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Post-Game Notes: Red Bull New York II Defeats Philadelphia Union II 5-0 at MSU Soccer Park
Red Bull New York II 5, Philadelphia Union II 0
2026 MLS NEXT Pro Regular Season – Game 16
Sunday, June 28, 2026 – 7 p.m. ET
MSU Soccer Park | Montclair, NJ
Box Score:
https://www.mlsnextpro.com/competitions/mls-next-pro/2026/matches/rbiivs...
Scoring Summary:
NY – Dennis Nelich 3 (Baitinger, Modelo) 35’
NY – Dennis Nelich 4 (Gjengaar, Stokes) 69’
NY – Sean Baitinger 2 (Gjengaar, Worth) 72’
NY – Dennis Nelich 5 (unassisted) 75’
NY – Paul Sokoloff 3 (Gallagher) 90’+1’
Misconduct Summary:
PHI – Rafael Uzcátegui (caution, foul) 18’
NY – Deven Cadigan (caution, foul) 39’
PHI – Óscar Benítez (caution, foul) 45’+2’
PHI – Andrew Craig (caution, foul) 49’
Red Bull New York II: Aidan Stokes; Aimar Modelo, Aimar Sánchez, Jason Bori (Joshua Munson, 77’), Connor Faello (Sean Baitinger, 24’), Deven Cadigan, Nate Worth © (Paul Sokoloff, 77’), Benny Rodriguez (Sekou Kone, 70’), Dennis Gjengaar, Mijahir Jiménez (Christian Gallagher, 71’), Dennis Nelich
Unused Subs: Austin Causey, Erick Londoño, Shunya Sakai, Marco Morigi,
TOTAL SHOTS: 16 ; SHOTS ON GOAL: 11 ; FOULS: 18 ; CORNER KICKS: 7 ; SAVES: 1
Philadelphia Union II: Pierce Holbrook; Giovanny Sequera (Jett Harrison, 62’), Rafael Uzcátegui (Kaiden Moore, 62’), Andrew Craig, Jordan Griffin (Mamoutou Berthé, 62’), Kellan LeBlanc (Samuel Gallego, 62’), Óscar Benítez, Isaiah Mendoza, Willyam Ferreira, Theo Reed (John Ruf, 75’), Sal Olivas
Unused Subs: Matthew White, Abdoulaye Diop, Oliver Pratt,
TOTAL SHOTS: 5 ; SHOTS ON GOAL: 1 ; FOULS: 13 ; CORNER KICKS: 0 ; SAVES: 6
Referee: Joshua Encarnacion
AR1: Seun Yinka-Kehinde
AR2: Justen Lopez
4th Official: Hector Rueda
- Red Bull New York II (9-4-3, 31 pts.) defeated Philadelphia Union II (6-8-2, 21 pts.) 5-0 on Sunday night at MSU Soccer Park.
- New York opened the scoring in the 35th minute when defender Aimar Modelo layed it off to forward Sean Baitinger, who delivered it to winger Dennis Nelich for his third goal of the season.
- In the 69th minute, goalkeeper Aidan Stokes passed the ball to defender Dennis Gjengaar, who drove the ball down the field to find Nelich, who scored his second goal of the night.
- Three minutes later, captain Nate Worth layed the ball to Gjengaar, who delivered it to Baitinger for his second goal of the season.
- In the 75th minute Nelich got a hat-trick, putting New York up by four.
- To end off the night, in the 90'+1' minute, forward Christian Gallagher layed the ball off to midfielder Paul Sokoloff as he scored his third goal of the season.
- In the past two matches against Philadelphia Union II, Nelich has scored four goals.
- Baitinger has scored in consecutive matches.
- Nelich scored his first MLS NEXT Pro hat-trick.
- Stokes kept his first clean sheet of the season.
- Following Sunday’s match, Red Bulls II will travel to take on FC Cincinnati 2 at Scuadmore Field at NKU Soccer Stadium on Sunday, July 5. Kickoff is set for 6 p.m. ET with coverage available on OneFootball and MLSNEXTPro.com.
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