Dante Leverock and his Harrisburg City Islanders teammates scored a goal on either side of the half and defeated the New York Red Bulls II 2-0 at Red Bull Arena.
Craig Foster struck in the 23rd minute and Enric Valles converted an 88th-minute penalty kick to seal three road points for Harrisburg. The win moves the City Islanders ahead of the Red Bulls II in the Eastern Conference standings in sixth place.
Harrisburg opened the scoring when a long ball was sent toward Red Bulls II’s back line. The ball flew toward Bolu Akinyode and an awkward bounce allowed the charging Foster to gain ground on the New York defender. Foster was first to the ball in the penalty box and slid his chance to Kyle Reynish’s left and into the side netting for the goal and a 1-0 lead.
In the 86th minute, an odd-man break for the Islanders led to a one-on-one with Konrad Plewa, who brought down his man in the box. The whistle blew and a penalty kick was awarded to Harrisburg. Valles stepped up to the spot against Rafael Diaz, who was a second-half substitute for Kyle Reynish, and blasted his chance straight down the middle to double the Harrisburg advantage.
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