowe, 68’)

TOTAL SHOTS: 6; SHOTS ON GOAL: 1; FOULS: 19; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 2

Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC: Daniel Vitiello; Jordan Dover, Skylar Thomas, Mark Lindstrom (patrick Bunk-Andersen, 61’), Thomas Vancaeyezeele, Raymond Lee, Ryan James©; Daniel Griffin (Lukas Fernandes, 87’), Robbie Mertz (Daniel Rovira, 87’), Steevan Dos Santos (Anthony Velarde, 66’), Ropapa Mensah (Albert Dikwa, 62’)

TOTAL SHOTS: 7; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 16; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 1

Referee: Adam Kilpatrick

Assistant Referees: Patrick Casey, Zeno Cho

Fourth Official: Luis Arroyo

• New York Red Bulls II (3-7-0, 9 pts) fell to Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC, 3-0 at home on Saturday evening.
• Pittsburgh won the match with goals on either side of half time, striking in the 45^th minute and getting an own goal off of NYRB II defender Preston Kilwien in the 51^st minute.
• One current Red Bulls Academy player started the match, with Dantouma ‘Yaya’ Toure getting his seventh appearance and second start. Three other current RB Academy players, Bo Cummins, Tapiwa Shumba and Kenan Hot, subbed into the match.
• NYRB II host Philadelphia Union II on Wednesday night in a rescheduled match. Kickoff is set for 5 p.m. ET with coverage on ESPN+.