Christos FC won’t get a chance to repeat their fairy tale run last year in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup after falling in penalties to Reading United on Wednesday evening at Alvernia University.
It took a second-half equalizer and five made penalty kicks for Reading United to outlast the visitors from Maryland and advance to the second round for the sixth straight year and eighth time overall in club history.
“I thought it was great, a good battle, they were a good side but we pushed through at the end,” said Kieran Roberts, who scored both the equalizer and the decisive penalty for the Union’s PDL affiliate.