New York Red Bulls 0, Real Salt Lake 0
Saturday, March 25 2017 - 4 p.m. ET
Red Bull Arena – Harrison, N.J.
Box Score
Scoring Summary: None
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Kemar Lawrence (caution, foul) 42’
RSL – Luke Mulholland (caution, foul) 57’
RSL – Luis Silva (caution, foul) 67’
RSL – Sunny (caution, dissent) 69’
RSL – Aaron Maund (caution, foul) 70’
RSL – Ricardo Velazco (caution, foul) 87’
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Damien Perrinelle, Connor Lade (Sal Zizzo, 61’), Tyler Adams, Felipe, Danny Royer, Alex Muyl, Fredrik Gulbrandsen (Sean Davis, 75’), Bradley Wright-Phillips
TOTAL SHOTS: 18; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 5; OFFSIDE: 4; CORNER KICKS: 8; SAVES: 4
Real Salt Lake: Matt VanOekel; Chris Wingert, Demar Phillips, Chris Schuler, Aaron Maund, Luis Silva, Brooks Lennon, Sebastian Saucedo (Ricardo Velazco, 82’), Sunny, Luke Mulholland, Yura Movsisyan © (Omar Holness, 90’ + 3’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 12; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 3
Referee: Chris Penso
Referee's Assistants: Kathryn Nesbitt, Nick Uranga
4th Official: Jorge Gonzalez
Attendance: 16,213
- The New York Red Bulls (2-1-1) and Real Salt Lake (0-2-2) played to a 0-0 draw after 90 minutes of play on Saturday afternoon at Red Bull Arena.
- It was just the third time in 72 MLS regular season matches under head coach Jesse Marsch that the Red Bulls ended a game in a 0-0 draw.
- Following the draw, the Red Bulls have clinched a full calendar year without dropping at match at Red Bull Arena during the MLS regular season. New York’s last loss at home came against Sporting Kansas City, 2-0, on April 9, 2016.
- New York is 76-24-19 since Red Bull Arena opened in 2010. The Red Bulls continue to support the best home record in the MLS.
- With Sacha Kljestan on national team duty, Luis Robles wore the captain’s armband.
- Robles recorded his second shutout this season and 41st of his career, denying all four shot attempts.
- In his first career start at home, Fredrik Gulbrandsen tallied a game-high six shots with one shot on target in 75 minutes of playing time at forward.
- Connor Lade made his first appearance of the season, starting at right back. Lade suffered a season-ending ACL injury last August.
- Tyler Adams made his first start of the season. The 18-year-old missed time during preseason while with the U.S. Under-20 Men’s National Team that won the CONCACAF U-20 Championship.
- Adams, who had one career start with 45 minutes of playing time before today, played a full 90 minutes in the midfield.
- Adams made his presence known on the field, not just generating offensive chances, but make a crucial defensive save in the eighth minute to preserve the scoreless draw.
- New York is 13-14-9 all-time in the month of March. New York has scored 45 goals in March and allowed 51.
- New York is 5-6-9 all-time against RSL, and 5-1-4 in home matches.
- Head coach Jesse Marsch owns a 36-20-16 mark with the Red Bulls.
- With the tie, the Red Bulls move into sole possession of first place in the Eastern Conference with seven points (2-1-1) through four matches played.
- The Red Bulls head out for two-straight on the road, with trips to Houston (April 1) and Orlando (April 9) before returning to Red Bull Arena on Saturday, April 15 to host D.C. United.
