Reserves win on late Obekop goal, 1:0
August 15, 2014 (Official Game Summary)
The New York Red Bulls Reserves got a late goal by Marius Obekop to take a 1-0 victory against the Wilmington Hammerheads at Lubetkin Field on the campus of NJIT on Friday night.
In the final minute of regulation, Obekop raced onto a through-ball from Ruben Bover and into the box, cut inside past a defender, and hit a low, well-placed shot into the bottom left corner and past Wilmington keeper Brad Stuver.
After the visitors enjoyed more possession in the opening 15 minutes, the remainder of the first half was evenly matched. New York's Bover had two curling efforts just miss, one a free kick and the other a shot from distance.
The Red Bulls Reserves defense buckled down in the second half and allowed just three shots. At the hour mark, Bover received the ball at midfield, dribbled past two defenders and unleashed a through-ball that would be cleared away for a corner. On the resulting set piece, new Red Bulls signing Damien Perrinelle almost put his team ahead with a header over the far post.
The Red Bulls had two more close chances late in the match; one when 2014 second-round pick Eric Stevenson tried an audacious 50-yard effort with Stuver way off his line and the other on an 89th-minute Bover free kick from the top of the box that Stuver just parried away in time.
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