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New York Red Bulls Defeat San Jose Earthquakes, 1-0, to Open 2025 Coachella Valley Invitational
New York Red Bulls 1, San Jose Earthquakes 0
2025 Coachella Valley Invitational Match 1
Saturday, February 8, 2025 – 4:30 p.m. ET
Empire Polo Club | Indio, CA
Scoring Summary:
NY – Alexander Hack (Valencia) 42’
New York Red Bulls: Carlos Coronel; Cameron Harper (Dennis Gjengaar, 60’), Noah Eile (Dylan Nealis, HT), Sean Nealis (Tim Parker, 60’), Alexander Hack (Jair Collahuazo, 60’), Omar Valencia (Raheem Edwards, HT), Daniel Edelman (Adri Mehmeti, 60’), Peter Stroud (Aiden Jarvis, 60’), Emil Forsberg (Mohammed Sofo, 60’), Julian Hall, Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting (Wiki Carmona, HT)
San Jose Earthquakes: Earl Edwards, Jr. (Daniel, HT), Max Floriani (Daniel Munie, HT), Bruno Wilson (Rodrigues, HT), Reid Roberts (Dave Romney, HT), Oscar Verhoeven (Mark-Anthony Kaye, HT), Beau Leroux (Cristian Espinoza, HT), Nick Fernandez (Niko Tsakiris, HT), Vitor Costa (Ian Harkes, HT), Jack Skahan (Jamar Ricketts, HT), Ousseni Bouda (Josef Martinez, HT), Amahl Pellegrino (Chicho Arango, HT)
- The New York Red Bulls defeated the San Jose Earthquakes, 1-0, in their first match of the 2025 Coachella Valley Invitational.
- Forward Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting had the first chance for the Red Bulls, when he struck the post in the 10th minute after a through ball from forward Julian Hall.
- New York scored their lone goal of the match near the end of the first half after Panamanian defender Omar Valencia whipped in a corner and found the head of newly acquired German defender Alexander Hack. Valencia tallied his first assist for the first team, while Hack scored his first goal in the preseason.
- Red Bulls Goalkeeper Carlos Coronel recorded five saves in the match to earn the clean sheet and has recorded four clean sheets in last five matches played.
- Defenders Tim Parker and Raheem Edwards subbed in during the second half to make their first preseason action for the Red Bulls in 2025.
- In the 88th minute, New York almost found a second goal after Aiden Jarvis slotted a ball past the San Jose defense into the path of midfielder Mohammed Sofo, who’s shot attempt hit the crossbar.
- Following today’s match, New York will face off against Real Salt Lake in their second match of the 2025 Coachella Valley Invitational on Wednesday, February 12 with kickoff set for 3:30 p.m. ET.
Editor's Note: Please see the Facebook Page of Soccer Long Island Magazine 2 for images of the game.
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