After a nightmare start, Hartford Athletic clawed their way to a 3-3 tie against the New York Red Bulls II tonight. The comeback effort was capped off by two stoppage time goals.
Hartford Athletic were caught on their heels at the start of tonight’s match in a major way, conceding two goals in the first three minutes. Right off the kickoff, O’Vonte Mullings made a dashing run from midfield all the way into Hartford’s box. He found John Murphy, who took a shot that was partially blocked and then saved by Slayton. With carnage in the box, Luka Prpa attempted to clear, but his attempt deflected off of JesĂşs Castellano and past Slayton. The home side had taken the lead just 17 seconds into the match. Two minutes later, Jordan Adebayo-Smith got loose into Hartford’s box and found Jonathan Filipe, who drilled his shot past Slayton. For a team who entered the game last in the league in total goals (18), it was a dream start for the Red Bulls.Â
The Green and Blue would settle in, creating some scoring opportunities of their own. In the 26th minute, Ariel MartĂnez got behind the New York back line off of a turnover and dribbled past keeper Derreck Chan, who was off his line. However, Matt Nocita made a heroic defense play to chase down MartĂnez and kept him from getting a shot off. Prince Saydee had multiple big chances for Hartford, his best one coming in the 31st minute. Younes Boudadi fed a pin point cross to Saydee at the New York doorstep, and Chan made a quality quick reaction save. The 2-0 Red Bulls lead would hold going into the locker room.
Hartford made headway on the comeback trail right away in the second half. In the 50th minute, Danny Barrera fed a corner kick that Tom Brewitt headed into the back of the net, cutting the Red Bull lead in half. Barrera would follow the goal with a scoring chance of his own, blasting a shot just above the crossbar in the 54th minute.
Hartford took five more shots before New York broke through for their third goal in the 70th minute. Jonathan Filipe received a cross from O’Vante Mullings, and headed it downward perfectly, netting his second goal of the match.Â
The 3-1 score would hold into stoppage time until Juan Carlos ObregĂłn Jr. scored Hartford’s second goal at the 90:00+1:53’ mark. Rashawn Dally delivered a brilliant ball to the Honduran striker from outside the box, and ObregĂłn finished the header. Seemingly too little too late from the visitors, there were just four minutes to find an equalizer, but they would do just that at the 90+5:29’ mark. Younes Boudadi delivered a ball into the New York box for Dally, who fought off two defenders and fired a shot into the top of the net. After trailing from the game’s first minute on, Hartford had tied the score in what could have been their final possession of the match.Â
A rollercoaster ride of a match, the Green and Blue escaped MSU Soccer Park with a 3-3 tie and a point on the road. Hartford Athletic will head to Los Angeles for a matchup with LA Galaxy II next Monday at 10:30 PM ET.
FAST STATS
Shots (On-Target): New York 11 (6) Hartford 19 (7)
Corners: New York 1 Hartford 5
Fouls: New York 14 Hartford 10
Offsides: New York 1 Hartford 8
Possession: New York 32.4% 67.6%
Passing Accuracy: New York 63.2% Hartford 83.8%
Saves: New York 5 Hartford 3
SCORING SUMMARY:
1′ – JesĂşs Castellano
3′ – Jonathan Filipe (Adebayo-Smith)
50′ – Brewitt (Barrera)
71′ – Jonathan Filipe (Mullings)
90+1:53′ – ObregĂłn (Dally)
90+5:29′ – Dally
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY:
55′ – Boudadi (Yellow)
63′ – Knapp (Yellow)
85′ – Conte (Yellow)
HARTFORD ATHLETIC STARTING LINEUP
31 (GK) Jimmy Slayton, 14 (MF) Ashkanov Apollon (Gdula, 12′); 23 (DF) Modou Jadama, 4 (DF) Tulu, 2 (DF) Younes Boudadi, 11 (MF) Luka Prpa (Lewis, 45′); 5 (MF) Tom Brewitt (McGlynn, 76′); 7 (FW) Prince Saydee, 10 (MF) Danny Barrera, 30 (DF) Joel Johnson (Dally, 63′); 6 (FW) Ariel MartĂnez (ObregĂłn, 75′)
NEW YORK RED BULLS II STARTING LINEUP
81 (GK) Derrek Chan, 34 (MF) Arian Recinos, 3 (DF) Matthew Nocita (Conte, 45′); 89 (MF) Davi Alexandre (Plaza, 80′); 88 (FW) O’Vonte Mullings, 66 (MF) Michael Knapp, 91 (MF) Erick Ruiz, 53 (MF) John Murphy (D. De Leon, 73′); 20 (MF) JesĂşs Castellano, 30 (FW) Jordan Adebayo-Smith, 77 (MF) Jonathan Filipe
