Loudoun United hoped to reverse fortunes from their midweek 6-1 loss facing a new opponent who were missing their most dangerous weapons. And despite some encouraging performances the end was the same, as a 93rd minute goal resulted in 1-0 heartbreak in front of 1,737 at Segra Field.
Loudoun started Jeremy Garay, Jacob Greene and Hayden Sargis from D.C. United, while the bench comprised of former and current Academy players Dane Jacomen, Matai Akinmboni, Gavin Turner, Isaac Espinal, Ignacio Alem and Kristian Fletcher. The only other bench representative was loan down Gaoussou Samaké.
Both teams were slow starting but opened up more as the first half went on, with the closest chance being this Luis Zamudio save on a disallowed chance:
The teams traded chances into the second half, until substitute Seku Conneh found the answer for Monterey, the 8th second half stoppage time goal Loudoun has allowed in its last ten games:
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