4:0 New York Hartford Stroud Barlow Etienne Lema 04.17.19 · Reserve

Four second-half goals lead Red Bulls II to the top of the Eastern Conference as Tom Barlow notched his sixth tally of the season in their victory against Hartford Athletic at MSU Soccer Park.

Both sides had chances in a scoreless opening half, but Red Bulls II took the lead eight minutes after the break when Jared Stroud produced a chipped finish from 30 yards after Hartford goalkeeper Jon Kempin had to come out of his penalty area to make a challenge on a breaking Barlow.

Red Bulls II almost doubled their lead immediately only for Derrick Etienne Jr.'s heel-flick finish to flash just wide of the left post. Barlow found the net to cap off a sweeping counterattack in the 64th minute to make it a 2-0 lead.

Etienne Jr. added a third seven minutes later as he clipped home a first-time finish after a driving run into the right and cross by Edgardo Rito. Chris Lema notched the fourth with a minute to go to send the Red Bulls II to their fourth victory in their opening five outings.