New York Red Bulls 1 (11-9-7), New England Revolution 0 (6-12-9)
Sunday, August 28, 2016 – 2:30 p.m.
Red Bull Arena – Harrison, N.J.
Box Score:NY 1, NE 0
Scoring Summary:
NY - Bradley Wright-Phillips (16) (unassisted) 55'
Misconduct Summary:
NE – Gershon Koffie (caution, persistent infringement) 71’
NE – Kelyn Rowe (caution, foul) 85’
NY – Gonzalo Veron (caution, foul) 90+4’
NE – Juan Agudelo (caution, foul) 90+8’
NY – Luis Robles (caution, foul) 90+8’
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Kemar Lawrence, Ronald Zubar, Aurelien Collin Chris Duvall, Sean Davis, Felipe, Alex Muyl (Daniel Royer, 83’), Sacha Kljestan ©, Mike Grella (Omer Damari, 64’), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Gonzalo Veron, 89’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 17; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 2
New England Revolution: Brad Knighton; Chris Tierney (Daigo Kobayashi, 82’), Jose Goncalves, Je-Vaughn Watson, Andrew Farrell, Scott Caldwell (Juan Agudelo, 71’), Gershon Koffie, Kelyn Rowe, Lee Nguyen, Teal Bunbury (Diego Fagundez, 60’), Kei Kamara
TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 16; OFFSIDE: 6; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 3
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
Referee's Assistants: Corey Rockwell, Kyle Atkins
4th Official: Jose Carlos Rivero
Attendance: 22,600
- The New York Red Bulls earned a 1-0 win over the New England Revolution on Sunday afternoon at Red Bull Arena. Bradley Wright-Phillips scored to extend New York’s unbeaten streak to nine games, its longest unbeaten run since 2000.
- The Red Bulls are 11-9-7 on the season and 10-2-1 at home.
- The Red Bulls have recorded 10 or more home wins in five straight seasons, and in six of the seven seasons since Red Bull Arena opened in 2010.
- New York sits in third place in the Eastern Conference with 40 points, tied on points with Philadelphia, with a better goal differential (+11).
- New York is 24-29-15 all-time against New England; 19-8-8 at home.
- The Red Bulls have used 13 different center back combinations this season. New York is 5-0-3 when Aurelien Collin and Ronald Zubar start together.
- Bradley Wright-Phillips scored his team-leading 16th goal of the season, hammering home a rebound on a half-volley after an Alex Muyl shot was saved.
- BWP is tied for the league lead in goals (16) with Toronto’s Sebastian Giovinco and New York City’s David Villa.
- BWP has four goals and an assist in his last three MLS appearances.
- Last week, Wright-Phillips became the fourth player in league history to record 15 goals or more in three consecutive MLS seasons. Chris Wondolowski (2010-2012) and Raul Diaz Arce (1996-1998) also accomplished the feat, while Robbie Keane (2012-15) has scored 15 or more in four straight seasons.
- BWP is one goal shy of the record for most goals scored over three consecutive seasons, a record currently held by Chris Wondolowski (61 goals, 2010-2012).
- New York is 38-41-19 all-time in the month of August. New York has scored 164 goals in August and allowed 155.
- Luis Robles made his 133rd consecutive regular season start in goal for New York and made two saves to earn his league-leading eighth shutout of the season. Robles continues to add to his franchise records for wins (61) and shutouts (36).
- The Red Bulls travel to Vancouver to face Whitecaps FC on Saturday, September 3, for the last out-of-conference game of the season. The Red Bulls return home to host rival D.C. United on Sunday, September 11.
