3:2 New York Louisville Sanchez Bedoya Akinyode McCabe Fondy 09.05.15 · Reserve

The New York Red Bulls II extended their unbeaten run to four matches in a comeback performance against Louisville City FC, earning a 3-2 victory at Red Bull Arena. Manolo Sanchez, Daniel Bedoya and Bolu Akinyode, who scored the game-winning goal in the 86th minute, tallied for New York.

With the win, NYRB II improves to 12-8-6 on the season and stands alone in third place of the Eastern Conference. With two matches remaining in the regular season, the Red Bulls II can all but clinch a spot in the playoffs with a midweek victory against FC Montreal.

The game got off to a quick pace from the start, with scoring chances on both ends of the field. 10 minutes in, Marius Obekop, fighting off multiple defenders, even going down in the box during the play, maintained possession and let fly a left-footed strike which was parried out of bounds by the keeper. A few minutes later, Louisville had an open shot at the back post which was kept out, thanks to a diving save by Santiago Castano.

Louisville opened the scoring in the 20th minute, when Guy Abend found himself with time to operate in the middle of the field. Abend played in Niall McCabe, who ran in behind the New York defense and blasted home his chance in a one-on-one with Castano for a 1-0 lead.

Louisville's lead was short-lived, however, and the Red Bulls II equalized six minutes later. Shawn McLaws pushed up the right flank and swung in a cross toward Stefano Bonomo. Bonomo got a touch on the ball which was sent to the back post where Sanchez finished the chance to level the score at 1-1.

In the 40th minute, the USL's leading goal scorer Matt Fondy responded to retake the lead for Louisville. Aodhan Quinn charged toward the Red Bulls II back line and spotted Fondy making a run to his right. Quinn passed off to Fondy who confidently chipped the charging Castano to put Louisville ahead.

As the match reached its later stages, free kicks would make the difference. Louisville City earned a free kick in the 68th minute from about 21 yards out, but McCabe curled his shot off the crossbar. Bedoya, who entered the match in the 64th minute, showed some flair near the Louisville penalty box, taking on multiple players and eventually earned a free kick about 22 yards from goal. Bedoya took the free kick, and curled in a right-footed shot into the top-left corner to tie the score at 2-2.

In the 86th minute, New York completed the comeback on a corner kick taken by Leo Stolz. Stolz floated an outswinging ball into the center of the penalty area, where Akinyode connected with a towering header past the sprawling goalkeeper to win the match.