Kevin Smolyn and Derek Antonini scored first half goals, and Vereinigung Erzgebirge withstood a second half surge from the United German Hungarians to win 2-1 in the second round of qualifying of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup at Temple’s Ambler campus Sunday afternoon.
The two historic rivals met for the second time in two weeks with VE taking the United Soccer League opener 2-0 at home during the club’s annual Oktoberfest last Saturday. The visitors from VE were fortunate to hold on as a Finn Reese penalty cut the lead to one and UGH hit the post in the closing seconds.