New York Red Bulls 1, Toronto FC 1
Friday, May 19, 2017 – 7:30 p.m. ET
Red Bull Arena | Harrison, N.J.
Box Score
Scoring Summary:
NY – Bradley Wright-Phillips 5 (Fredrik Gulbrandsen, Sacha Kljestan) 38'
TOR – Benoit Cheyrou 1 (Chris Mavinga, Steven Beltashour) 70’
Misconduct Summary:
TOR – Michael Bradley (caution, foul) 37'
NY – Michael Amir Murillo (caution, foul) 70’
NY – Aaron Long (caution, foul) 81’
TOR – Jozy Altidore (caution, unsporting behavior) 82’
NY – Luis Robles (caution, dissent) 89’
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Damien Perrinelle, Michael Amir Murillo, Felipe, Mike Grella (Danny Royer, 60’), Sacha Kljestan ©, Alex Muyl (Gonzalo Veron, 83’), Fredrik Gulbrandsen (Sean Davis, 46’), Bradley Wright-Phillips
TOTAL SHOTS: 11; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 3
Toronto FC: Alex Bono; Eriq Zavaleta, Chris Mavinga, Drew Moor (Benoit Cheyrou), Justin Morrow, Michael Bradley ©, Victor Vazquez, Marco Delgado (Raheem Edwards, 68’), Steven Beitashour, Jozy Altidore, Tosaint Ricketts (Jordan Hamilton, 90+1’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 16; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 15; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 2
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Referee's Assistants: Peter Malinowski, Claudiu Badea
4th Official: Nima Saghafi
Attendance: 21,025
- New York and Toronto FC ended Friday night’s match in an entertaining 1-1 draw at Red Bull Arena.
- New York snapped its three-match losing streak to move to 5-6-2, while Toronto’s six-game winning streak ended and moved to 7-1-5.
- Following a foul called deep inside Toronto territory, Sacha Kljestan sent his free kick into the box. Fredrik Gulbrandsen headed Kljestan’s kick, from the right side of the box to the left side for Bradley Wright-Phillips, who scored with an over-the-head finisher in the 38th minute.
- Toronto responded in the 70th minute with a similar play off a free kick as Benoit Cheyrou knotted the game, 1-1 with the equalizer.
- Wright-Phillips tallied his fifth goal of the season and 74th of his career. Wright-Phillips’ last three goals this year have been scored at Red Bull Arena
- Kljestan recorded his 40th career assist as a Red Bull, becoming just the second player in franchise history to reach the milestone. Kljestan moved to within two assists of club-leader Thierry Henry.
- Kljestan moved into a three-way tie for second place in MLS with six assists this season.
- In his 11th career MLS match, Gulbrandsen tallied his first career MLS point and assist.
- Luis Robles kept the draw alive with his sixth career penalty-kick save against Jozy Altidore. Robles’s last penalty-kick save came on May 28, 2016 in a 3-0 win over Toronto.
- Robles’s first of his game-high three saves was his 450th of his career. Robles currently owns 452 career saves.
- 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 79-24-20 overall mark with 257 points.
- New York is 44-43-22 all-time in the Month of May.
- New York has scored 163 goals in the month of May, and allowed 159.
- Head coach Jesse Marsch owns a 39-24-17 mark with the Red Bulls.
- New York completes its second three-match homestand versus New England on Saturday, May 27. Kickoff is set for 7:30 p.m. ET and will be broadcast live on MSG. The match will also be carried on New York Red Bulls Radio in English and Spanish.
