This week the New York Red Bulls will continue their 2016 season with a midweek matchup against Orlando City SC.
The Match will kick off at 7:30pm on Wednesday July 13th at Red Bull Arena with coverage on MSG and the Red Bulls Radio Network on TuneIn.
This will be the third match in seven days for the Red Bulls, who played a friendly against Club America last Wednesday and a regular season match against the Portland Timbers on Sunday. The match against Portland ended in a 0-0 tie. New York is now undefeated in its last 6 home contests, with 5 shutouts.
On Wednesday the Red Bulls will welcome Orlando City to Red Bull Arena. This will be the teams’ third meeting this season. The first two matches ended in a win for the Red Bulls and a tie.
The Red Bulls are currently in third place in the Eastern Conference with a 7-9-3 record overall, and a 6-2-1 record at home. Orlando City is in eighth place in the Eastern Conference with a 4-4-9 record overall and a 1-4-2 record on the road.
After this week’s Wednesday night match, the Red Bulls will be traveling to Philadelphia to play the Union on Sunday July 17th. The match will kickoff at 7:00 pm with coverage on Fox Sports 1 and the Red Bulls Radio Network on TuneIn.
NOTES
- For Orlando, the match will mark their second since head coach Adrian Heath's departure. The club will seek a road win in the hopes of jumping back into the playoff picture. New York, meanwhile, are looking to end a poor run of form that has dropped them to fourth in the East.
- The teams split their two meetings a year ago in Orlando City’s first MLS season, the road team winning on each occasion. The Red Bulls claimed a 2-0 victory on July 18 at the Citrus Bowl, then Orlando City turned the tables in a 5-2 triumph Sept. 25 at Red Bull Arena.
- The Red Bulls were shut out for a second consecutive game and had their winless streak reach four games – following a season-long four-game winning streak – after their scoreless draw with the Portland Timbers 821352574" tabindex="0">on Sunday afternoon at Red Bull Arena.
- In their first game with Bobby Murphy in charge as interim head coach, Orlando City played to a scoreless draw with the Houston Dynamo 821352575" style="line-height: 1.6em;" tabindex="0">on Friday evening at Camping World Stadium. Murphy took over for Adrian Heath, who was the only coach OCSC had known before he departed the club in the days leading to the Houston match.
- The teams are meeting for a third and final time this regular season. Bradley Wright-Phillips hit for a pair of goals in a three-goal Red Bulls burst 821352577" tabindex="0">in 11 minutes in the second half as they took a 3-2 win 821352578" tabindex="0">April 24 in Harrison; Wright-Phillips scored again, but Kevin Molino canceled that out as the teams reached a 1-1 draw 821352579" tabindex="0">May 6 at Camping World Stadium.
- The teams split their two meetings a year ago in Orlando City’s first MLS season, the road team winning on each occasion. The Red Bulls claimed a 2-0 victory on July 18 at the Citrus Bowl, then Orlando City turned the tables in a 5-2 triumph 821352581" tabindex="0">Sept. 25 at Red Bull Arena.​
REFEREE: Sorin Stoica. AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Jose da Silva; 4th: Mark Kadlecik
MLS Career: 51 games; FC/gm: 29.1; Y/gm: 4.0; R: 22; pens: 24
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: ORL: Carlos Rivas, Brek Shea
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NYR: Ronald Zubar, Connor Lade, Felipe Martins … ORL: Cristian Higuita, David Mateos
DISABLED LIST: NYR: Kemar Lawrence
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (4 meetings): Red Bulls 2 wins, 8 goals … Orlando City 1 win, 8 goals … Ties 1
AT RED BULL ARENA (2 meetings): Red Bulls 1 win, 5 goals … Orlando City 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 0
2016 (MLS):
4/24: NYR 3, ORL 2 (Grella 65; B. Wright-Phillips 69, 75 – Larin 3; own goal 84)
5/6: ORL 1, NYR 1 (Molino 67 – B. Wright-Phillips 19)
