MLS

New York Red Bulls vs LAFC, 2018 MLS, Regular Season

· MLS
  • 39': Daniel Royer
  • 80': Daniel Royer
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2 - 1
  • 53': Diego Rossi

Daniel Royer scores twice to give Red Bulls win over LAFC

Daniel Royer scored his second goal of the game in the 80th minute as the New York Red Bulls edged LAFC 2-1 on Sunday night.

Match Commentary

  • 0': First Half begins.
  • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
  • 1': Attempt missed. Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left.
  • 1': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Lee Nguyen tries a through ball, but Adama Diomande is caught offside.
  • 6': Foul by Daniel Royer (New York Red Bulls).
  • 6': Steven Beitashour (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 7': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Laurent Ciman.
  • 8': Attempt missed. Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Sean Davis with a cross following a corner.
  • 9': Attempt saved. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Latif Blessing.
  • 12': Foul by Michael Murillo (New York Red Bulls).
  • 12': Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 14': Attempt blocked. Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Adama Diomande.
  • 14': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Michael Murillo.
  • 17': Attempt missed. Adama Diomande (Los Angeles Football Club) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses the top right corner. Assisted by Steven Beitashour with a cross.
  • 19': Attempt missed. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) left footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left.
  • 21': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Kemar Lawrence.
  • 22': Offside, Los Angeles Football Club. Benny Feilhaber tries a through ball, but Laurent Ciman is caught offside.
  • 23': Foul by Alejandro Romero Gamarra (New York Red Bulls).
  • 23': Lee Nguyen (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 27': Foul by Walker Zimmerman (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 29': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Tim Parker.
  • 31': Attempt missed. Alejandro Romero Gamarra (New York Red Bulls) left footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Bradley Wright-Phillips.
  • 32': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Walker Zimmerman.
  • 33': Foul by Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls).
  • 33': Laurent Ciman (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 35': Foul by Benny Feilhaber (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 35': Michael Murillo (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick on the right wing.
  • 36': Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) hits the right post with a right footed shot from outside the box. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
  • 37': Attempt saved. Benny Feilhaber (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Carlos Vela.
  • 38': Tyler Miller (Los Angeles Football Club) is shown the yellow card.
  • 39': Goal! New York Red Bulls 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0. Daniel Royer (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from very close range to the bottom left corner.
  • 42': Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 42': Foul by Michael Murillo (New York Red Bulls).
  • 43': Hand ball by Jordan Harvey (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 45': Attempt missed. Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Marc Rzatkowski.
  • 45'+2': First Half ends, New York Red Bulls 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
  • 45': Second Half begins New York Red Bulls 1, Los Angeles Football Club 0.
  • 47': Attempt saved. Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner.
  • 50': Hand ball by Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 50': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Jordan Harvey.
  • 51': Attempt missed. Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls) header from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Marc Rzatkowski with a cross following a corner.
  • 53': Goal! New York Red Bulls 1, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Carlos Vela with a through ball.
  • 55': Daniel Royer (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
  • 55': Foul by Steven Beitashour (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 56': Attempt missed. Marc Rzatkowski (New York Red Bulls) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the right from a direct free kick.
  • 59': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Eduard Atuesta replaces Benny Feilhaber.
  • 60': Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 60': Foul by Michael Murillo (New York Red Bulls).
  • 60': Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card.
  • 60': Delay in match Michael Murillo (New York Red Bulls) because of an injury.
  • 61': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 62': Foul by Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 62': Tyler Adams (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 64': Attempt missed. Marc Rzatkowski (New York Red Bulls) left footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Kemar Lawrence.
  • 65': Attempt missed. Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Diego Rossi.
  • 65': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Alex Muyl replaces Sean Davis.
  • 67': Delay in match Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls) because of an injury.
  • 67': Delay in match Adama Diomande (Los Angeles Football Club) because of an injury.
  • 69': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Marco Ureña replaces Adama Diomande because of an injury.
  • 69': Delay over. They are ready to continue.
  • 69': Hand ball by Aaron Long (New York Red Bulls).
  • 71': Corner, New York Red Bulls. Conceded by Laurent Ciman.
  • 74': Attempt blocked. Daniel Royer (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from outside the box is blocked. Assisted by Alex Muyl.
  • 76': Attempt blocked. Latif Blessing (Los Angeles Football Club) right footed shot from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Steven Beitashour.
  • 77': Bradley Wright-Phillips (New York Red Bulls) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
  • 77': Foul by Eduard Atuesta (Los Angeles Football Club).
  • 80': Goal! New York Red Bulls 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1. Daniel Royer (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Bradley Wright-Phillips.
  • 81': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Derrick Etienne replaces Daniel Royer.
  • 84': Substitution, Los Angeles Football Club. Danilo Silva replaces Walker Zimmerman.
  • 85': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Marc Rzatkowski.
  • 88': Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Connor Lade replaces Alejandro Romero Gamarra.
  • 88': Attempt saved. Derrick Etienne (New York Red Bulls) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tyler Adams.
  • 89': Attempt saved. Alex Muyl (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from more than 35 yards is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Tyler Adams.
  • 89': Diego Rossi (Los Angeles Football Club) wins a free kick on the left wing.
  • 89': Foul by Connor Lade (New York Red Bulls).
  • 90'+1': Offside, New York Red Bulls. Luis Robles tries a through ball, but Alex Muyl is caught offside.
  • 90'+3': Attempt missed. Derrick Etienne (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Bradley Wright-Phillips.
  • 90'+4': Corner, Los Angeles Football Club. Conceded by Aaron Long.
  • 90'+5': Second Half ends, New York Red Bulls 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1.
  • 90'+5': Match ends, New York Red Bulls 2, Los Angeles Football Club 1.

Statistics

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7 Fouls 8
1 Yellow Cards 1
0 Red Cards 0
2 Offsides 1
5 Corner Kicks 4
3 Saves 2
53.7 Possession 46.3
9 SHOTS 14
3 ON GOAL 5
0.3 On Target % 0.4
0 Penalty Goals 0
0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
329 Accurate Passes 291
440 Passes 384
0.7 Pass Completion % 0.8
3 Accurate Crosses 3
11 Crosses 10
0.3 Cross % 0.3
62 Long Balls 42
23 Accurate Long Balls 17
0.4 Long Balls % 0.4
2 Blocked Shots 1
8 Effective Tackles 15
18 Tackles 22
0.4 Tackle % 0.7
13 Interceptions 13
11 Effective Clearances 22
11 Clearances 22

Game Information

Competition: MLS

Venue: Sports Illustrated Stadium
Location: Harrison, New Jersey, USA
Attendance: 20,402

MLS Standings

# TEAM GP GD PTS
1 Austin FC 0 0 0
2 Colorado Rapids 0 0 0
3 FC Dallas 0 0 0
4 Houston Dynamo FC 0 0 0
Full Standings

Line-Ups

NY New York Red Bulls (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
31 Luis Robles (GK)
33 Aaron Long
26 Tim Parker
92 Kemar Lawrence
62 Michael Murillo
10 Kaku
4 Tyler Adams
27 Sean Davis
99 Bradley Wright-Phillips Yellow Card
77 Daniel Royer
90 Marc Rzatkowski

LAFC LAFC (4-2-3-1)

No. Name
1 Tyler Miller (GK) Yellow Card
23 Laurent Ciman
25 Walker Zimmerman
2 Jordan Harvey
3 Steven Beitashour
10 Carlos Vela
24 Lee Nguyen
33 Benny Feilhaber
99 Adama Diomandé
7 Latif Blessing
9 Diego Rossi

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