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| Jamie Watson (Franks) 82’ Phil Hufstader (Murray) 90’+ |
After being away for two years, perhaps the Wilmington Hammerheads just wanted to be a little dramatic.
After 81 minutes of scoreless soccer, Jamie Watson finally broke the deadlock when he took a pass from Jamie Franks and beat Charlotte goalkeeper Kevin Trapp.
Substitute Phil Hufstader sealed the win in the second minute of stoppage time, putting the ball past the right post off a pass from Chris Murray.
Both teams have good chances to score throughout the game, but just kissed each time.
The last time the Hammerheads were in the Open Cup was in 2006 when they drew the Charlotte Eagles in the Second Round. They beat their in-state rivals 3-1 that day en route to a run to the Fourth Round that year.
Wilmington will stay in North Carolina for the Second Round, traveling to the city of Cary, to face the Carolina RailHawks of the USL First Division on June 16.
LINEUPS
CHA: Kevin Trapp; Steve Shak, Josh Rife, Ben Johnson (Taurai Daka 84), Luke Williams; Amaury Nunes (Alex Woods 32), Jorge Herrera, Diego Martins, Darren Toby; Dustin Swinehart, Ben Page
WIL: Daryl Sattler; Jeritt Thayer, Tim Karalexis, Tweety Walters, Graham Tatters; Kenny Bundy, Mark Briggs, Zeke Dombrowski, Jamie Franks (Chris Murray 83); Aaron Parker (Jyler Noviello 22), Jamie Watson (Phil Hufstader 85)
Shots: CHA 10, WIL 14
Fouls: CHA 7, WIL 5
Corners: CHA 2, WIL 4
Saves: CHA 4, WIL 2
Offsides: CHA 4, WIL 4
Cautions
CHA: Shak 63
WIL: Bundy 88
Referees: Abbas Piran, Daniel Burak, Daniel Thornberry, Taci Canel