In an ending that was filled with late minute dramatics, the Richmond Kickers picked up three crucial points after they defeated Dante Leverock and his Harrisburg City Islanders teammates 4-2 at City Stadium.
George Davis IV scored the game-winning goal in the 88th minute and Jason Yeisley scored his second goal in the 90th to put the match away.
Richmond’s Fred Owusu Sekyere opened up scoring for the game in the 15th minute. Sascha Goerres found Sekyere who was just enough ahead of the defender to get the right touch on it to pass by the fingers of Harrisburg’s keeper Nick Noble.
After conceding the early goal, Harrisburg brought on the first tie in the 25th minute after Erick Cruz incepted a pass and found Craig Foster in the box who was able to put in the back of the net as the teams went into the half tied at 1-1.
The second half opened by Richmond breaking the draw in the 47th minute. Sekyere came up the right side and chip a pass over to Yeisley, whose header went to right and slip pass Noble. The rain of shots would continue by the Kickers with new players Uriah Bentick and Adam Bedell getting looks in the 52nd and 55th minutes respectively.
The match would go level again in the 69th minute after action in Richmond’s box saw two great saves from Ryan Taylor, but a rebound off of the second save would find the net after finding Leverock’s head (go to 1:44:30 in the video to see the goal).
Late in the match, when things looked to be headed toward a draw, the Kickers found some life. In the 88th minute, a sequence that was ignited by Luke Mishu coming up the middle of the field and finding enough space to find Hugh Roberts alone on the left side of the box. Roberts would then passed with his head to Yeisley, who got enough of a foot on it to bounce off of Noble’s hands and David put in the rebound for the 3-2 advantage.
To cap things off, Yeisley took a lob through pass from Luke Mishu, out-ran the Harrisburg defender and ripped a shot to the back of the net sealing the 4-2 win.
