New Mexico makes RSL 1-and-done in Open Cup with 4-2 loss

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Actual Salt Lake was eradicated within the Spherical of 32 of the U.S. Open Cup Wednesday in New Mexico after making all of it the way in which to the semifinals final 12 months.

USL Championship aspect New Mexico United took it to the No. 1 crew within the MLS Western Convention early on their house turf of Isotope Subject with two objectives within the opening 20 minutes and a 3-1 halftime lead.

Fidel Barajas bought his first objective in a RSL uniform for the lone rating within the first half, and Diego Luna bought the second-and-final objective for the Claret and Cobalt within the forty ninth minute.

Luna’s strike simply minutes into the second half made it a single-score recreation, 3-2, however Jacobo Reyes ended all hopes of an RSL comeback with New Mexico’s fourth objective within the eighty fifth minute.

RSL made six adjustments to its beginning lineup in its first Open Cup fixture, granting Zavier Gozo, Tommy Silva and Philip Quinton their first begins on the membership.

Main scorer Chicho Arango got here off the bench within the 82nd minute to attempt to discover an equalizer, however Reyes shut that door three minutes later because the second-division squad secured a win in its first-ever matchup towards RSL.

The schedule would not get any simpler for RSL following the loss, touring to the third-place crew within the West on Saturday in a basic conflict towards the LA Galaxy.

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