Union II win final regular season home match; playoff hopes remain intact
September 17, 2023 - MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro)
Philadelphia Union II News Release
CHESTER, Pa. - Philadelphia Union II took on Huntsville City FC in their final home match of the regular season at Subaru Park on Sunday night, winning 2-1. With the win, Union II move up to seventh place in the Eastern Conference with 39 points as they continue to fight for a playoff spot. In the first half, 15 year-old defender Neil Pierre opened up the scoring just before half off a corner sent in by midfielder Jeremy Rafanello. In the second half, homegrown midfielder Quinn Sullivan found forward Stefan Stojanovic in the box to double the lead in the 73rd minute. In the 90th minute, Huntsville converted a penalty to cut the lead in half. Union II took all three points in their final home match of the regular season.
Philadelphia Union II travel to MSU Soccer Park to play their final regular season match against New York Red Bulls II on Sunday, September 24 (2:00 p.m.).
Philadelphia Union II (2) - Huntsville City FC (1)
Subaru Park (Chester, PA)
Sunday, September 17, 2023
TODAY'S MATCH INFO
REF: Jeremy Scheer
AR1: Tom Felice
AR2: Amilcar Sicaju
4TH: Nick Karnovsky
Weather: 73 degrees and rainy.
GOALS/ASSISTS
PHI - Neil Pierre (Rafanello) 45'
PHI - Stefan Stojanovic (Sullivan) 73'
PHI - Azaad Liadi (PK) 90+4'
DISCIPLINARY SUMMARY
PHI - Carlos Rojas (caution) 23'
HNT - Joshua Drack (caution) 32'
PHI - Neil Pierre (caution) 36'
PHI - Anton Sorenson (caution) 56'
PHI - Christopher Olney (ejection) 61'
HNT - Joshua Drack (second caution, ejection) 68'
PHI - David Vazquez (caution) 76'
PHI - Andrew Rick (caution) 88'
LINEUP
Philadelphia Union II:Andrew Rick, Anton Sorenson (J. Castillo 85'), Olwethu Makhanya, Neil Pierre, Francis Westfield, Carlos Rojas, Christopher Olney, Quinn Sullivan, Jeremy Rafanello (S. Olivas 76'), Chris Donovan (D. Vazquez 46'), Stefan Stojanovic (K. Tucker 78').
Substitutes not used: J. Evans; B. Diallo, N. Pierre, A. Perez, D. Krueger.
Huntsville City FC: Ben Martino, Joey Skinner, Cyrus Rad (A. Sipic 84'), Sean Suber, Chrisnovic N'Sa, Jonathan Bolanos (O. Wright 74'), Christopher Pearson (N. Perry 54'), Joey DeZart II, Joshua Drack, Kemy Amiche (S. Joash 74'), Azaad Liadi.
Substitutes not used: P. Barnes, I. Jones, J. Berner, A. Longmire, F. Cicéron.
TEAM NOTES
Forward Stefan Stojanovic scored his 10th MLS NEXT Pro goal tonight.
Defender Neil Pierre scored his second goal of the MLS NEXT Pro season tonight.
Midfielder Jeremy Rafanello registered his sixth assist of the MLS NEXT Pro season.
Philadelphia Union II travel to MSU Soccer Park to play their final regular season match against New York Red Bulls II on Sunday, September 24 (2:00 p.m.).
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