New York Red Bulls vs. Montreal Impact
2017 MLS Regular Season
Stade Saputo – Montreal, Quebec
Saturday, June 3, 2017 – 7:30 p.m. ET
MSG, MSG GO, New York Red Bulls Radio
#MTLvNY
Game Notes vs. Montreal
All-time series: 8-3-2
On the road vs. MTL: 1-3-2
HARRISON, N.J. (June 1, 2017) – Unbeaten in their last two matches, the New York Red Bulls (6-6-2, 20 pts) travel North to Canada for a road matchup against the Montreal Impact (3-4-4, 13 pts) on Saturday at Stade Saputo. Kickoff is slated for 7:30 p.m. ET, with coverage on MSG, MSG GO and New York Red Bulls Radio on Tunein.
Coverage of Saturday’s match on MSG begins at 7 p.m. with Honda Red Bulls Game Night. Steve Cangialosi will have the primary play-by-play responsibilities and will be alongside Shep Messing and Tina Cervasio.
New York Red Bulls Radio gets underway with triHonda Countdown to Kickoff, hosted by Matt Harmon, at 7 p.m. ET. Harmon will call the in English, while Ernesto Motta provides Spanish radio play-by-play and the SAP call for MSG.
New York has bounced back from their three-match losing streak with four points at Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls drew with first-place Toronto, 1-1 before taking three points from New England in a 2-1 victory.
Bradley Wright-Phillips has been crucial for the Red Bulls in the last two matches, tallying a goal in each game to raise his career total during MLS regular-season matches to 75. Four of Wright-Phillips’s six goals this season have come at Red Bull Arena.
Daniel Royer tallied his fourth of the season against New England, two have been recorded in the last three matches. It was Royer’s second career game-winning goal. The Austrian native’s first game-winning goal came on September 24, 2016 in a 1-0 win over Montreal.
New York and Montreal will clash for just the 12th time in the regular season on Saturday. Both teams have defended their home turfs very well in the all-time series as New York owns a perfect 7-0-0 mark at Red Bull Arena, while Montreal is 3-1-2 at Olympic Stadium. New York has been able to generate at least a goal in four of the six matches played in Canada.
New York's next two home matches both come against rival NYCFC. The teams will meet in the fourth round of the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup on Wednesday, June 14 before the first of three New York Derbies on Saturday, June 24.
