New York Red Bulls 2, D.C. United 0
Saturday, April 15, 2017 – 7:30 p.m. ET
Red Bull Arena | Harrison, N.J.
Box Score
Scoring Summary:
NY – Alex Muyl 1 (Sacha Kljestan) 46'
NY – Bradley Wright-Phillips 3 (Felipe) 62’
Misconduct Summary:
NY - Felipe (caution, dissent) 40'
NY – Sacha Kljestan (caution, dissent) 45+2’
DC – Luciano Acosta (caution, foul) 52’
NY – Kemar Lawrence (caution, handball) 56’
DC – Sean Franklin (caution, dissent) 80’
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Aurelien Collin, Sal Zizzo, Tyler Adams, Felipe, Danny Royer (Derrick Etienne, Jr. 70’), Sacha Kljestan © (Damien Perrinelle, 88’), Alex Muyl, Bradley Wright-Phillips (Fredrik Gulbrandsen, 80’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 15; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 9; SAVES: 4
D.C. United: Bill Hamid; Steve Birnbaum © (Kofi Opare, 90+5’), Sean Franklin, Taylor Kemp, Bobby Boswell, Luciano Acosta, Lloyd Sam, Ian Harkes, Jared Jeffrey, Nick DeLeon (Sebastian LeToux, 48), Jose Guillermo Ortiz (Lamar Neagle, 65’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 12; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 16; OFFSIDE: 4; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 3
Referee: Sorin Stoica
Referee's Assistants: Adam Garner, Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
4th Official: Hilario Grajeda
Attendance: 20,104
- A strong second-half surge with goals from Alex Muyl and Bradley Wright-Phillips guided the New York Red Bulls past D.C. United, 2-0 Saturday night at Red Bull Arena.
- The Red Bulls improve to 3-3-1 on the season after playing four of the first six on the road.
- New York is 26-32-12 all-time against D.C., and 16-13-6 at home. New York is 8-2-3 at home against D.C. since Red Bull Arena opened in 2010. The Red Bulls are unbeaten against D.C. in their last three matches (2-0-1).
- The Red Bulls remain unbeaten at home in 2017 with a 2-0-1 mark.
- New York continues to support the best home record, with the most home wins and points, in MLS since Red Bull Arena opened in 2010. The Red Bulls own a 77-24-19 overall mark with 250 points.
- Muyl, a Homegrown, opened the scoring in the 46th minute, heading home a Sacha Kljestan corner kick.
- The goal was Muyl’s first of the year, and third of his career.
- With the assist, Kljestan moved into second on the club’s all-time assists chart with his 37th for New York.
- Kljestan’s assist also moved him into a tie for the club lead in game-winning assists with Thierry Henry at 11.
- Wright-Phillips added a second in the 62nd minute, slotting a shot through the legs of Bill Hamid after being played in by Felipe. The goal was Wright-Phillips third of the year, and first at Red Bull Arena. BWP signed a new deal that made him a Designated Player earlier this season.
- Wright-Phillips has now tallied seven goals in 14 games against D.C., which is his fourth highest mark against an opponent.
- Following his four-save clean sheet at Red Bull Arena, Luis Robles has blanked 28 opponents at home during the regular season. Of Robles’s 28 shutouts at Red Bull Arena, five of which have come against D.C. United in the regular-season.
- New York is now 38-34-20 all-time in the month of April and 4-6-3 in April under head coach Jesse Marsch.
- All-time, New York has scored 124 goals in April and allowed 110.
- Head coach Jesse Marsch owns a 37-22-16 mark with the Red Bulls.
- New York remains home for two more, hosting Columbus Crew SC next Saturday, April 22, and the Chicago Fire the following Saturday, April 29. Both games kickoff at 7:30 p.m. ET, with coverage on MSG, MSG GO and Red Bulls Radio in English and Spanish.
