New York Red Bulls 1, Colorado Rapids 0
Saturday, March 11 2017 - 4 p.m. ET
Red Bull Arena – Harrison, N.J.
Box Score: http://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2017-03-11-new-york-red-bulls-vs-colorado-rapids/boxscore
Scoring Summary:
COL - Own Goal (Eric Miller) 45’
Misconduct Summary:
NY – Sean Davis (caution, foul) 35’
NY – Derrick Etienne, Jr. (unsporting behavior, foul) 55’
NY – Daniel Royer (time wasting, foul) 79’
COL – Michael Azira (unsporting behavior) 90+4’
New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Damien Perrinelle (Aurelien Collin, 75’), Sal Zizzo, Sean Davis, Felipe, Danny Royer, Sacha Kljestan ©, Derrick Etienne, Jr. (Mike Grella, 61'), Bradley Wright-Phillips (Fredrik Gulbrandsen, 88’)
TOTAL SHOTS: 13; SHOTS ON GOAL: 7; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 1
Colorado Rapids: Tim Howard; Eric Miller, Marc Burch, Jared Watts, Axel Sjoberg, Sam Cronin, Dillon Powers (Shkelzon Gashi, 72'), Dominique Badji, Michael Azira, Marlon Hairston, Caleb Calvert (Dillon Serna, 59')
TOTAL SHOTS: 3; SHOTS ON GOAL: 1; FOULS: 13; OFFSIDE: 6; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 7
Referee: Robert Sibiga
Referee's Assistants: Adam Wienckowski, Richard Gamache
4th Official: Marcos DeOliveira
Attendance: 19,375
- The New York Red Bulls earned a 1-0 victory over the Colorado Rapids on Saturday afternoon in the 2017 MLS home opener. An own goal just before halftime made the difference, and Luis Robles earned a shutout while setting a new league record for consecutive games played with his 142nd MLS appearance.
- New York is now unbeaten in 18 league games, dating back to July of 2016. The all-time MLS record for an unbeaten streak is 19, held by both Columbus and FC Dallas.
- Columbus’ streak spanned two seasons, while FC Dallas’ was contained in a single year.
- New York is 13-4-5 all-time in home openers.
- Robles set another MLS record, breaking Chris Klein’s previous mark of 142 consecutive appearances.
- Homegrown player Derrick Etienne, Jr. earned his first MLS start, playing up top alongside Bradley Wright-Phillips.
- Fredrik Gulbrandsen made his debut just a day after receiving his visa. Gulbrandsen traveled to join the team last night, and entered the match in the 88th minute. The forward is with New York on loan from FC Red Bull Salzburg in the Austrian Bundesliga.
- New York is 13-13-8 all-time in the month of March. New York has scored 44 goals in March and allowed 48.
- The Red Bulls are on the road next weekend to face Seattle Sounders FC on Sunday, March 19 (TV: FS1, Fox Deportes, Red Bulls Radio English/Spanish). The Red Bulls return home to host Real Salt Lake on Saturday, March 25 for a 4 p.m. kick.
