New York Red Bulls 0, Real Salt Lake 1
MLS Regular Season Match 2
Saturday, March 17, 2018 - 9 p.m. ET
Rio Tinto Stadium | Sandy, Utah
Box Score
Scoring Summary:
RSL – Albert Rusnak (PK) 4’
Misconduct Summary:
RSL – Damir Kreilach (caution, unsporting behavior) 37’
RSL – Brooks Lennon (caution, unsporting behavior) 43’
RSL – Demar Phillips (caution, time wasting) 60’
RSL – Corey Baird (caution, dissent) 88’
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles ©; Connor Lade, Fidel Escobar (Derrick Etienne, Jr., 79’), Aaron Long, Tim Parker, Kyle Duncan, Tyler Adams, Alejandro Romero Gamarra, Vincent Bezecourt, Marc Rzatkowski (Daniel Royer, 62’), Carlos Rivas (Bradley Wright-Phillips, 72’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 11; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 2
Real Salt Lake: Nick Rimando; Brooks Lennon, David Horst, Demar Phillips, Justen Glad, Albert Rusnak, Damir Kreilach, Jefferson Savarino (Luke Mulholland, 90’+4’), Kyle Beckerman, Sebastian Saucedo (Corey Baird, 66’), Alfredo Artuno (Sunny, 79’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 6; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDE: 3; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 4
Referee: Ted Unkel
Assistant Referees: Eduardo Mariscal, Michael Kampmeinert
4th Official: Fotis Bazakos
VAR: Drew Fischer
Attendance: 16,334
- Real Salt Lake (1-1-1) converted on an early penalty kick to down the New York Red Bulls (1-1-0), 1-0, on Saturday night at Rio Tinto Stadium. RSL delivers New York their first loss of the 2018 season across all competitions.
- With the break in Scotiabank Concacaf Champions League action, the Red Bulls will have a week between games for the first time in a while. New York has played five games in 17 days dating back to the second leg of the SCCL Round of 16 series against Olimpia on March 1.
- Real Salt Lake was awarded a penalty-kick opportunity just three minutes into the match and Albert Rusnak converted for the eventual game winner.
- The Red Bulls deployed their sixth different starting XI tonight. Sean Davis and Kemar Lawrence were both left home after taking knocks in training earlier in the week.
- New York’s five-match unbeaten streak across all competitions was snapped and was held scoreless for the first time this season after multiple goals in the last four games.
- New York is 14-15-9 all-time in the month of March. New York has scored 49 goals in March and allowed 52.
- Bradley Wright-Phillips was held without a point as he came on as a sub and his five-match point streak was snapped.
- New York returns home for its next match, hosting Minnesota United FC next Saturday, March 24, at 7 p.m. ET, with coverage on MSG2 and Red Bulls Radio in English and Spanish.
