NEW YORK RED BULLS vs. FC DALLAS
RED BULL ARENA, Harrison, N.J.
APRIL 29, 2016 (WEEK 9, MLS GAME #78)
7 pm ET (UNIMÁS, MLS LIVE)
A meeting between the teams who tied for the best record in Major League Soccer a season ago highlights Viernes de Fútbol when the New York Red Bulls play host to FC Dallas at Red Bull Arena. After winning the Supporters’ Shield on goal differential a year ago, the Red Bulls have not gotten off to the same kind start, snapping a four-game losing slide last time out in a 3-2 home win vs. Orlando City. FC Dallas have kept up their form of a year ago, sitting atop the Western Conference with the league’s best record despite opening their road swing with a 3-0 loss at the Vancouver Whitecaps last week.
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REFEREE: Jair Marrufo. AR1 (bench): Eric Boria; AR2 (opposite): Matthew Nelson; 4th: Jaime Herrera
Marrufo MLS Career: 199 games; FC/gm: 23.4; Y/gm: 2.8; R: 38; pens: 57
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: DAL: Maynor Figueroa, Atiba Harris, Walker Zimmerman
DISABLED LIST: NY: Damian Perrinelle
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME REGULAR SEASON (42 meetings): Red Bulls 20 wins (1 shootout), 57 goals …FC Dallas 17 wins (0 shootout), 61 goals …Ties 5
AT RED BULLS (21 meetings): Red Bulls 11 wins (1 shootout), 30 goals … FC Dallas 8 wins (0 shootout), 30 goals … Ties 2
LAST YEAR (MLS):
5/15: DAL 0, NYR 0
- This is the only league meeting between the teams this season.
- The Red Bulls have a three-game undefeated streak in the series after the teams played to a scoreless draw in their only meeting a season ago, May 15 at Toyota Stadium. The Red Bulls had won the previous two meetings between the teams, both by 1-0 scorelines.
- FC Dallas haven’t won at the Red Bulls since 2006, when they took a 2-1 victory at Giants Stadium. FCD have never won at Red Bull Arena (0-1-2). The Red Bulls have won on three of their last five visits to Frisco, with one draw, in both league and MLS Cup play.
- The teams have also met in two postseason series and once in the US Open Cup. The most recent elimination meeting came in the Red Bulls' 2-0 win in Texas in the Knockout Round of the 2011 MLS Cup Playoffs. Farther back in history, the Dallas Burn beat the MetroStars in overtime in the 1997 US Open Cup semifinals, while the MetroStars swept a 2000 playoff series against the Burn, winning both games.
- Coaches' records:
Jesse Marsch vs. DAL: P2 W0 L1 T1
Oscar Pareja vs. NY: P4 W1 L2 T1
