Washington, DC - D.C. United's reserve team lost their final game of the season 2-1 to the visiting Kansas City Wizards reserves on Monday morning on the RFK Training Field. A first half tally by Ryan Pore and a United own goal were the difference, as a late strike from United forward Jerson Monteiro was not enough for the Black-and-Red.
The early moments of the match were quiet until the 10th minute when KC's Eloy Colombano worked himself free down United's right side. The speedy winger was in alone on goal, but his low strike saw goalkeeper Jay Nolly deflect the ball out of harm's way with a kick save.
United's best chance of the half came in the 39th minute when Nick Addlery collected a loose ball near midfield. The forward carried the ball between KC defenders and unleashed a shot from nearly 20 yards that sailed wide to the left.
Pore put the Wizards up just a minute before halftime when Colombano sent a well driven, curling ball from the right side to the far post directly into the path of the onrushing forward. Pore wasted no time and hit a first time shot past Nolly.
The second half saw the game open up significantly, as both teams traded long distance shots in the early going. The 1-0 score line stood until late in the game, when in the 84th minute Pore was released behind United's defense. Pore dribbled towards goal as second half substitute Ronnie Pascale quickly closed down the space. The forward's quick shot was stopped by Pascale, but the rebound fell to Pore's right where he was able to recollect. As Pascale attempted to recover, KC's goal-scorer took another shot that deflected off the goalkeeper and lofted towards the goal. Defender Trevor McEachron had recovered to the goal line and attempted to head the ball up over the bar, but instead sent it just inside the crossbar.
United's comeback bid was short on time, but the team did managed to recover a goal two minutes from the final whistle when Jeff Carroll sent a cross into the goal box that found Jerson Monteiro. The forward rose to meet the ball and sent in a right-footed volley that snuck past goalkeeper Eric Kronberg.
The final whistle saw United fall to 4-3-5 (17 points), while KC improved to 6-5-1 (19 points).
Scoring Summary:
KC - Ryan Pore (Eloy Colombano) 44
KC - Own goal (Trevor McEachron) 84
DC - Jerson Monteiro (Jeff Carroll) 88
KC - Eric Kronberg, Michael Kraus, Tyson Wahl, Aaron Hohlbein, Ryan Raybould; Lance Watson, Will John, Amir Lowery, Eloy Colombano (A.J. Goodbolt 70); Willy Guadarrama (Edson Elcock 63), Ryan Pore (Geoff Miles 85).
Subs not used: Chris Konopka, Allan Nekuda
DCU - Jay Nolly (Ronnie Pascale 55); Brad North (Kelvin Jones 55), Domenic Mediate, Jeff Carroll, Stephen deRoux; Justin Moose, Bryan Arguez (Trevor McEachron 55), Rod Dyachenko, Jerson Monteiro; Guy-Roland Kpene (Mira Mupier 85), Nicholas Addlery.
Misconduct summary:
KC - Tyson Wahl (caution) 35
DC - Domenic Mediate (caution) 37
DC - Guy-Roland Kpene (caution) 69
DC - Stephen deRoux (ejection) 91+
