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Athletic Kicks off 2020 Campaign at NYRBII

July 16, 2020 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Hartford Athletic News Release


October 19, 2019. That was the last time Hartford Athletic stepped on the pitch for an official USL Championship match. Finally, nearly 9 months later, the Boys in Green are back! Head Coach Radhi Jaïdi's squad is in tip-top shape and champing at the bit to start play. They'll need to be as Friday starts a stretch of 16 matches in less than 4 months. An exciting, up-tempo style of play is expected by the former Southampton U-23 boss. Look to see if Hartford can take advantage of the youth and inexperience of the Red Bulls II who have many of their original starters down in Florida with the first team for the MLS is Back tournament.

HARTFORD ATHLETIC at NEW YORK RED BULLS II

Date: Friday, July 17th

Time: 7:00 PM ET

Location: Red Bull Arena, Harrison, NJ

Local TV: WCTX MyTV9

Streaming: hartfordathletic.com/watch and ESPN+

PLAYERS TO WATCH:

Hartford Athletic #99 Ever Guzmán, F:

Hartford Athletic totaled just 49 goals in the 2019 campaign and signed Ever Guzmán in hopes of fortifying the offensive attack in 2020. Guzmán is the leading scorer in the history of San Antonio FC, a club in the USL Championship's Western Conference, scoring 24 goals over 3 seasons. In preseason, Guzmán showed he still has a knack for scoring goals. He found the back of the net four times in the first half against New England Revolution II in a 5-1 victory.

New York Red Bulls II #39 Sebastian Elney F:

Elney is one of just a handful of players from the season opener who will take the field for RBII on Friday night. Elney is no stranger to Hartford, he played a full 90 minutes and scored the opener in RBII's victory at Dillon Stadium last season. You can bet he will be counted on to generate offense for RBII.

ABOUT THE OPPONENT:

New York Red Bulls II enter Friday's match without having played a match since the season's opening weekend on March 7th. That was a 1-0 home loss to Tampa Bay Rowdies. New York should show plenty of youth come Friday night as six players who started in the season opening match back in March, dressed for the first team in their opening match against Atlanta United in the MLS is Back Tournament.

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