North Carolina FC fall to Union Omaha in first leg of road trip :: WRALSportsFan.com

A pair of crimson playing cards proved expensive for North Carolina FC on Saturday night time because the squad fell to Union Omaha 4-1 on the street, the North Carolina aspect being diminished to 10 males within the forty ninth minute and later to 9 within the 69th minute because of the ejections.

Garrett McLaughlin scored his tenth aim of the season to rid Omaha of the shutout, with Nico Rincon registering his first skilled help. Kevin Piedrahita and Corey Hertzog every recorded a aim apiece for Omaha, and Noe Meza logged a brace to steer the Owls to the consequence. Christian Lue Younger additionally recorded his fiftieth USL League One profession look through the match.

Omaha opened the scoring within the first minute of tonight’s match, a punt from Piedrahita crusing the gap of the sector and taking an unlucky bounce over the pinnacle of Nick Holliday and into the web to offer the Owls the benefit.

Later, within the sixth minute, Hertzog bagged Omaha’s second of the night time to double their lead, and Meza added Omaha’s remaining aim of the half, scoring within the seventeenth minute to increase the scoreline to 3-0.

Determined to get better the deficit within the second half, NCFC labored tirelessly to create scoring probabilities, however to no avail as Piedrahita recorded a number of key saves to render their opponents scoreless. Meza then collected the brace for Omaha within the 58th minute, pulling the rating to 4-0.

NCFC had been lastly in a position to carve into Omaha’s lead within the opening minute of stoppage time, as Rincon dribbled down the suitable sideline with tempo, beating his defender to the endline and slicing a cross to McLaughlin contained in the six. With a one-touch end, the striker buried a shot previous Piedrahita to attain his tenth aim of the season. Rincon’s help was his first as knowledgeable, the midfielder having signed with the membership earlier this week.