RNY FC Puts Five-Game Unbeaten Streak on Line against FC Cincinnati 2 (Again)

July 21, 2022 – MLS NEXT Pro (MLS NEXT Pro) – Rochester New York FC News Release

Would you like to fancy a guess as to which MLS NEXT Pro Eastern Conference team has picked up the most points since Memorial Day?

You do not even have to think about it, do you RNY FC fans? It is none other than your Rochester juggernaut.

RNY FC has picked up 27 of a possible 33 points in its last 11 matches, and for the second time in three months has started its monthly slate with three wins on the bounce. Those three wins in July have come in three distinctly different ways: there was a 3-2 win over Orlando City B which saw RNY FC hold on late, a 3-0 demolition of Philadelphia Union 2, and, maybe most impressively, a 1-0 victory over NYCFC II in Queens last weekend.

Why was the last win so memorable? Well, to start with, NYCFC II had scored 40 goals coming in, and 14 in its last three, before Rochester completely stifled the hosts. RNY FC played like a team that can legitimately win a MLS NEXT Pro title in 2022, against a team that has similar aspirations.

The victory moved Rochester up to fourth in the current MLS NEXT Pro Top 5 Rankings for Week 17.

But here is the thing: RNY FC has been here before. Rochester took a five-game unbeaten streak to Northern Kentucky in June and put out a clunker against last place FC Cincinnati 2, losing 1-0.

Now, RNY FC is on another five-game unbeaten run (winners of the last three), and guess who’s coming to John L. DiMarco Field Friday for C.U.R.E. Childhood Cancer Association night at Monroe Community College?

That is correct: FC Cincinnati 2.

They are still in last place, and have scored just two goals since Memorial Day, but have a win over the second best team in the conference already.

This time, though, Rochester should be ready for any potential ambush. RNY FC also has a chance, as the lone top four hopeful playing Friday night, to open up a four-point gap on NYCFC II in third place, and a nine-point margin back to fifth place with just eight matches left in the regular season.

That is the type of opportunity that Rochester HAS to capitalize on to put pressure on the trailing pack, and maybe even on Columbus Crew 2 at the top of the table.

Will they?

MLS NEXT Pro Match Week 17

RNY FC vs. FC Cincinnati 2, Thursday, July 22, 6 p.m. EDT (11 p.m. UK time), John L. DiMarco Field at Monroe Community College

Streaming

Use this link to the MLS NEXT Pro site to watch the contest.

Record and place in table

RNY FC: 7-4-4, 29 points, +10 GD, second…