NYCFC Gets Past North Carolina FC in U.S. Open Cup 4th Round

For the first time in its history, NYCFC advanced past the fourth round of the U.S. Open Cup as they breezed past North Carolina FC 4-0 on Wednesday evening at Belson Field on the campus of St. John’s University in Queens.

NYCFC dominated play throughout and had a number of early chances before they finally broke thru in the 25th minute on an own goal by NCFC. Late in the second half NYCFC doubled their lead on Jesus Medina’s first goal of the year as he finished a cross by Tony Rocha.

The second half belonged to Keaton Parks as he put two balls in the net, striking first in the 52nd minute and then finishing the match’s scoring with a breakaway goal in the 76th minute.

MLS.com story:
https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2019-06-12-new-york-city-fc-vs-north-carolina-fc/recap

🏆 | Action from #NYCFC's 4-0 @OpenCup win in Queens… #ForTheCity

🎥 MATCH HIGHLIGHTS ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/O9AbLn17kK

— New York City FC (@NYCFC) June 13, 2019

VICTORY #USOC2019 pic.twitter.com/tRjGRtAKmH

— New York City FC (@NYCFC) June 13, 2019

📰 | @JesusMediina8 & @keaton_parks strike to earn #NYCFC safe passage in #USOC2019

RECAP ➡️ https://t.co/UW4xmUfoZ5 pic.twitter.com/Z5EX7HAx4u

— New York City FC (@NYCFC) June 13, 2019

🎙️ | "We said before the game, we want to win this cup, we don't just want to win this game. We'll take it one game at a time, of course. But we feel really good. We feel confident, and we're going to start preparing for next week already."

PARKS REACTION 👇 #NYCFC pic.twitter.com/KX92MGqgFm

— New York City FC (@NYCFC) June 13, 2019

Great win tonight! Moving on to the next round! #NYCFC #USOC2019 pic.twitter.com/V8TSfTiFFk

— Brad Stuver (@brad_stuver) June 13, 2019

.@keaton_parks had himself a night with two goals in the @opencup! 🔥 pic.twitter.com/u8eiOAVGBt

— Major League Soccer (@MLS) June 13, 2019