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New York Red Bulls Rally to Earn 2-2 Road Tie against Montreal

Published on April 5, 2014 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
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MONTREAL, QC (April 5, 2014) - After conceding a fifth minute goal, Red Bulls midfielder Jonny Steele and forward Peguy Luyindula responded with first half tallies as New York (0-1-4, 4 pts.) earned a 2-2 tie on the road against the Montreal Impact (0-3-2, 2 pts.) at Olympic Stadium Saturday afternoon and extended their unbeaten MLS run to four.

The Red Bulls are back in action on Saturday, April 12, as they will face D.C. United at RFK Stadium at 7:00 PM ET (TV: MSG+). New York will return to Red Bull Arena on Wednesday, April 16, when it hosts the Philadelphia Union at 7:30 PM. The Red Bulls will then complete a two-match homestand on Wednesday, April 23, as they battle the Houston Dynamo at 7:30 PM. Tickets are on sale now for both matches by calling 1.877.727.6223 or logging onto tickets.newyorkredbulls.com.

The Impact took the lead in the fifth minute. Felipe maintained possession in New York's defensive third and slipped it through to an onside Andres Romero, whose curling shot found the lower right hand corner of the net.

Montreal almost made it 2-0 eight minutes later, when Romero's on target volley was cleared off the line by Ibrahim Sekagya.

Within the first half, New York goalkeeper Luis Robles made several of his nine total saves to keep the score 1-0. The Red Bulls broke through on the scoreboard in the 31st minute. Kosuke Kimura chipped it down the right sideline to Lloyd Sam, who gathered the ball and crossed it towards the back post. Steele was there to it first and put it home from close range.

The visitors, who were without a number of players Saturday including Thierry Henry, Tim Cahill and Jamison Olave, then took the lead three minutes later. Steele intercepted a Marco Di Vaio pass in midfield and picked out an on-rushing Luyindula. Luyindula took a touch in the box and ripped it over goalkeeper Troy Perkins to make the score 2-1.

Luyindula almost doubled his personal tally four minutes following the break when New York earned a penalty kick after Matteo Ferrari fouled Bradley Wright-Phillips in the box. Perkins guessed incorrectly on the try, but the Frenchman pinged his attempt off the right post.

Montreal tied the game in the 60th minute, as Justin Mapp's in-swinger from the right wing was nodded in by Felipe. Both teams had chances to earn the game-winner in the last third of the match, but neither could record their third tally of the game.

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