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New York Earn 1-0 Win against Columbus Crew at Red Bull Arena

August 19, 2021 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
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The New York Red Bulls (6-9-4, 22 points) earned a 1-0 win against the Columbus Crew (6-8-6, 24 points) on Wednesday night at Red Bull Arena.

New York scored the lone goal of the match in the 33rd minute, when defender Andrew Gutman played a pass into the feet of Fábio, who then laid it off for John Tolkin. After Tolkin brought the ball across his body, he fired a shot in between the legs of Elroy Room to give New York the lead.

The Red Bulls ended a seven-match winless streak and recorded their first win at Red Bull Arena since June 18, bringing their home record to 5-2-2 this season.

Tolkin scored his first career MLS goal in his 15th MLS appearance. He is the 11th different goal scorer for New York this season.

Fábio tallied his seventh assist of the season, which ranks tied for fourth among MLS players. The Brazilian striker has now recorded two goals and five assists at Red Bull Arena this year.

Gutman earned his first assist of the season for New York. He is the 11th different player to tally an assist this year for the Red Bulls.

Goalkeeper Carlos Coronel recorded four saves in the match and tallied his sixth shutout of the season, which includes five at Red Bull Arena. He is now tied for third in MLS in shutouts.

Defender Andrés Reyes made his first start since June 27 against Atlanta United, after suffering a hamstring injury.

The Red Bulls tallied their 199th MLS regular-season clean sheet, which moves them into sole possession of fifth all-time in league history.

New York have posted a 19-10-10 mark in matches after a loss since 2018.

The Red Bulls earned their 117th win at Red Bull Arena since 2010 and have the most points (388) earned at home in MLS during that timespan.

Red Bulls Captain Sean Davis passed Tony Meola for seventh all-time in MLS regular season minutes played (11,266) in franchise history.

Since 2015, New York is 84-18-22 when scoring the first goal of a match, including 6-4-2 this season.

Following Wednesday's match, New York hosts rival New York City FC in the first New York Derby of the 2021 season at Red Bull Arena on Saturday, August 21. Kickoff is scheduled for 8 p.m. ET on FS1, FOX Deportes, 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 1, Columbus Crew 0

2021 MLS Regular-Season Match 19

Wednesday, August 18, 2021 - 8 p.m. ET

Red Bull Arena | Harrison, N.J.

Box Score

Scoring Summary:

NY - John Tolkin 1 (Fábio, Gutman) 33'

Misconduct Summary:

NY - Patryk Klimala (caution, foul) 55'

CLB - Erik Hurtado (caution, foul) 84'

New York Red Bulls: Carlos Coronel; Andrew Gutman, Amro Tarek (Mandela Egbo, 73'), Sean Nealis, Andrés Reyes (Frankie Amaya, HT), Kyle Duncan; Sean Davis ©, John Tolkin, Wiki Carmona (Caden Clark, 71'), Fábio (Daniel Royer, 71'), Patryk Klimala (Tom Barlow, 61')

Unused Subs: Ryan Meara, Jason Pendant, Omir Fernandez

TOTAL SHOTS: 16; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 10; POSSESSION: 44.4%; CORNER KICKS: 6; SAVES: 4

Columbus Crew: Eloy Room; Harrison Afful, Jonathan Mensah ©, Aboubacar Keita, Waylon Francis (Pedro Santos, 51'); Darlington Nagbe, Kevin Molino (Erik Hurtado, 75'), Liam Fraser, Alexandru Matan (Derrick Etienne, Jr., 51'), Gyasi Zardes (Lucas Zelarayán, 45'+1'), Bradley Wright-Phillips

Unused Subs: Evan Bush; Saad Abdul-Salaam, Vito Wormgoor, Isaiah Parente, Miguel Berry

TOTAL SHOTS: 9; SHOTS ON GOAL: 3; FOULS: 7; POSSESSION: 55.6%; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 4

Referee: Chris Penso

Assistant Referees: Jeremy Hanson, Gianni Facchini

4th Official: JC Griggs

VAR: Jose Carlos Rivero

AVAR: Robert Schnapp

Attendance: 10,002

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