Jared Stroud scored his fourth goal this season to give Red Bull II a 1-1 tie. (Photo courtesy of the Red Bulls)

OTTAWA, Canada — Jared Stroud scored two minutes into stoppage time to lift Red Bull II into a 1-1 draw with Ottawa Fury FC in USL Championship action at TD Place Wednesday.

Red Bull (20 points), which sits atop the USL standings, moved to 6-1-2 this season.

Ottawa entered the final minutes of the match thanks to a sixth-minute goal by Wall Fall, but the visitors had other things in mind.

Defender Janos Loebe, a former Fordham University standout, set up Stroud for his fourth goal of the season.

Goalkeeper Evan Louro recorded a season-high five saves.

Forward Sebastian Elney made his first career professional start, playing the full 90 minutes.

NYRB II will travel to face the Tampa Bay Rowides May 18 at 7:30 p.m.

Front Row Soccer editor Michael Lewis has covered 13 World Cups (eight men, five women), seven Olympics and 25 MLS Cups. He has written about New York City FC, New York Cosmos, the New York Red Bulls and both U.S. national teams for Newsday and has penned a soccer history column for the Guardian.com. Lewis, who has been honored by the Press Club of Long Island and National Soccer Coaches Association of America, is the former editor of BigAppleSoccer.com. He has written seven books about the beautiful game and has published ALIVE AND KICKING The incredible but true story of the Rochester Lancers. It is available at Amazon.com.