Recap: Loudoun draws 1-1 with Rio Grande

Courtesy Loudoun United Following the offseason addition of so many familiar faces to Saturday night’s Rio Grande Valley FC squad, Ryan Martin presumably anticipated a hard-fought contest that he would (hopefully) been on the top of. And while the hard-fought portion of the game lived up to expectation, the current Loudoun players had to weather an onslaught and draw 1-1 with RGVFC in front of 3,052 at HEB Park.

Along with Griffin Yow, who was loaned Friday, Jacob Greene, Jovanny Bolivar and Kimarni Smith started, while Michael DeShields was on the bench to round out D.C. United’s contingent. Future D.C. player Jeremy Garay also returned to the lineup as the remaining starters from last…