The young Reds played with excellent intensity and were deserved winners in front of a 3,663-strong crowd at Moss Lane in the new competition, which pits Category One academies against senior National League sides.
United have now scored seven goals in our opening two games, after a 3-2 triumph at Forest Green Rovers six weeks ago.
Travis Binnion’s side came out of the blocks strongly and our high-energy rhythm was undisrupted until a sixth-minute injury to the hosts’ goalkeeper Harvey Randle. The subsequent pause for treatment and substitution signalled the beginning of a period of more controlled possession for Altrincham.