McDonnell boosts Dundalk survival hopes

Dundalk 2 Waterford United 2

Darius Kierans’ side looked to be staring defeat in the face when they firstly lost midfielder Stephen Maher to a needless red card before seeing their lead, which came courtesy of Lorcan Shannon, cancelled out by early second-half headers from Paul Phelan and Ben Ryan.

However, a 25-yard thunderbolt from local man McDonnell rescued what could prove to be an invaluable draw for them ahead of Friday night’s second leg in the RSC.