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Post-Game Notes: New York Red Bulls II Defeat Columbus Crew 2 7-4 at MSU Soccer Park on Sunday Night
New York Red Bulls II 7, Columbus Crew 2 4
2025 MLS NEXT Pro Matchday 24
Sunday, August 31, 2025 – 7:00 p.m. ET
MSU Soccer Park | Montclair, NJ
Box Score: https://www.mlsnextpro.com/competitions/mls-next-pro/2025/matches/rbnyvsclb-08-31-2025/stats
Scoring Summary:
NY – Nehuen Benedetti 8 (Mosquera) 11’
CLB – Brent Adu Gyamfi 2 (Brown) 14’
NY – Nehuen Benedetti 9 (Mosquera) 17’
NY – Roald Mitchell 3 (Dos Santos) 18’
NY – Rafael Mosquera 7 (Benedetti) 42’
NY – Roald Mitchell 4 (Unassisted) 47’
CLB – Kevin Gbamble 4 (Adu Gyamfi) 63’
NY – Nehuen Benedetti 10 67’
CLB – Chase Adams 8 (Brown) 72’
CLB – Cesar Ruvalcaba 1 (Rincon) 79’
NY – Mijahir Jimenez 8 (Mosquera) 90’
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Adri Mehmeti (caution, foul) 19’
CLB – Malcom Palacios (caution, foul) 65’
CLB – Keesan Ferdinand (caution, foul) 75’
NY – Sebasthian Chavez (caution, foul) 85’
New York Red Bulls II: Aidan Stokes, Juan Mina (Sebasthian Chavez, 68’), Juan Gutierrez, Jair Collahuzo (Aiden Jarvis, 79’), Matthew Dos Santos (Curtis Ofori 88’), Nehuen Benedetti, Andy Rojas (Dennis Nelich, 90+1’), Adri Mehmeti ©, Rafael Mosquera, Nate Worth, and Roald Mitchell (Mijahir Jimenez, 68’)
Unused Subs: Brooklyn Schwarz, Austin Causey, Benjamin Rodriguez, and Ryan Scuro
TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 10; FOULS: 11; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 2
Columbus Crew 2: Stanislav Lapkes, Cesar Ruvalcaba, Malcolm Palacios (Keesan Ferdinand 68’), Christopher Rogers ©, Kevin Gbamble, Sy (Pharrell Willis, 86’), Kaile Auvray (Anthony Alaouieh, 45’), Brent Adu Gyamfi, Tristan Brown, Isaac Tortola (Nico Rincon, 45’), and Cristian Ortiz (Chase Adams, 45’)
Unused Subs: Quinton Elliot, Gio De Libera, Luke Pruter, and Dylan Randazzo
TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 13; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 3
Referee: Brad Jensen
AR1: Marcus Moss
AR2: Bryan Conetta
4th Official: Kyle Averill
- The New York Red Bulls II (15-5-4, 51 pts) defeat 7-4 Columbus Crew 2 (4-15-4, 17 pts) on Sunday night at MSU Soccer Park.
- New York opened the scoring in the 11th minute. Midfielder Rafael Mosquera played a ball wide to midfielder Nehuen Benedetti who struck a right footed shot into the bottom left corner.
- Columbus evened the match in the 15th minute. Tristan Brown played a ball across the box to midfielder Brent Adu-Gyamfi who laced a right footed shot into the bottom right corner.
- Red Bulls II regained the lead in the 17th minute. Mosquera took a touch inside and flicked a pass wide to Benedetti. The Argentinian midfielder chipped the ball over the keeper into the back of the net.
- New York quickly added a third in the 18th minute. Defender Matthew Dos Santos played a ball into the box to forward Roald Mitchell. Mitchell spun passed his defender, faked a shot, and place a finish into the back of the net.
- Red Bulls II found a fourth goal in the 42nd minute. Midfielder Nate Worth played a diagonal ball to Mosquera, who took two touches into the box and curled an attempt into the bottom left corner.
