New York Red Bulls 1 (13-9-9), Montreal Impact 0 (9-10-11)
Saturday, September 24, 2016 - 7 p.m.
Red Bull Arena - Harrison, N.J.
Box Score
Scoring Summary:
NY - Daniel Royer 1 (Chris Duvall) 60'
Misconduct Summary:
MTL-Victor Cabrera (caution, foul) 21'
MTL - Ambroise Oyongo (caution, foul) 48'
NY - Sacha Kljestan (caution, foul) 56'
MTL - Hernan Bernadello (caution, foul) 56'
MTL - Marco Donadel (caution, foul) 81'
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Kemar Lawrence, Damien Perrinelle, Aurelien Collin, Chris Duvall, Dax McCarty ©, Felipe, Daniel Royer (Mike Grella, 83'), Sacha Kljestan (Sean Davis, 90'+4), Alex Muyl, Bradley Wright-Phillips
TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 3
Montreal Impact: Evan Bush; Laurent Ciman, Hassoun Camara, Ambroise Oyongo, Victor Cabrera, Hernan Bernadello (Harry Shipp, 82'), Marco Donadel, Patrice Bernier (Matteo Mancosu, 68'), Ignacio Piatti, Michael Salazar (Dominic Oduro, 68'), Dider Drogba
TOTAL SHOTS: 5; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 6
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
Referee's Assistants: Brian Dunn, Eric Weisbrod
4th Official: Jose Carlos Ontivero
Attendance: 22,209
- The New York Red Bulls defeated the Montreal Impact 1-0 on Saturday night at Red Bull Arena. Daniel Royer provided the game-winner in the second half to extend New York's franchise-record unbeaten streak to 13 games in MLS play.
- With the win, New York clinched a spot in the Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs. New York will see postseason action for the seventh-straight year.
- The Red Bulls are 13-9-9 on the season and 11-2-2 at home. With two home matches remaining, New York is one win shy of tying the franchise record for home wins in a season, set last year.
- New York now sits on 48 points, in first place in the Eastern Conference. The Red Bulls are tied with Toronto FC and New York City FC but ahead on tiebreakers with a better goal differential (+13).
- Daniel Royer got his first goal as a New York Red Bull in the 60th minute, heading home a lofted cross from Chris Duvall. The goal came at the end of a string of chances for New York. (WATCH: Highlight from MLS)
- New York is 10-1-8 when scoring first this season, and 9-0-1 when keeping a clean sheet.
- Luis Robles made his 137th consecutive regular season start in goal for New York.
- Robles kept his league-leading 10th shutout of the season, and continues to add to his franchise records for career wins (63) and shutouts (38).
- New York now heads to Guatemala to close out Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League group play with a match at Antigua Guatemala FC on Tuesday, September 27. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. The Red Bulls return to MLS play on Saturday, October 1 to host Philadelphia Union at 7 p.m. with coverage available on MSG and Red Bulls Radio in English and Spanish.
