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Red Bulls and Chicago Conclude Home-And-Home On

September 7, 2017 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
New York Red Bulls News Release


HARRISON, N.J. - Fighting to secure playoff positions, the New York Red Bulls (12-10-4) and the Chicago Fire (13-9-5) clash on Saturday at Toyota Park. Kickoff is set for 4 p.m. ET with coverage on UniMas, MLSSoccer.com and New York Red Bulls Radio on TuneIn in English.

Saturday's match will be broadcast on UniMas as Jose Luis Lopez Salido and Diego Balado will have the call and Ramses Sandoval and Nick Cantor on SAP. The match can also be viewed on mlssoccer.com/SAP.

New York Red Bulls Radio goes live at 3:30 p.m. ET with triHonda Countdown to Kickoff, hosted by Jonathan Yardley.

New York heads back onto the road for the second-straight weekend, following a 2-2 draw against FC Dallas in Frisco, Texas. The Red Bulls have flipped the road woes script this season, beginning the 2017 season 1-6 away from Red Bull Arena and have now gone 5-2-1 on the road in their last eight matches across all competition (3-2-1 MLS/ 2-0-0 Open Cup). New York's four road MLS wins are tied for the fifth most in the league.

The Red Bulls will have plenty of opportunities to secure its Eastern Conference playoff position as New York will play their next five MLS matches against the East with 15 potential points on the line. With 40 points in fifth place and eight matches remaining, the Red Bulls are just two points back and two games in hand behind Columbus, four points and a game in hand behind Chicago and seven points back of NYCFC.

New York captain Sacha Kljestan has picked it up on the offensive end during the second half of the season. Throughout the first 17 MLS matches, Kljestan had just six assists. In the last nine MLS games, the New York midfielder has tallied 11 points on two goals and seven assists.

New York briefly returns to Red Bull Arena for a matchup with the Philadelphia Union on Sunday, September 17. Kickoff is set for 1 p.m. ET with coverage on ESPN, ESPN Deportes and New York Red Bulls Radio on TuneIn in English and Spanish.

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