New York Red Bulls vs. Philadelphia Union
MLS Regular Season Match 28
Red Bull Arena – Harrison, N.J.
Sunday, September 17, 2017 – 1 p.m. ET
ESPN, ESPN Deportes, New York Red Bulls Radio
#NYvPHI
Game Notes vs. Philadelphia
All-time series: New York leads 12-6-3
At home vs. PHI: 7-1-1
HARRISON, N.J. (Sept. 14, 2017) – For the first time in two weeks, the New York Red Bulls (12-10-5) will return home to Red Bull Arena and host the Philadelphia Union (8-12-8) on Sunday, presented by Hackensack Meridian Health. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. ET with coverage on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and New York Red Bulls Radio on TuneIn in English and Spanish.
Sunday's match will be broadcast on ESPN and ESPN Deportes as Adrian Healy and Taylor Twellman will have the call with Julie Stewart-Binks on the sidelines.
New York Red Bulls Radio goes live at 12 noon ET with triHonda Countdown to Kickoff, hosted by Matt Harmon. Ernesto Motta will have the Spanish play-by-play call for the New York Red Bulls Radio and will be live at 1 p.m.
The Red Bulls are unbeaten in their last three MLS matches, which is the third time this season New York has strung together points in three or more MLS games. It is also the first time in 2017 that the Red Bulls tallied points in back-to-back road matches.
Dubbed the most prolific scorer by MLSSoccer.com, Bradley Wright-Phillips has done nothing less than live up to that, recording six goals and one assist over the last seven matches. The English striker has raised his career MLS regular-season goals to 84, which puts him in sole possession of 13th all-time.
Panamanian defender Fidel Escobar wasted very little time tallying his first career MLS professional point as he tallied an assist against Chicago to earn a crucial road point. It was just Escobar’s third career MLS match.
Sunday’s match against Philadelphia will be the fourth time these two teams will be pitted against one another. The 2017 series has seen each type of result for both teams as Philadelphia opened up with a 3-0 win in Philly, then New York earned a 2-0 win in Philly before both teams ended in a 1-1 tie in regulation of the U.S. Open Cup at New York before going to penalty kicks.
New York heads back on the road for two more matches, facing Sporting Kansas City on Wednesday in the U.S. Open Cup Final then to Columbus on Saturday, Sept. 23.
