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New York Red Bulls II Down Wilmington, 4-0

June 26, 2016 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
New York Red Bulls II News Release


HARRISON, N.J. - New York Red Bulls II earned a 4-0 victory over the Wilmington Hammerheads on Sunday afternoon at Red Bull Arena. Homegrown Player Brandon Allen got the game-winner, while Aaron Long, Stefano Bonomo and Junior Flemmings added second half goals. Ryan Meara earned his sixth shutout of the season.

NYRB II is now 9-1-4 on the season and undefeated in eight games (6-2-0).

Allen put New York ahead in the 20th minute. Allen was played into the box on a backheel pass from fellow Homegrown player Derrick Etienne Jr., and was able to take a touch around the keeper and finish into the empty net.

Long doubled the advantage in the 77th minute, heading home a cross from Florian Valot. It wasValot's debut aftersigning to NYRB II this week. He entered the match as a substitute, replacing Etienne Jr. in the 73rd minute.

New York Red Bulls center back Damien Perrinelle was loaned to NYRB II for the match, and got his first game action since suffering a knee injury in the Eastern Conference Championship of the MLS Cup Playoffs back in November. Perrinelle started and played 35 minutes.

Stefano Bonomo earned a penalty in the 85th minute after he was taken down inside the penalty area. Bonomo took the attempt himself and converted for his second goal of the season.

Junior Flemmings got the fourth, finding himself all alone after Red Bulls Academy product Dan Metzger picked him out with a long ball forward.

Meara made three saves to keep the clean sheet, his sixth of the season and the team's ninth in 14 games.

NYRB II is back in action with a home match against the Rochester Rhinos on Saturday, July 2. Kickoff at Red Bull Arena is scheduled for 4 p.m.

Scoring Summary

NY - Brandon Allen (5) (Derrick Etienne, Jr.) 20'

NY - Aaron Long 2 (Florian Valot) 77'

NY - Stefano Bonomo 2 (PK) 85'

NY - Junior Flemmings 4 (Dan Metzger) 87'

Discipline Summary

WIL - Mael Corboz (caution, foul) 41'

WIL - Tom Parratt (caution, foul) 65'

WIL - Tom Parratt (ejection, second caution) 90'

NY Lineup: Ryan Meara; Konrad Plewa, Damien Perrinelle (Tim Schmoll, 35'), Aaron Long, Zach Carroll, Dan Metzger, Devon Williams, Derrick Etienne Jr. (Florian Valot), Junior Flemmings, Brandon Allen (Zoumana Simpara, 83'), Stefano Bonomo

New York Red Bulls II Head Coach John Wolyniec

General thoughts on the match:

Yeah, definitely, I'm most proud of the fact that we kept the score to zero and got back to our shutout ways and not giving up goals. That's probably the best thing we'll take from this game and then, you know, and then they made it hard for us for a long stretch of that game. Then when you put a lot into it on a hot day the dam breaks sometimes and you know it becomes easy for us and very difficult for them. But it certainty wasn't a game that was in our total control the whole time, I mean I think we played very well, I think we had a great handle on the game, but Wilmington is a tough team and we had to play at our best and a lot of our guys had good games today so its going to lead to good results.

On facing former Red Bulls player Mael Corboz:

Well we know that Mael is a great player and he's very technical and the play likes to come through him, so you know if we're going to get after the game, get after them when they have the ball we know we have to be around Mael and make things hard for him. You know, a lot of our guys know him well and in a lot of ways that helps them but it also helps us, so today it kind of tilted in our favor. You know, we always want to get after the ball and knowing Mael makes it a little more, hey we know we have to stop this guy and get after him and then try to win the ball when he's involved.

On the play of Dan Metzger:

Yeah, so obviously with the way we play, you know, when we're being aggressive and getting after the ball, we're looking to win balls in the midfield and their end of the field, Dan is covering ground and winning physical battles obviously helps us to tilt the game in our direction and go the way we want to go. Dan can obviously improve on some of the passes he plays forward and stuff, but when he's playing well it goes well for us, last year when we went on a run of a lot of games, him and Tyler were on the field and now Dan is obviously coming back from an injury, I'm not sure if he's quiet 100% but he's sure getting close. So any time he's covering ground and winning balls it's good for us.

On Damien Perrinelle seeing game action:

Yeah I mean part of it, one of the things we try to do with this team is help develop players but also help the first team players that are coming back from injury or need a game to keep in form. You know, I think he looked a little shaky early but that's totally understandable and by the last few minutes he was begging for time, not only from his words, but from his play. He looked very good, you know, that's one of the reasons why we do this. Sometimes you just need those game minutes and to see him get those and then come through clean and look good, especially, he looked stronger and stronger as he went. So I think we have to be pretty happy with that, you know, whatever his next step is we'll take it and there's no reason to get ahead of ourselves but for today he looked great.

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