Late Obekop goal wins it for reserves, 2:1
August 27, 2013 (Official Game Summary)
The Red Bulls reserves defeated the Chicago Fire's reserves, 2-1, Tuesday morning at the Red Bulls Training Facility, with New York midfielder Marius Obekop scoring the winner in the 90th minute.
The Red Bulls were the first to put their names on the scoresheet. In the seventh minute, Amando Moreno took a shot from the side of the net that was saved by Fire goalkeeper Paolo Tornaghi. Michael Bustamante was able to get his foot on the rebound and fired the ball into the net. In the 19th minute, the Fire would get the equalizer when Quincy Amarikwa sent a cross into the box and Hunter Jumper got space to head the ball into the upper left corner of the goal past Ryan Meara.
Chicago had a chance to take the lead in the 31st minute when Corben Bone made a nice cut back move on his defender at the top of the 18-yard box and blasted a low shot off his right foot, rolling it just wide of the post. In the 44th minute, Red Bulls forward Bradley Wright-Phillips elevated and headed the ball just over the crossbar off a cross into the box from Arun Basuljevic.
In the 68th minute, Chicago's Juan Luis Anangono had the ball from six-yards out and fired a shot right at Santiago Castano, who stayed on his line and made the save. Then in the 84th minute, Castano made another big stop, diving to his right on an attempt from Maicon Santos.
The winning goal would come for the Red Bulls in the 90th minute. Obekop had space and sprinted down the left wing with the ball at his feet. He blasted a low shot into the bottom right corner of the net, past a diving Tornaghi to give New York the win.
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