The New York Red Bulls are set to host the Chicago Fire on Friday night at Red Bull Arena. Kickoff is set for 7 p.m., with coverage on UniMas in Spanish, and English by using the SAP function. The Red Bulls will also provide English and Spanish radio through www.newyorkredbulls.com, with the English radio broadcast available nationwide via Sirius XM Channel 85.
The Red Bulls, currently at 12-7-6, will look to extend the home winning streak to six games, as well as tie the team's win total from 2014.
New York enters the weekend in second place in the East, having climbed to within two points of first-place D.C. United after defeating D.C. last weekend, 3-0 at Red Bull Arena. Bradley Wright-Phillips led New York in that game with two goals and an assist. He continues to pace the Red Bulls with 13 goals on the season, and now has seven assists, demolishing his previous MLS career-high of two.
Sacha Kljestan got an assist last weekend to stretch his point streak to four games. Kljestan has points in eight of the Red Bulls last 10 games, totaling three goals and eight assists in that stretch. Kljestan leads New York with nine assists on the year.
Luis Robles continues to anchor the team in goal. Robles has three shutouts in the last four contests, and now has eight overall this season, bringing his career total to 27.
The Chicago Fire enter at 7-14-6, most recently coming off a loss to the Montreal Impact, 4-3, last weekend. All seven of the Fire's wins have come at home this season, including defeating the Red Bulls, 3-2, two weeks ago at Toyota Park.
After Friday, the Red Bulls head out for two on the road - a Wednesday contest in New England (7:30 p.m., MSG) and a meeting with Portland on Sunday, September 20 (5 p.m. ET, ESPN).
