HARRISON N.J. (May 24, 2026) –\u00a0Red\u202fBull New York\u202fII\u202f(7-2-2, 23 pts.) fall 3-1 to Connecticut United FC (3-6-1, 11 pts.) on Sunday night at MSU Soccer Park.<\/p>\n
Connecticut United opened the scoring first in the 30th minute. After Robbie Mora found Cau\u00e3 Paix\u00e3o on the right side, the Brazilian delivered a perfect through ball to Barnab\u00e1s Tanyi to take the lead.<\/p>\n
The visitors doubled their lead in the 43rd minute. After Mora gained possession, the midfielder found Tanyi for his second goal of the match.<\/p>\n
New York got on the scoresheet in the 52nd minute. Through some impeccable build-up play, captain Nate Worth found winger Dennis Nelich, who found right back Dennis Gjengaar as the Norwegian cut the deficit in half.<\/p>\n
Connecticut would find the match-sealing goal in the 90th minute. After Red Bulls II conceded a penalty, substitute Alex Monis delivered from the spot to seal the three points.<\/p>\n
Gjengaar scored his third goal of the season.<\/p>\n
Nelich provided his third assist of the season.<\/p>\n
The winger has four goal contributions in his last five appearances.<\/p>\n
Worth provided his fourth assist of the season.<\/p>\n
Forward Malik Odeyinka made his MLS NEXT Pro debut, subbing into the match in the 80th minute.<\/p>\n
Following Sunday\u2019s match, Red Bulls II will travel to take on Carolina Core FC on Saturday, May 30 at Truist Point Stadium. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. ET with coverage available on\u00a0OneFootball\u00a0and MLSNEXTPro.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"HARRISON N.J. (May 24, 2026) –\u00a0Red\u202fBull New York\u202fII\u202f(7-2-2, 23 pts.) fall 3-1 to Connecticut United FC (3-6-1, 11…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691885,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[440],"tags":[49,48,248688,248689,561,82],"class_list":["post-691884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-soccer","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-mls-next-pro","tag-new-york-red-bulls-ii","tag-soccer","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691884","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691884\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691885"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}