MLS Red Bull New York

Chicharito's Hat-Trick Carries Galaxy over Red Bulls, 3-2

Published on April 25, 2021 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Red Bull New York News Release


With a hat-trick from Javier Hernandez, LA Galaxy (2-0-0, 3 pts) won their home opener, 3-2, over the New York Red Bulls (0-2-0, 0 points) on Sunday at Dignity Health Sports Park.

New York begins with back-to-back regular-season losses to start a season for the first time since 2016. New York opens MLS regular-season play with back-to-back losses for just the sixth time in franchise history.

The Red Bulls dropped to 31-25 in one-goal matches since 2016. New York owns a 17-9 mark at home, while 13-14 in road matches and 1-1 in neutral games in one-goal games.

Galaxy's Javier Hernandez opened the scoring with a sliding goal at the far post in the ninth minute.

Brian White, from inside the 18-yard box, snuck a pass to Andrew Gutman, who slotted his first career MLS goal to the far post to even the game at the 26-minute mark.

Hernandez scored late in the first and then quickly in the second to complete the hat-trick and put the Galaxy up 3-1.

Following a foul, Sean Davis whipped in his free kick to the box for Amro Tarek, who backheeled the ball to himself and lofted the ball over the goalkeeper to give Cristian Casseres Jr. a header opportunity. Casseres Jr. converted the header to cut the Red Bulls deficit to one, 3-2, in the 63rd minute.

Gutman scored his first MLS regular-season goal, while Casseres Jr. tallied his sixth career MLS regular-season goal.

Casseres Jr. has seven career goals at New York across all competitions.

White tallied his third career MLS regular-season assist.

Newcomers Cameron Harper and Frankie Amaya made their Red Bull debuts with Harper making his first MLS appearance.

New York returns East for a two-match homestand. The Red Bulls open their two-match stint at Red Bull Arena with Chicago Fire FC on Saturday, May 1. Kickoff against Chicago is set for 1 p.m. ET on MSG and MSG GO and New York Red Bulls Radio in English and Spanish via TuneIn, the New York Red Bulls app and NewYorkRedBulls.com.

New York Red Bulls 2, Los Angeles Galaxy 3

2021 MLS Regular-Season Match 2

Sunday, April 25, 2021 - 5:30 p.m. ET

Dignity Health Sports Park | Carson, Calif.

Scoring Summary:

LA - Javier Hernandez 3 (unassisted) 9'

NY - Andrew Gutman 1 (White) 26'

LA - Javier Hernandez 4 (Vazquez) 41'

LA - Javier Hernandez 5 (unassisted) 60'

NY - Cristian Casseres Jr. 1 (unassisted) 63'

Misconduct Summary:

LA - Samuel Grandsir (yellow, unsporting behavior) 63'

NY - Caden Clark (yellow, unsporting behavior) 87'

LA - Efrain Alvarez (yellow, time wasting) 90' + 1'

NY - Dru Yearwood (yellow, unsporting behavior) 90' + 5'

New York Red Bulls: Carlos Coronel; Aaron Long, Sean Nealis (Kyle Duncan, HT), Amro Tarek, Andrew Gutman (Frankie Amaya, 86'), Sean Davis ©, Cristian Casseres, Jr., Florian Valot (Dru Yearwood, HT), Caden Clark, Brian White (Cameron Harper, 61'), Fábio (Daniel Royer, 61')

Unused Subs: Ryan Meara; Andrés Reyes, John Tolkin, Tom Barlow

TOTAL SHOTS: 14; SHOTS ON GOAL: 6; FOULS: 14; POSSESSION: 53.2%; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 2

LA Galaxy: Jonathan Bond; Julian Araujo, Daniel Steres, Jorge Villafana, Nick DePuy, Victor Vazquez (Sacha Kljestan, 71'), Jonathan dos Santos © (Efrain Alvarez, 73'), Adam Saldana (Carlos Harvey, 67'), Samuel Grandsir (Oneil Fisher, 78'), Javier Hernandez (Cameron Dunbar, 78'), Ethan Zubak

Unused Subs: Jonathan Klinsmann, Giancarlo Gonzalez, Danilo Acosta, Jonathan Perez

TOTAL SHOTS: 7; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 12; POSSESSION: 46.8%; CORNER KICKS: 1; SAVES: 4

Referee: Victor Rivas

Assistant Referees: Ian Anderson, TJ Zablocki

4th Official: Kevin Stott

VAR: Edvin Jurisevic

AVAR: Jonathan Johnson

Attendance: 6,853

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