Two months ago Christopher Ribet was playing for a national championship with the Los Angeles Force in the National Independent Soccer Association. On Sunday night he scored two critical goals and suffered a brutal injury for a semi-professional side in the first weekend of U.S. Open Cup qualifying. His strikes were the first of five unanswered that lifted Westchester United F.C. over fellow United Premier Soccer League side New Jersey Alliance FC, 5-2.
WUFC now moves onto the Third Qualifying Round (because U.S. Soccer decided East Region teams don’t play a first round) which is scheduled for October 16-17.