LEESBURG, Va. \u2013 Peter Wilson scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to earn Oakland Roots SC a 2-2 draw against Loudoun United FC at Segra Field as the visitors rallied twice after Loudoun had taken leads through Richie Aman and Pedro Santos.<\/p>\n
Loudoun took the lead on its first of the game as Richie Aman pounced after Oakland goalkeeper Raphael Spiegel was unable to corral a low cross by Pacifique Niyongabire to the top of the six-yard area, allowing Aman to slot home the loose ball. Roots leveled nine minutes later after a sequence of three consecutive corner kicks ended with Bertin Jacquesson flicking home a near-post header off a delivery by Jes\u00fas de Vicente.<\/p>\n
The hosts regained the lead midway through the second half when James Murphy was brought down in the penalty area by Oakland\u2019s Bobosi Byaruhanga off a short corner kick, allowing Pedro Santos to convert from the spot. Roots hit back in stoppage time, however, as Wilson headed home a good cross by Faysel Bettache from the left to earn the visitors a point.<\/p>\n
Takeaways<\/p>\n
Loudoun United FC \u2013 The hosts weathered a tough first half to come out more positively after the break but were unable to close out the game after Pedro Santos\u2019 penalty kick gave Loudoun the lead. United remains winless despite the attacking promise the side has shown in recent outings.<\/p>\n
Oakland Roots SC \u2013 Roots was unable to capitalize on its first-half opportunities, allowing Loudoun to remain in the game, but found a result late on thanks to Peter Wilson\u2019s header off an excellent cross by Faysen Bettache that stood as the lone shot on goal for the visitors in the second half.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"LEESBURG, Va. \u2013 Peter Wilson scored in the second minute of second-half stoppage time to earn Oakland Roots…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":297249,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[100,143,145,144],"class_list":["post-297248","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-oakland","tag-news","tag-oakland","tag-oakland-headlines","tag-oakland-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297248","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=297248"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/297248\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/297249"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=297248"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=297248"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=297248"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}