One Knoxville SC secured a 1–2 victory away at AV ALTA FC in USL League One action on Saturday, with Eli Conway's stoppage-time winner completing the comeback after a first half that saw the hosts reduced to ten men. John Murphy and Conway scored for the visitors, while Ilias Aoumaich netted for AV ALTA FC.
One Knoxville took the lead early. Murphy opened the scoring in the fifth minute, finishing off a Teddy Baker assist to put the visitors ahead. AV ALTA responded well, and Aoumaich drew the hosts level in the 21st minute, converting from a Jerry Desdunes feed to make it 1–1.
The match then turned on Aoumaich. The goalscorer picked up a yellow card in the 37th minute and collected a second just after halftime in the 49th, earning a sending off that left AV ALTA a man short for the remainder of the contest. It was a costly loss of discipline from the player who had been his team's most dangerous threat.
The second half became a tense, scrappy affair. The referee's notebook filled up — Abel Caputo was cautioned in the 59th minute for One Knoxville, while AV ALTA's Christian Ortiz and Brian Kleiban were both booked in the 80th minute as frustrations boiled over for the shorthanded hosts.
AV ALTA looked to have done enough to grind out a point despite playing with ten men for over 40 minutes. But Conway struck in the second minute of stoppage time, finishing from a Denis Krioutchenkov pass to snatch all three points at the death.
The late winner gives One Knoxville SC a valuable road result as the season enters its final stretch.
USL League One