ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, NEW MEXICO UNITED MAKING HISTORY, THE BLACK AND YELLOW HOSTING ITS FIRST EVER U.S. OPEN CUP GAME AT THE LAB. UNITED FACING PHENIX RISING FC AN OPPONENT AND ACTUALLY KNOCKED NEW MEXICO OUT OF THIS VERY TOURNAMENT LAST YEAR. NEW MEXICO NATIVE ALEX WAGNER WITH HIS FIRST PRO START OUT AT ISOTOPES PARK. THE MATCH WILL BE SCORELESS IN THE 42ND MINUTE DANIEL BRUCE ON THE RUN GETS IT TO GREG HURST, WHO SHOOTS DEFLECTED. BUT THAT’S OKAY BECAUSE HE BURIES IT IN THE BACK OF THE CORNER. THE PLAYER WHO SCORED THE GAME WINNING GOAL AGAINST UNITED IN LAST YEAR’S TOURNAMENT. BUT STILL MEXICO UP ONE NIL OVER HIS FORMER TEAM. NOW THE GAME GETS PHYSICAL ON MULTIPLE OCCASIONS. PHOENIX’S BABU CARD JAI WOULD EXIT THE GAME JUST BEFORE HALF TIME WITH A RED CARD, SO RISING WOULD PLAY WITH THE MAN DOWN THE REST OF THE WAY. BUT THAT DIDN’T STOP PHENIX OFF THE FREE KICK. IT HITS THE CROSSBAR. ALBUQUERQUE NATIVE FORWARD PARKER TRYING TO SAVE IT. BUT CARLOS HARVEY IS THERE FOR THE EQUALIZER. THE MATCH NODDED AT ONE IN THE 77TH MINUTE, BUT UNITED WOULDN’T GIVE UP TO THE 87TH NEW MEXICO TRYING TO SET SOMETHING UP. JOSH DOLAN BLOCKED A DEFLECTION. GOOD. HE SCORED THE HAT TRICK IN THE SECOND ROUND ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT. HE SCORES THE GAME. WINNER JOSH DOWLING WINS IT FOR NEW MEXICO. UNITED LATE TO ADVANCE IN THE OPEN UP TOURNAMENT. THE FINAL TWO ONE OV