The New York Red Bulls head into their third Knockout Round match in club history against the Chicago Fire on Wednesday, October 25.
Kickoff is set for 8:30 p.m. ET with coverage on FS1, UniMas, and New York Red Bulls Radio on Tunein in English and Spanish.
Historically, the club is a perfect 2-0-0 in Knockout Round games.
Let’s take a look back at New York’s two previous knockout games:
October, 26, 2011 | FC Dallas 0, New York Red Bulls 2
In the first Wild Card match of the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs, Joel Lindpere scored the winner midway through in the second half, guiding home a low cross from Mehdi Ballouchy to seal New York’s ticket to the playoffs proper.
Thierry Henry tallied the insurance goal in stoppage time to ensure the win.
Red Bulls right back Jan Gunnar Solli saw a straight red card in the 79th minute after a hard foul from behind on Dallas captain Daniel Hernandez, but New York held on for the victory.
Scoring Summary:
NY: Joel Lindpere (Mehdi Ballouchy 1) 61’
NY: Thierry Henry (unassisted) 98+’
New York Red Bulls: Frank Rost, Solli Jan Gunnar, Stephen Keel, Tim Ream, Roy Miller, Dax McCarty (Mehdi Ballouchy, 59’), Teemu Tainio, Rafael Marquez, Joel Lindpere, Dane Richards (Carlos Mendes, 82’), Thierry Henry.
Substitutes Not Used: Stephane Auvray, Juan Agudelo, Bouna Coundoul
October 30, 2014 | New York Red Bulls 2, Sporting Kansas City 1
A spirited comeback effort by the New York Red Bulls dumped the defending MLS Cup champions, Sporting Kansas City, out of the 2014 MLS Cup Playoffs, after a 2-1 win at Red Bull Arena.
The league's leading scorers in the regular season, Dom Dwyer and Bradley Wright-Phillips, traded goals in the second half, before Wright-Phillips' second of the night – a header in the 90th minute – gave the Red Bulls the win and helped them move on in the MLS Cup Playoffs for the first time since 2011.
Scoring Summary:
KC: Dom Dwyer (Benny Feilhaber) 53’
NY: Bradley Wright-Phillips (Thierry Henry, Peguy Luyindula) 77’
NY: Bradley Wright-Phillips (Ambroise Oyongo, Peguy Luyindula) 90’
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles, Richard Eckersley (Ambroise Oyongo, 75’), Roy Miller, Jamison Olave, Ibrahim Sekagya, Eric Alexander (Peguy Luyindula, 65’), Tim Cahill (Connor Lade, 89’), Thierry Henry, Dax McCarty, Lloyd Sam, Bradley Wright-Phillips
