In a battle of expansion clubs, the Cleveland City Stars dominated Crystal Palace Baltimore 4-0 to improve their record to 2-0-0. Crystal Palace on the other hand, has stuggled in the club's early games. They currently sit at the bottom of the USL-2 qualifying table with a 0-2-0 record, and a minus-7 goal difference with only one goal scored.

Caleb Patterson-Sewell made nine saves for Cleveland City and the club's goalscoring came from four different players. Chris Lemons, Ian Leibbrandt, Dana McGregor and Adam Moffat all tallied for a club that hasn't had a multiple goal scorer yet (six goals scored).