MLS Red Bull New York

Red Bulls Fall in Eastern Conference Semifinals

Published on November 6, 2016 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Red Bull New York News Release


New York Red Bulls 1 (0-2-0), Montreal Impact 2 (2-0-0)

Aggregate: New York 1, Montreal 3

2016 Audi MLS Cup Playoffs | Eastern Conference Semifinals Leg 2

Sunday - 4 p.m.

Red Bull Arena - Harrison, N.J.

Box Score: vs-montreal-impact/boxscore

Scoring Summary:

MTL - Ignacio Piatti (Dominic Oduro) 51'

NY - Bradley Wright Phillips 1 (Daniel Royer, Damien Perrinelle) 77'

MTL - Ignacio Piatti (Didier Drogba, Dominic Oduro) 85'

Misconduct Summary:

NY - Felipe (caution, foul) 19'

MTL - Evan Bush (caution, time wasting) 56'

MTL - Laurent Ciman (caution, unsporting behavior) 63'

NY - Dax McCarty (caution, unsporting behavior) 74'

NY - Sacha Kljestan (caution, unsporting behavior) 89'

MTL - Johan Venegas (caution, extra flag to checker) 90'+2'

New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles; Sal Zizzo, Damien Perrinelle, Aurelien Collin, Chris Duvall, Dax McCarty ©, Felipe (Mike Grella, 59'), Gonzalo Veron, Sacha Kljestan, Alex Muyl (Daniel Royer, 53'), Bradley Wright-Phillips

TOTAL SHOTS: 17; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 10; SAVES: 1

Montreal Impact: Evan Bush; Hassoun Camara, Victor Cabrera, Laurent Ciman, Ambroise Oyongo, Dominic Oduro, Patrice Bernier © (Calum Mallace, 65'), Hernan Bernadello (Johan Venegas, 88'), Marco Donadel, Ignacio Piatti, Matteo Moncosu (Didier Drogba, 80')

TOTAL SHOTS: 7; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 22; OFFSIDE: 1; CORNER KICKS: 3; SAVES: 3

Referee: Baldomero Toledo

Referee's Assistants: Eric Boria, Kevin Klinger

4th Official: Jose Carlos Rivera

Attendance: 24,314

The New York Red Bulls were eliminated from the Audi 2016 MLS Cup Playoffs with a 2-1 loss to the Montreal Impact on Sunday night at Red Bull Arena. New York loses the Eastern Conference Semifinal series, 3-1 on aggregate. Ignacio Piatti scored for the Impact in the 51st minute to increase the aggregate lead to 2-0 and give the Impact the all-important away goal. Piatti would get a second late in the game to seal the win. Bradley Wright-Phillips scored for New York in the 77th minute to tie the match at one, and pull New York within one on aggregate. It was the seventh career postseason goal for Bradley Wright-Phillips, adding to his franchise record. Daniel Royer and Damien Perrinelle earned assists on the play. Piatti scored a second goal in the 85th minute to finish off the Red Bulls, giving Montreal its second away goal. The loss was the first at home for New York since April 9 against Sporting Kansas City. New York posted a franchise-record 13-2-2 mark at Red Bull Arena this season. Since the start of 2012, New York has the most regular season home wins (57) and points (187) in MLS. It was the first time New York has lost to Montreal at home in MLS competition (6-1-0). Outside of the 1-6-0 start to the season, it was the first time New York has dropped back-to-back games. The loss to Montreal marked only the sixth home loss, including regular season and playoffs, for the Red Bulls under Jesse Marsch (27-6-4). New York drops to 15-24-8 in the playoffs all-time. This was the Red Bulls' second postseason game against the Impact and first post-season series.

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