- New York started the second half strong. In the 47th minute defender Juan Mina crossed a ball into the box that was saved by the Columbus goalkeeper. However, the ball bounced to the feet of Mitchell who tapped in a shot into the back of the net.
- Crew 2 scored a second in the 62nd minute. Adu-Gyamfi played a pass towards the endline to midfielder Kevin Gbamble, who laced a shot near post.
- Benedetti completed the hat trick in the 67th minute. The midfielder hopped on a deflection inside the box and curled a tight angled shot into the bottom left corner.
- Columbus found a third goal in the 72nd minute. Midfielder Trent Brown played a ball across the six-yard box to forward Chase Adams who placed a shot into the middle of the goal.
- Crew 2 struck again in the 79th minute. Midfielder Nico Rincon crossed a corner kick into the middle of the six-yard box that was headed home by defender Cesar Ruvalcaba.
- New York sealed the deal in the 90th minute. Mosquera played a ball across the box to forward Mijahir Jimenez. Jimenez took a touch and placed his attempt into the bottom left corner of the net.
- Benedetti scored his eighth, ninth, and 10th goals of the season for his first career MLS NEXT Pro hat trick.
- The Bosques, Argentina native became the third-youngest player to score a hat trick at 20 year and 188 days old.
- Benedetti leads the club in scoring this season with 10 and is tied for fifth-most goals scored in MLS NEXT Pro.
- Mosquera scored his seventh goal of the season and the 11th of his career.
- The Panama international record his eighth, ninth and 10th assists of the season which leads the team.
- This was Mosquera’s first career three-assist MLS NEXT Pro match. He joins midfielder Ronald Donkor has the only players in club history tally three assists in a match. Mosquera is also the youngest player to have three assists in a match in club history at 20 years and 99 days old.
- Mosquera is tied with Chicago Fire FC II midfielder Claudio Cassano for most assists in MLS NEXT Pro this season.
- The midfielder has tallied an assist in four consecutive appearances for Red Bulls II. He also has 11 goal contributions in his last five appearances.
- Mosquera tallied his 11th, 12th and 13th career assists. He is tied with midfielder Chris Lema for third-most assists in club history.
- Mitchell scored his third and fourth goals of the season and recorded his second career brace for New York and third multi-goal performance.
- Jimenez scored his seventh goal of the season.
- Worth tallied his second and third assists of the season. He has three assists in his last two appearances.
- Worth became the youngest player to record two assists in a match at 18 years and 186 days old.
- Dos Santos made his first MLS NEXT Pro start since June 15 against Chattanooga FC.
- The defender tallied his second assist of the season.
- Defender Juan Gutierrez made his 64th career appearance and is tied with Hassan Ndam for second-most appearances from a defender in franchise history.
- Gutierrez made his 55th career start, making him tied with Jordan Scarlett for second-most starts by a defender in club history.
- The defender recorded his 4,889th minute played moving past Jordan Scarlett for second-most minutes played by a defender in club history.
- Defender Curtis Ofori subbed into the match in the 79th minute to make his 73rd career appearance. This moved him past Evan Louro for most appearances in club history.
- Goalkeeper Aidan Stokes recorded his 19th career win moving past AJ Marcucci and Ryan Meara for second-most career wins from a goalkeeper.
- Stokes made two saves on the day.
- Defender Juan Mina made his first career MLS NEXT Pro start.
- Red Bulls II seven goals scored was the second-most goals in a single-match in club history.
- New York earned their ninth home victory of the season which ties them with the 2017 squad for most regular season wins at home in club history.
- Red Bulls II secured their 15th win of the season which is the third-most total wins in a season in franchise history.
- The 15th win passed the 2023 team for most wins in a single season through MLS NEXT Pro play.
- With the victory, New York have won three straight matches against Columbus.
- Following Sunday’s match, New York will travel to Wicks Family Field to face Huntsville City FC. Kickoff is set for 8:00 p.m. ET with coverage available on MLS Season Pass on Apple TV.
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