Philadelphia Union II played New York City FC II on Sunday evening at Belson Stadium, winning 3-1. Union II started the scoring early in the eighth minute when midfielder Jeremy Rafanello scored the first goal of the game, putting Union II in the lead. Union II doubled the lead in the 17th minute when forward Nelson Pierre drew a foul in the penalty box allowing Jeremy Rafanello to register his second goal of the night. New York followed up early in the second half with a goal in the 55th minute by forward Matt Myers. Goalkeeper Andrew Rick registered five saves on the night to help secure all three points on the road.
Philadelphia Union II are back on the road on Wednesday, July 12 (7:00 p.m. ET / MLSNEXTPro.com) where they play Toronto FC II at York Lions Stadium in Toronto, Ontario.
TODAY’S MATCH INFO
REF: Marie Durr
AR1: Justen Lopez
AR2: Douglas Clayton
4TH: Ernie Constantine
Weather: 78 degrees and mostly cloudy.
GOALS/ASSISTS
PHI – Jeremy Rafanello 9’
PHI – Jeremy Rafanello (PK) 18’
NYC – Matt Myers (Beer) 55’
PHI – Luciano Sanchez (Diallo) 84’
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
NYC – Rio Hope-Gund (caution) 16’
PHI – David Vazquez (caution) 26’
NYC – Christian McFarlane (caution) 49’
PHI – Jeremy Rafanello (caution) 66’
PHI – Francis Westfield (caution) 70’
PHI – Hugo Le Guennec (caution) 78’
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union II: Andrew Rick, Juan Castillo, Hugo Le Guennec, Daniel Krueger, Francis Westfield, Carlos Rojas (Nathan Nkanji 89’), Christopher Olney (Alex Perez 64’), David Vazquez, Jeremy Rafanello (Boubacar Diallo 75’), Nelson Pierre (Luciano Sanchez 64’), Stefan Stojanovic.
Substitutes not used: Brooks Thompson.
New York City FC II: Alexander Yagudayev, Christian McFarlane (Stevo Bednarsky 75’), Alexander Hauschild, Rio Hope-Gund, Andrew Baiera (Francesco Di Ponzio 89’), Jack Beer (Máximo Carrizo 89’), Samuel Owusu, Piero Elias (Julián Gómez 89’), Jonathan Jiménez, Matt Myers, Ronald Arévalo (John Denis 45’).
Substitutes not used: Kofi Hope-Gund, Jonathan Shore, Brian Flores, Klevis Haxhari.
TEAM NOTES
Midfielder Jeremy Rafanello logged his fifth and sixth goal of the MLS NEXT Pro season.
Forward Luciano Sanchez logged his third goal of the MLS NEXT Pro season.
Philadelphia Union II are back on the road on Wednesday, July 12 (7:00 p.m. ET / MLSNEXTPro.com) where they play Toronto FC II at York Lions Stadium in Toronto, Ontario.
