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New York Red Bulls 1 (16-6-4, 52 points) v. D.C. United 0 (7-10-6, 27 points)

2018 MLS Regular Season
August 26, 2018 – Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey 
Attendance: 22,324

Player Notes


  • Steven Birnbaum won 14 aerial duels in the match; the most by a single player on D.C. United all season.
  • Birnbaum leads MLS with 122 aerial wins this season.
  • Bill Hamid recorded three saves in the match; the most he's recorded since returning to the team on Aug. 8.
  • United captain Wayne Rooney made his 500th league appearance between the English Premier League and Major League Soccer; Rooney has made 98 appearances with Everton, 398 with Manchester United and nine with D.C. United.      


#RBNYvDC Notes

  • United are 34-29-13 against the Red Bulls all-time. 
  • The Black-and-Red are 13-17-7 at Red Bull Arena all-time.


Match Notes

  • The Black-and-Red are 1-9-5 on the road this season.
  • United are 1-6-4 this season when conceding the first goal. 
  • The Black-and-Red were shutout on the road for only the second time this season.


Goals by Half

<strong>1st Half</strong>
<strong>2nd Half</strong>
<strong>Total</strong>
New York Red Bulls&nbsp;
0
1
1
D.C. United&nbsp;
0
0
0

Scoring Summary

<strong>Minute</strong>
<strong>Team</strong>
<strong>Goalscorer</strong>
<strong>Assisted by</strong>
56'
New York Red Bulls
Kaku


Misconduct Summary

<strong>Minute</strong>
<strong>Team</strong>
<strong>Offender</strong>
<strong>Reason</strong>
9'
New York Red Bulls
Bradley Wright-Phillips
Unsporting Behavior
37'
New York Red Bulls
Alejandro Romero Gamarra
Unsporting Behavior&nbsp;
63'
D.C. United
Zoltán Stieber
Unsporting Behavior&nbsp;
88'
D.C. United
Paul Arriola
Unsporting Behavior&nbsp;
90'+4'
D.C. United
Ulises Segura&nbsp;
Unsporting Behavior


Box Score

<strong>Team</strong>
<strong>Shots</strong>
<strong>Shots on Goal</strong>
<strong>Corners</strong>
<strong>Offsides</strong>
<strong>Possession (%)</strong>
<strong>Saves</strong>
New York Red Bulls
11
4
6
0
47.3%
2
D.C. United
14
2
3
0
52.7%
3

D.C. United lineup:

Bill Hamid; Oniel Fisher, Steven Birnbaum, Kofi Opare, Joseph Mora; Júnior Moreno, Russell Canouse; Yamil Asad (Zoltán Stieber 49'), Luciano Acosta (Ulises Segura 80'), Paul Arriola; Wayne Rooney (Darren Mattocks 79')


Unused Substitutes: Travis Worra, Chris Durkin, Frédéric Brillant, Vytas    


New York Red Bulls lineup:

Luis Robles; Micheal Murillo, Tim Parker, Aaron Long, Kemar Lawrence; Tyler Adams, Marc Rzatkowski; Derrick Etinne (Alex Muyl 71'), Alejandro Romero-Gamarra (Sean Davis 86'), Daniel Royer (Andres Ivan 71'); Bradley Wright-Phillips


Unused Substitutes: Ryan Meara, Connor Lade, Fidel Escobar, Brian White


Referee: David Gantar
Assistant Referees: Michael Kampmeinert, Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho
Fourth Official: Marcos de Oliveira
VAR: Alex Chilowicz