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Red Bulls Cruise Past NYCFC, 4-0, in Open Cup Fourth Round

June 6, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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Vincent Bezecourt's first career first-team goal proved to be enough as the New York Red Bulls cruised past rival New York City FC, 4-0 on Wednesday night in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Fourth Round at Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls have outscored NYCFC, 8-0, in two matches this season.

The Red Bulls 4-0 Open Cup win tied its largest margin of victory in the tournament against an MLS opponent in franchise history. New York defeated the Tampa Bay Mutiny, 4-0, on July 22, 1998 in the quarterfinals.

The Open Cup Fourth Round winners will be divided geographically (regardless of league affiliation) into groups of four, with teams who are precluded from playing each other until the Final per tournament regulations (i.e. pro teams and their affiliated Open Division sides) placed in different groups. A random draw will determine the pairings within each group on Thursday at 11 a.m. ET, resulting in a fixed bracket for the remainder of the tournament. Should a precluded pair of teams reach the Semifinal Round and be scheduled to face each other, the matches will be re-drawn after the quarterfinals to avoid this outcome.

Bezecourt scored in the second minute to give the home side an early 1-0 lead. It was the second fastest goal New York has scored across all competitions this season.

Aaron Long's header in the 52nd minute doubled the lead off a corner kick from Marc Rzatkowski. All three of Long's career goals have been scored on a header.

For the second-straight year, Daniel Royer got on the scoreboard against rival NYCFC in the Open Cup as he tallied two goals in a span of 1:53.

Ryan Meara tallied four saves to blank NYCFC for the second consecutive year in the Open Cup.

Meara recorded his fifth career Open Cup clean sheet and 12th shutout across all competitions.

Sean Davis donned the captain's armband for the first time in his career with the first team.

Hassan Ndam and Ethan Kutler both earned their first career first-team starts.

Eight of the 11 starters either have played for or currently playing for New York Red Bulls II.

For the eighth consecutive time, New York has held David Villa without a goal at Red Bull Arena across all competitions.

Under head coach Jesse Marsch, the Red Bulls are 6-2-2 overall in the Open Cup. Marsch has led the New York side to an unbeaten mark of 3-0-2 at Red Bull Arena during the domestic tournament.

It is the 11th consecutive Open Cup match where New York has scored at least one goal.

New York returns to league play with a road trip to Columbus this weekend before returning to Red Bull Arena against Seattle on June 13. The Red Bulls and Columbus Crew SC are set to faceoff on Saturday at 5 p.m. ET with coverage on ESPN, ESPN Deportes, ESPN+ and New York Red Bulls Radio in English on TuneIn.

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