Reading United A.C. put in a gritty, workmanlike performance to earn a 1-0 victory over the visiting Clarkstown SC Eagles to book a date in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Second Round against the New York Cosmos on Wednesday, May 17th. Frantzdy Pierrot’s goal in first half stoppage time was the difference as United claimed their sixth consecutive first round victory, a new U.S. Open Cup record.
The physical tone of the match was set in the early going when Eagles’s defender Christopher Riordan collided with United midfielder Jorge Guinovart in violent aerial challenge in the fifth minute.