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Red Bulls Falter Late, Lose to Montreal, 2-1

May 8, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS) - New York Red Bulls News Release


An early Aaron Long goal wasn't enough as the New York Red Bulls (3-5-2, 11 pts) lose late to the Montreal Impact (6-4-2, 20 pts), 2-1, on Wednesday at Red Bull Arena. New York drops three points at Red Bull Arena to Montreal in league play for the first time in the series history.

New York completed their three-match homestand, taking six of nine points (2-1-0) at Red Bull Arena.

Following a foul outside the box, Marc Rzatkowski swung a free kick into the box for Long to head in the game's first goal in the 36th minute.

Early in the second half, Montreal strung together back-to-back goals on set pieces in a 13-minute span to grab the win.

Long recorded his fifth career MLS goal. Four of his five goals have been via header.

New York will take a quick trip West to face FC Dallas on Saturday, May 11 at Toyota Stadium. Kickoff is slated for 2 p.m. ET with coverage on Univision and New York Red Bulls Radio on TuneIn.

Rzatkowski tallied his second MLS assist of 2019. The German midfielder has recorded points in back-to-back matches (1g, 1a).

2018 MLS SuperDraft Second Round pick Tom Barlow, who signed his first-team contract on Tuesday, made his MLS debut as he started and played 74 minutes.

New York is 49-44-23 all-time in the month of May. New York has scored 178 goals in May and allowed 166.

New York Red Bulls 1, Montreal Impact 2

2019 MLS Regular-Season Match 10

Wednesday - 8 p.m. ET

Red Bull Arena | Harrison, N.J.

Box Score: https://matchcenter.mlssoccer.com/matchcenter/2019-05-08-new-york-red-bulls-vs-montreal-impact/boxscore

Scoring Summary:

NY - Aaron Long 1 (Rzatkowski) 36'

MTL - Zakaria Diallo 1 (Urruti, Browne) 64'

MTL - Maxi Urruti 1 (PK) 79'

Misconduct Summary:

NY - Amro Tarek (caution, unsporting behavior) 23'

MTL - Maxi Urruti (caution, unsporting behavior) 51'

NY - Tim Parker (caution, unsporting behavior) 64'

MTL - Samuel Piette (caution, unsporting behavior)

New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles ©; Amro Tarek (Kaku, 68'), Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Tim Parker, Alex Muyl (Omir Fernandez, 68'), Connor Lade, Sean Davis, Daniel Royer, Marc Rzatkowski, Tom Barlow (Derrick Etienne, Jr., 74')

TOTAL SHOTS: 5; SHOTS ON GOAL: 2; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDE: 4; CORNER KICKS: 2; SAVES: 2

Montreal Impact: Evan Bush; Jukka Raitala, Daniel Lovitz, Zakaria Diallo, Rudy Camacho, Zachary Brault-Guillard, Samuel Piette ©, Omar Browne (Michael Azira, 74'), Shamit Shome, Maxi Urruti, Anthony Jackson-Hamel (Saphir Taider, 85')

TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 4; FOULS: 16; OFFSIDE: 0; CORNER KICKS: 5; SAVES: 1

Referee: Alex Chilowicz

Assistant Referees: Brian Dunn, Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho

4th Official: Robert Sibiga

VAR: Alejandro Mariscal

Attendance: 11,115


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