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MLS NEXT Pro New York Red Bulls II

New York Red Bulls II Draw Chicago Fire FC II 5-5, Win Shootout 4-3

April 14, 2024 - MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro)
New York Red Bulls II News Release


New York Red Bulls II (3-0-2, 13 pts.) played to a 5-5 draw against Chicago Fire FC II (1-0-3, 8 pts) on Sunday, April 14 at MSU Soccer Park. Red Bulls II edged Chicago 4-3 in a penalty kick shootout.

The home side opened the scoring in the fourth minute, as Jair Collahuazo threaded a ball into the box that was immediately flicked into the back of the net by Roald Mitchell.

Red Bulls II doubled their advantage two minutes later, as Mitchell ripped a penalty kick into the right side past the Chicago goalkeeper following a foul in the box.

Mitchell netted a hat trick in the 18th minute after another foul in the box, as he slotted a penalty kick into the lower right side of the net.

New York added their fourth of the first half in the 45th minute, as Aidan O'Connor played a ball from well within the Red Bulls II half of the field to Mitchell, who made a run from midfield to collect the pass. The forward maneuvered past a defender and the goalkeeper and sent a left-footed shot through.

The visitors struck for their first goal of the match in first half stoppage time, as Harold Osorio scored on a penalty kick following a New York foul in the box.

Chicago doubled their advantage two minutes later on another penalty kick from Osorio to make the halftime margin two goals.

Following the halftime break, Osorio netted his third of the contest with a penalty kick into the upper left corner of the net in the 50th minute to cut the deficit to one.

New York expanded the margin back to two in the 68th minute, as the visitors let in an own goal following a cross from the right side.

Chicago pulled within one again in the 73rd minute, as Billy Hency threaded a through ball to David Poreba, who gathered the pass in between two defenders and sent a shot into the back of the net.

The visitors leveled the contest seven minutes later, as Poreba headed a loose ball down to Jason Shokalook, who immediately flicked it back to Poreba making a run straight towards the box. He sent a low shot towards the left side of the net to tie the match.

Both sides converted their first three kicks in the penalty shootout, as Ibrahim Kasule, Julian Hall, and Curtis Ofori all found the back of the net. After Chicago missed their fourth attempt, Rafael Mosquera converted his attempt to give Red Bulls II the advantage. The visitors missed their fifth attempt to seal the victory for New York.

New York is unbeaten through its first five matches to kick off the 2024 season, marking the third time in club history that the team started unbeaten through its first five.

Red Bulls II has scored 14 goals through its first five matches which is tied for the most in club history, matching the start to the 2018 campaign.

New York's five goals were tied for third-most in a single match in club history and the most since August 27, 2023.

The hat trick for Mitchell marked the first of his professional career and was the fastest to start a match in MLS NEXT Pro history, surpassing the previous record of 34 minutes set by Josh Penn of Chicago Fire II on May 27, 2022.

Mitchell's four goals tied the club record for a single match set by Chris Lema on July 13, 2019.

O'Connor and Collahuazo each notched their first assists for their Red Bulls II careers.

Alan Rutkowski tallied eight saves in net for New York, which set a career-high and is tied for the fourth-most in a match in Red Bulls II history.

New York is now undefeated in their last five matches to start the 2024 MLS NEXT Pro season for only the third time in club history (2016, 2019)

Mosquera and Ofori made their season debuts in the match, logging 28 and 19 minutes.

Red Bulls II will travel to face Philadelphia Union II on Sunday, April 21. Kickoff from Subaru Park is scheduled for 3:00 PM with coverage available on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV

New York Red Bulls II 5, Chicago Fire FC II 5 (New York wins 4-3 on PK's)

2024 MLS NEXT Pro Regular Season Match 5

Sunday - 5 p.m. ET

MSU Soccer Park | Montclair, N.J.

Box Score: https://www.mlsnextpro.com/competitions/mls-next-pro/2024/matches/rbnyvschi-04-14-2024/

Scoring Summary:

NY - Roald Mitchell 5 (Collahuazo) 4'

NY - Roald Mitchell 6 (penalty kick) 6'

NY - Roald Mitchell 7 (penalty kick) 18'

NY - Roald Mitchell 8 (O'Connor) 45'

CHI - Harold Osorio 2 (penalty kick) 45'

CHI - Harold Osorio 3 (penalty kick) 45'

CHI - Harold Osorio 4 (penalty kick) 50'

NY - Diego Konincks (own goal) 68'

CHI - David Poreba 2 (Hency) 73'

CHI - David Poreba 3 (Shokalook) 80'

Misconduct Summary

CHI - Sergio Oregel (caution, foul) 19'

CHI - Omar Valencia (caution, foul) 29'

NY - Dylan Sullivan (caution, foul) 36'

NY - Jair Collahuazo (caution, foul) 45'+1

CHI - Harold Osorio (caution, foul) 51'

NY - Rafael Mosquera (caution, foul) 86'

CHI - Christian Koffi (caution, foul) 90'+1

New York Red Bulls II: Alan Rutkowski; Omar Valencia (Curtis Ofori, 71'), Jair Collahuazo (Juan Gutierrez, 46'), Aidan O'Connor, Dylan Sullivan, Steven Sserwadda, Ronald Donkor, Aiden Jarvis (Bento Estrela, 46'), Malick Dembele (Ibrahim Kasule, 46'), Roald Mitchell (Rafael Mosquera, 62'), Julian Hall

Unused Subs: Dallas Olda, Mohammed Sofo, Frank Ssebufu

TOTAL SHOTS: 13 ; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 ; FOULS: 20 ; CORNER KICKS: 0 ; SAVES: 8

Chicago Fire FC II: Patrick Los, Lamonth Rochester, Christopher Cupps (Billy Hency, 46', Giovanni Granda, 90'+5), Diego Konincks, Jaylen Shannon, Omari Glasgow, Sergio Oregel (Jason Shokalook, 60'), David Poreba, Javier Casas (Romain Blake, 81'), Harold Osorio, Christian Koffi

Unused Subs: Patryk Stechnij, Romain Blake, Giovanni Granda, David Karo, Juan Calle

TOTAL SHOTS: 24 ; SHOTS ON GOAL: 13 ; FOULS: 14 ; CORNER KICKS: 5 ; SAVES: 2

Referee: Alejo Calume

Assistant Referees: Justen Lopez, Max Smith

4th Official: Kenneth Rojas

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