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Red Bulls Hold Serve at RBA, Defeat Chicago, 3-1

June 28, 2019 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
New York Red Bulls News Release


Two early goals paced the New York Red Bulls (8-6-3, 27 pts) to a 3-1 win over the Chicago Fire (4-7-7, 19 pts) on Friday at Red Bull Arena. New York moved into fourth place in the East, just five points out of first place.

New York is unbeaten in the last four matches (3-0-1) at Red Bull Arena.

Following Chicago's Kenneth Kronholm's mishandling of a pass, Kaku took control of the ball put New York up 1-0 in the eighth minute.

With a 1-0 lead heading into the second half, the Red Bulls were pushing on a counterattack with Daniel Royer dribbling into the box and sent a pass across the six-yard box. Brian White slid in and snuck his shot to the near post to double the lead, 2-0 in the 59th minute.

As time was winding down in regulation, Aleksandar Katai ripped a shot from the top of the 18-yard box and bounced off the crossbar back into play. Nemanja Nikolic collected the loose ball and beat Luis Robles to cut the deficit to one, 2-1, in the 81st minute.

Three minutes into stoppage time, Bradley Wright-Phillips saved a ball from going out-of-bounds and sent it down the sideline for Kyle Duncan. Duncan took possession of the ball, dribbled into the box and launched a pass to the opposite side for Royer. Royer redirected the pass with his body to the near post to seal the victory, 3-1.

Kaku tallied his third goal of the season to raise his career total to nine as a Red Bull.

Kaku has recorded a point in five consecutive matches, tallying three goals and two assists during that stretch.

White scored his team-leading fifth league goal of the season in just 708 minutes of action. He has recorded three goals and one assist in the last five games, including goals in back-to-back matches.

Royer tallied his fourth goal of the season and 28th of his career.

Captain and goalkeeper Luis Robles recorded a season-best seven saves and moved into seventh all-time in MLS in wins with 108.

Bradley Wright-Phillips returned to the 18-man roster and saw action for the first time since April 20. Wright-Phillips came off the bench for White in the 67th minute.

Head coach Chris Armas improved to 20-9-6 all-time at the helm and 14-4-1 at Red Bull Arena.

New York is 37-45-21 all-time in the month of June. New York has scored 146 goals in June and allowed 161.

New York hits the road for four of the next five matches, beginning with back-to-back road matches against Houston (July 3) and Atlanta United (July 7). The Red Bulls match against the Dynamo is slated to kick off at 9 p.m. EST with coverage on MSG+, MSG Go and New York Red Bulls Radio on TuneIn.

New York Red Bulls 3, Chicago Fire 1

2019 MLS Regular-Season Match 17

Friday - 8 p.m. ET

Red Bull Arena | Harrison, N.J.

Box Score

Scoring Summary:

NY - Kaku 3 (unassisted) 8'

NY - Brian White 5 (Royer) 59'

CHI - Nemanja Nikolic 5 (unassisted) 81'

NY - Daniel Royer 4 (Duncan, Wright-Phillips) 90'+3'

Misconduct Summary:

NY - Marc Rzatkowski (caution, unsporting behavior) 28'

NY - Luis Robles (caution, time wasting) 30'

CHI - Nemanja Nikolic (caution, unsporting behavior)

New York Red Bulls: Luis Robles ©; Amro Tarek, Tim Parker (Sean Nealis, HT), Connor Lade, Kyle Duncan, Marc Rzatkowski, Kaku (Omir Fernandez, 78'), Alex Muyl, Sean Davis, Daniel Royer, Brian White (Bradley Wright-Phillips, 66')

TOTAL SHOTS: 10; SHOTS ON GOAL: 5; FOULS: 14; OFFSIDE: 4; CORNER KICKS: 4; SAVES: 7

Chicago Fire: Kenneth Kronholm; Jorge Corrales, Bastian Schweinsteiger, Przemyslaw Frankowski (Nemanja Nikolic, 68'), Marcelo, Aleksandar Katai, Fabian Herbers (Jeremiah Gutjahr, 75'), Brandt Bronico, Nicolas Gaitan, Dax McCarty ©, C.J. Sapong

TOTAL SHOTS: 26; SHOTS ON GOAL: 8; FOULS: 12; OFFSIDE: 2; CORNER KICKS: 7; SAVES: 2

Referee: Ted Unkel

Assistant Referees: Brian Dunn, Jeffrey Greeson

4th Official: Marcos DeOliveira

VAR: Jorge Gonzalez

Attendance: 17,563

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