CHESTER Jim Curtin is aware that the Philadelphia Union’s schedule offers no favors in the next three and a half months. They registered six in the first half and eight in the game, a reflection of how effectively the Red Bulls’ high-press set them off-kilter. “But a point is still a good result, this is a good team at home, but it doesn’t feel like that, it feels like a loss”.
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A game against rival NY doesn’t need extra pep.
Harry Shipp scored for Montreal (6-5-8). Clearly we don’t learn from our mistakes.
Perhaps it was the knowledge of what happened last time RBNY took a lead into the second half at Talen EnergY Stadium that affected the visitors in the second half.
The 11 players named to the All Star Fan XI, voted on my fans and the media include: Andrea Pirlo (NYCFC), David Villa (NYCFC), Andre Blake (Philadelphia Union), Matt Besler (Sporting KC), Laurent Ciman (Montreal Impact), Keegan Rosenberry (Philadelphia Union), Kaka (Orlando City SC), Darlington Nagbe (Portland Timbers) Giovanni dos Santos (LA Galaxy), Didier Drogba (Montreal Impact) and Sebastian Giovinco.
The road futility is regrettable but common.
The Red Bulls return home next weekend for a third and final Hudson River Derby on Sunday, July 24.
“You have to get points on the road in this league”, Curtin said. But before that happens, there is certain things that we need to evaluate, access and get better at.
The Union enter Sunday sans injury concerns. The recently-injured forward corps of CJ Sapong, Sebastien Le Toux and Fabian Herbers recouped a measure of fitness against Palace, and the squad emerged from the game with no new knocks.
And while the three points never came, coming back to get just one showed the Union’s ability to strike. Fullback Kemar Lawrence (groin) remains on the mend, though Connor Lade’s emergence has mitigated his absence.
Goalkeeper Luis Robles, whose late-match saves saved the Red Bulls from further embarrassment Sunday night, gave credit to his team’s archrivals. Patching together that defense for a third game in seven days is a challenge, though the backline has kept consecutive clean sheets.
Roland Alberg drilled a free kick deep into the box in the fifth minute, but the Red Bulls cleared the ball.
Sacha Kljestan scored a pair of goals in the first half for the Red Bulls (8-9-4, 28 points), who couldn’t hold a 2-0 lead.
“Until we figure out how to deal with some of these moments, it’s going to feel like a long year”, Red Bulls coach Jesse Marsch said. We’re up a man and we have to go five in the back because we aren’t getting the job done defensively. “It’ll be much more combative”.
The Red Bulls didn’t lose.
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“Ridiculously I had to go to five in the back when we were up a man”, Marsch said. “I don’t think we need any extra motivation; we just need to rebound, be up and be ready for that game”. “The fact that there’s been some good games that both teams have won a few games on each side – they’ve ended our Open Cup dreams twice – there’s a lot to it”. “So it’s every detail about what the games are about”.
