4:2 Wilmington New York Defregger 2 Lawal Ackley Obekop Tsonis 08.08.15 · Reserve

New York Red Bulls II fell to Wilmington Hammerheads FC on the road, 4-2. Marius Obekop opened the scoring for New York in the 31st minute to level the match and Chris Tsonis pulled one back in the 80th minute in the defeat.

Wilmington jumped on the match early, thanks to a goal scored on the volley by Stefan Defragger. However, New York appeared to settle into the match after the opening goal and began seeing more possession.

Red Bulls II leveled the match in the 31st minute when Colin Heffron, deep in his own half, spotted Obekop making a run at the Hammerheads defense. Heffron's long ball found Obekop alone in space and he coolly placed the ball in the back of the net past a charging goalkeeper to tie the game at one.

The match did not remain tied for long, however, and Defragger grabbed his brace in the 35th minute. Just before the halftime whistle, Qudus Lawal got in behind New York's defense and drilled a shot past the diving Santiago Castano to extend the Hammerheads lead to two.

Wilmington showed no signs of letting up in the second half, and eventually earned a penalty kick in the 60th minute when James Thomas brought down an attacker in the penalty box. Thomas was cautioned and Konrad Plewa also received a booking before Brian Ackley stepped up and converted the penalty kick to make it a 4-1 Wilmington advantage.

With New York pressing high in the late stages of the match, Obekop laid off a ball to Plewa who on the left flank about 25 yards out. The defender spotted Tsonis in the box and whipped in a cross which was headed in by the forward for his fifth goal of the season.

In the 84th minute, Plewa brought down a Wilmington player, earned his second yellow card of the match and was ejected from the game.