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Post-Game Notes: Red Bull New York II Defeat Columbus Crew 2 4-1 at MSU Soccer Park
Red Bull New York II 4, Columbus Crew 2 1
2026 MLS NEXT Pro Regular Season – Game 7
Sunday, April 26, 2026 – 5 p.m. ET
MSU Soccer Park | Montclair, NJ
Scoring Summary:
NY – Nate Worth 1 (Gjengaar, Nelich) 16’
NY – Dennis Nelich 1 (Gjengaar, Rojas) 25’
NY – Roald Mitchell 4 (Worth) 45’+2’
CLB – Zachery Zengue 5 (Gimple) 52’
NY - Julian Bazan 1 (unassisted) 58’
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Omar Valencia (caution, foul) 34’
CLB – Quinton Elliot (caution, foul) 63’
CLB – Nico Rincon (caution, foul) 69’
NY – Aimar Modelo (caution, foul) 86’
Red Bull New York II: Aidan Stokes ; Omar Valencia (Connor Faello, 62’), Julian Bazan (Shunya Sakai, 67’), Aimar Modelo, Aimar Sanchez, Deven Cadigan, Nate Worth ©, Dennis Nelich (Aiden Jarvis, 80’), Dennis Gjengaar (Benjamin Rodriguez, 67’), Roald Mitchell (Mijahir Jimenez, 62’), Andy Rojas
Unused Subs: Erick Londono, Alexander Julio, Marco Morigi, Austin Causey,
TOTAL SHOTS: 26 ; SHOTS ON GOAL: 14 ; FOULS: 24 ; CORNER KICKS: 4 ; SAVES: 6
Columbus Crew 2: Luke Pruter ; Issac Heffess, Quinton Elliot, Christopher Rogers, Nico Rincon (Moses Nyeman, 69’), Johann Chirinos, Kevin Gbamble ©, Brent Adu Gyamfi (Rui Aoki, HT), Chase Adams (Oneal Taylor, 70’), Zach Zengue (Gio De Libera, 78’), Alex Gimple
Unused Subs: Keller Abbott, Prince Forfor
TOTAL SHOTS: 10 ; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7 ; FOULS: 16 ; CORNER KICKS: 1 ; SAVES: 10
Referee: Mario Maric
AR1: Daniel Simich
AR2: Brendan Lucas
4th Official: Danielle Cornetta
- Red Bull New York II (5-0-2, 14 pts.) defeat Columbus Crew 2 (4-3-1, 14 pts) 4-1, on Sunday night at MSU Soccer Park.
- New York opened the scoring in the 19th minute. Forward Dennis Nelich played a ball wide to midfielder Dennis Gjengaar, who played a pass towards the top of the box to midfielder Nate Worth who took a touch towards the endline and laced a right footed shot into the bottom left corner of the net.
- Red Bulls II doubled their lead in the 25th minute when midfielder Andy Rojas played a ball forward to Gjengaar on a counterattack that was played wide to Nelich. Nelich cut inside at the top of the box and struck a shot that took a slight deflection off a Columbus defender and into the bottom right corner.
- New York found a third goal in the first minute of first half stoppage time. Gjengaar held up a ball at the top of the box and played a wide through ball into the box to Worth who laced a shot that hit the right post and deflected off forward Roald Mitchell into the back of the net.
- Columbus got on the scoresheet in the 52nd minute. Defender Alex Gimple hopped on a shot saved by Red Bulls II goalkeeper Aidan Stokes and played a ball across the six-yard box that was placed into the bottom right corner by midfielder Zachary Zengue.
- Red Bulls II sealed the match with a fourth goal in the 58th minute. Worth played a corner kick into the box that was headed towards goal by defender Julian Bazan. The attempt was saved by the goalkeeper and Bazan pounced on the rebound and placed a left footed shot into the top left corner of the net.
- Worth and Bazan scored their first career MLS NEXT Pro goals.
- Worth also tallied his fourth assist of the season and has four goal contributions in his last two appearances.
- Bazan made his MLS NEXT Pro debut and his first career MLS NEXT Pro start.
- Nelich scored his first goal of the season and his third in his MLS NEXT Pro career.
- Mitchell scored his fourth goal of the season and the 18th in his career in MLS NEXT Pro moving him into sole position of sixth-most goals scored in club history.
- The forward also scored his 24th goal across all competitions and is tied with Stefano Bonomo for third-most goals scored across all competitions in club history.
- The Montclair, N.J. native scored his sixth career goal against Columbus and has scored three in his last two matches against the side.
- The forward also tallied his second career assist and his first career multi goal contribution match in MLS NEXT Pro.
- Gjengaar provided his first and second career MLS NEXT Pro assists.
- The midfielder has four goal contributions in his last two appearances.
- Rojas earned his first assist of the season and the third of his career.
- Stokes made six saves on the day.
- With the victory, New York moved to 6-2-1 against Columbus and are in five consecutive matches against the side.
- Following Sunday’s match, Red Bulls II will travel to Subaru Park to face Philadelphia Union II on Sunday, May 3. Kickoff is set for 3 p.m. ET with coverage available on OneFootball and MLSNEXTPro.com.
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