Red Bull New York fell to the Philadelphia Union, 3-1, on Saturday night at Sports Illustrated Stadium.
The Union were up 3-0 before Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting pulled one back for RBNY.
"There's accountability every day, so we promise you that we look hard at every little thing, we're very honest with ourselves," Head Coach Michael Bradley. "We have a really good way of working, of looking at things, of understanding the things that have to continue to get better, of understanding the mistakes that have to get cut out. But it's not just as simple as to say that's unacceptable, and all of a sudden it'll never happen again."
On the goal, Ronald Donkor played a lateral ball to Mohammed Sofo who played a through ball to Choupo-Moting who struck a right footed shot into the bottom left corner. Â
Choupo-Moting scored his third goal of the season and the 20th of his MLS career. The forward has registered a goal contribution in back-to-back matches.
Sofo tallied his first career MLS assist. Donkor provided his sixth assist of the season and the 10th of his MLS career.
"Even if we create a lot of chances and make some good plays, you still have to defend your own box, defend your own goal, and not concede," Emil Forsberg said. "I think, in the end, with what we’re doing, sometimes it’s just too easy — the goals we concede are too easy — and then we have to bounce back. We have to hold each other accountable and start winning games. It’s a tight table. If you look at it, we’re still in a playoff spot, but it’s time to get better. It’s time to do things better. As of now, we have to move forward and do better. There’s no way around it. We have to do much better."
The Red Bulls will begin a four-match road trip, which starts with a battle against the Seattle Sounders at Lumen Field on Saturday, September 5. Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET with coverage on Apple TV in English and Spanish, and Red Bulls Radio in English via the Red Bull New York app and RedBullNewYork.com. Â
"I think you’re spot on in that way that people get frustrated because it’s not good enough. We understand that," Forsberg said. "Of course, we want to do better for the fans. We have to. But as you said, it should never be acceptable to show that. As a team, we’re trying as best as we can, but we have to hold ourselves to a certain standard in every aspect of the game, and it has to be over 95 minutes. It doesn’t matter if we’re 4-0 down or 4-0 up. The standards have to be as high as they can be, with the ball and without the ball. I think in that way, we need to get better."
