NEW YORK RED BULLS vs. NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION
Red Bull Arena | Harrison, New Jersey
Sunday, August 28 | Week #25 | MLS Game #263
2:30 pm ET (ESPN in the US, MLS LIVE in Canada)
Heineken Rivalry Week 2 kicks into full gear when the New York Red Bulls and New England Revolution renew their I-95 rivalry in a crucial Eastern Conference contest Sunday afternoon at Gillette Stadium before an ESPN audience. The Red Bulls are undefeated now in their last eight league matches, returning home off a 2-2 draw at D.C. United last Sunday, entering the weekend tied for third in the East. The Revolution are winless in their last five matches, snapping a four-game losing slide in a scoreless draw at the San Jose Earthquakes at midweek that left them two points below the red line in the conference table heading into the weekend play.
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- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Diego Fagundez scored the game’s only goal in the 55th minute to lead the Revolution to victory, April 1 at Gillette Stadium. The home team has won each of the last five meetings in league play (New England winning three).
- When the Revolution defeated the Red Bulls 2-1 at Red Bull Arena in the first leg of the 2014 Eastern Conference Championship, it was their first win of any sort in New Jersey since 2007, ending a 10-game winless streak there in all competitions.
- When the Red Bulls won 2-0 in Foxborough on June 8, 2014, it was the first for New York in New England since 2002. The Revolution had won 13 of 19 meetings in league and MLS Cup play since that previous New York win.
- Bradley Wright-Phillips collected a goal and added an assist as the Red Bulls extended their current undefeated streak to eight matches in a 2-2 draw at D.C. United on Sunday afternoon. Wright-Phillips now has 15 goals, sitting in third place in the MLS Golden Boot standings; he is one of four players in MLS history to reach the 15-goal mark in three or more consecutive seasons.
REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar. AR1 (bench): Corey Rockwell; AR2 (opposite): Kyle Atkins; 4th: Jose Carlos Rivero
MLS Career: 224 games; FC/gm: 26.5; Y/gm: 3.3; R: 64; pens: 76
SUSPENDED: none
WARNINGS:
SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: NYR: Connor Lade, Ronald Zubar, Felipe Martins, Mike Grella, Alex Muyl … NE: Scott Caldwell
SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NYR: Kemar Lawrence … NE: Kei Kamara, Gershon Koffie, Teal Bunbury
DISABLED LIST: NYR: Gideon Baah (season-ending injury) … NE: Xavier Kouassi
INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none
HEAD-TO-HEAD
ALL-TIME (23 meetings): Red Bulls 23 wins (2 shootout), 111 goals … Revolution 29 wins (3 shootout), 112 goals … Ties 15
AT RED BULLS (34 meetings): Red Bulls 18 wins (0 shootout), 72 goals … Revolution 8 wins (2 shootout), 48 goals … Ties 8
- The teams are meeting for the second time this season. Diego Fagundez scored the game’s only goal in the 55th minute to lead the Revolution to victory, April 1 at Gillette Stadium. The home team has won each of the last five meetings in league play (New England winning three).
- When the Revolution defeated the Red Bulls 2-1 at Red Bull Arena in the first leg of the 2014 Eastern Conference Championship, it was their first win of any sort in New Jersey since 2007, ending a 10-game winless streak there in all competitions.
- When the Red Bulls won 2-0 in Foxborough on June 8, 2014, it was the first for New York in New England since 2002. The Revolution had won 13 of 19 meetings in league and MLS Cup play since that previous New York win.
- Coaches record: Jay Heaps vs. NYR: P12 W4 L5 T3 … Jesse Marsch vs. NE: P7 W3 L4 T0
LAST MEETING (MLS)
4/1: NE 1, NYR 0 (Fagundez 55)
- The game's only goal was shrouded in controversy. With Red Bulls fullback Kemar Lawrence on the turf with an apparent injury in the middle of the field, Revolution midfielder Scott Caldwell played a ball over the top to Juan Agudelo, who hit a square pass in the box to an open Diego Fagundez, who made no mistake from the heart of the area. Lawrence was immediately substituted from the game following the goal.
- The Red Bulls finished the game a man down when Felipe was given a straight red card with a half-hour remaining following a challenge on Kelyn Rowe in midfield.
- NEW ENGLAND REVOLUTION (4-2-3-1): Bobby Shuttleworth - London Woodberry, Andrew Farrell, Jose Goncalves, Chris Tierney - Scott Caldwell, Kelyn Rowe - Diego Fagundez (Charlie Davies 78), Lee Nguyen, Teal Bunbury (Femi Hollinger-Janzen 87) - Juan Agudelo (Daigo Kobayashi 70).
- NEW YORK RED BULLS (4-2-3-1): Luis Robles - Sal Zizzo, Karl Ouimette, Kemar Lawrence (Chris Duvall 58), Connor Lade - Felipe Martins (ejected 61), Dax McCarty - Lloyd Sam (Sean Davis 67), Sacha Kljestan (Shaun Wright-Phillips 77), Mike Grella - Bradley Wright-Phillips.
