NEW YORK RED BULLS vs. ORLANDO CITY SC
RED BULL ARENA • Harrison, New Jersey
July 13, 2016 • Week 19 • MLS Game #184
7:30 pm ET (MLS LIVE, MSG)
An important meeting for positioning in the Eastern Conference is ahead at midweek when the New York Red Bulls entertain Orlando City SC on Wednesday evening at Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls come into the game after having their winless run extended to four games on Sunday in a scoreless draw with the Portland Timbers, leaving them in fourth place in the conference. Orlando City sit just a point below the red line in a tie for seventh in the division, following their scoreless draw with the Houston Dynamo on Friday at Camping World Stadium.
- For Orlando, the match will mark their second since head coach Adrian Heath's departure. The club will seek a road win in the hopes of jumping back into the playoff picture. New York, meanwhile, are looking to end a poor run of form that has dropped them to fourth in the East.
- The teams split their two meetings a year ago in Orlando City’s first MLS season, the road team winning on each occasion. The Red Bulls claimed a 2-0 victory on July 18 at the Citrus Bowl, then Orlando City turned the tables in a 5-2 triumph Sept. 25 at Red Bull Arena.
- The Red Bulls were shut out for a second consecutive game and had their winless streak reach four games – following a season-long four-game winning streak – after their scoreless draw with the Portland Timbers 821352574" tabindex="0">on Sunday afternoon at Red Bull Arena.
- In their first game with Bobby Murphy in charge as interim head coach, Orlando City played to a scoreless draw with the Houston Dynamo 821352575" style="line-height: 1.6em;" tabindex="0">on Friday evening at Camping World Stadium. Murphy took over for Adrian Heath, who was the only coach OCSC had known before he departed the club in the days leading to the Houston match.
- The teams are meeting for a third and final time this regular season. Bradley Wright-Phillips hit for a pair of goals in a three-goal Red Bulls burst 821352577" tabindex="0">in 11 minutes in the second half as they took a 3-2 win 821352578" tabindex="0">April 24 in Harrison; Wright-Phillips scored again, but Kevin Molino canceled that out as the teams reached a 1-1 draw 821352579" tabindex="0">May 6 at Camping World Stadium.
- The teams split their two meetings a year ago in Orlando City’s first MLS season, the road team winning on each occasion. The Red Bulls claimed a 2-0 victory on July 18 at the Citrus Bowl, then Orlando City turned the tables in a 5-2 triumph 821352581" tabindex="0">Sept. 25 at Red Bull Arena.
REFEREE: Sorin Stoica. AR1 (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; AR2 (opposite): Jose da Silva; 4th: Mark Kadlecik
MLS Career: 51 games; FC/gm: 29.1; Y/gm: 4.0; R: 22; pens: 24
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: ORL: Carlos Rivas, Brek Shea
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NYR: Ronald Zubar, Connor Lade, Felipe Martins … ORL: Cristian Higuita, David Mateos
DISABLED LIST: NYR: Kemar Lawrence
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (4 meetings): Red Bulls 2 wins, 8 goals … Orlando City 1 win, 8 goals … Ties 1
AT RED BULL ARENA (2 meetings): Red Bulls 1 win, 5 goals … Orlando City 1 win, 7 goals … Ties 0
2016 (MLS):
4/24: NYR 3, ORL 2 (Grella 65; B. Wright-Phillips 69, 75 – Larin 3; own goal 84)
5/6: ORL 1, NYR 1 (Molino 67 – B. Wright-Phillips 19)
