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Post-Game Notes: Red Bulls Defeat Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3-1 at Sports Illustrated Stadium
Red Bull New York 3, Pittsburgh Riverhounds 1
2026 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup – Round of 32
Wednesday, April 15, 2026 – 7:30 p.m. ET
Sports Illustrated Stadium | Harrison, NJ
Scoring Summary:
NY – Emil Forsberg 1 (free kick) 25’
NY – Julian Hall 1 (Benedetti) 28’
NY – Julian Hall 2 (Forsberg) 47’
PIT – German Berterame 1 (unassisted) 55’
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Ronald Donkor (caution, foul) 87’
Red Bull New York: John McCarthy; Matthew Dos Santos (Omar Valencia, 57’), Robert Voloder (Tim Parker, 73’), Gustav Berggren, Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty, Adri Mehmeti (Cade Cowell 80’), Nehuen Benedetti, Emil Forsberg © (Ronald Donkor, 57’), Mohammed Sofo, Julian Hall (Roald Mitchell, 57’) (Jorge Ruvalcaba, 69’) Rafael Mosquera
Unused Subs: Ethan Horvath
Pittsburgh Riverhounds: Nico Campuzano; Danny Griffin © (Jackson Walti, 61’), Lasse Kelp (Victor Souza, 67’), Owen Mikoy (Perrin Barnes, 77’), Trevor Amann, Junior Etou, Max Veira, Robbie Mertz (Eliot Goldthorp, 61’), Bradley Sample (Jorge Garcia, 77’), Brigham Larsen (Albert Dikwa, 61’), Illal Osumanu
Unused Subs: Mitch Budler
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
AR1: Zeno Cho
AR2: Eric Del Rosario
4th Official: Colby Johnson
· Red Bull New York defeats Pittsburgh Riverhounds 3-1 on Wednesday night at Sports Illustrated Stadium to advance to the Round of 16 of the 2026 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
· New York opened the scoring in the 25th minute when midfielder Rafael Mosquera was fouled on the top of the box to draw a free kick. Midfielder Emil Forsberg stepped up and curled his attempt into the top right corner of the net.
· The Red Bulls doubled their lead in the 28th minute. Forsberg played a pass to the top of the box to midfielder Nehuen Benedetti who played a one touch through ball to forward Julian Hall who played his shot into the bottom left corner of the net.
· New York scored a third goal in the 47th minute, when Forsberg played a ball through to Hall who laced a shot into the bottom left corner.
· Pittsburgh got on the scoresheet in the 79th minute when midfielder Eliot Goldthorp whipped in a corner kick near post to forward Trevor Amann who headed the ball into the top left corner.
· Hall scored his first and second career Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup goals and has seven goals across all competitions this season.
· The forward has six goal contributions in his last four appearances across all competitions.
· The 18-year-old Manhattan, N.Y. native scored his second brace of the season across all competitions.
· Forsberg scored his second career Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup goal and his second goal of the season across all competitions.
· Benedetti recorded his first career assist with New York and his first assist in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.
· The midfielder has four goal contributions in his last three appearances across all competitions.
· Defender Matthew Dos Santos and midfielders Gustav Berggren, Benedetti and Mosquera all made their first career Lamar Hunt US Open Cup starts and appearances.
· Winger Jorge Ruvalcaba subbed into the match in the 69th minute to make his Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup debut.
· With the win, goalkeeper John McCarthy extends his Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup unbeaten streak to 11 matches, going 7-0-4 in that span.
· With the victory, New York moves on to the Round of 16 and will host NYCFC at Sports Illustrated Stadium with date and time of the match to be announced at a later date.
· The win moves the Red Bulls U.S. Open Cup record to 33-24-5 and extends New York’s unbeaten home streak in the competition at Sports Illustrated Stadium to 15 straight matches with the side going 11-0-4.
· Head Coach Michael Bradley earned his first Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup win in his coaching career.
· Following Wednesday’s match, New York will travel to Stade Saputo on Saturday, April 18 to face off against CF Montreal. Kickoff is set for 2:30 p.m. ET with coverage on Paramount+ and Red Bulls Radio in English via the Red Bull New York app and NewYorkRedBulls.com.
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