United Fall 1-0 to New York Red Bulls at Red Bull Arena

August 27, 2018 - Major League Soccer (MLS)
D.C. United News Release

New York Red Bulls 1 (16-6-4, 52 points) v. D.C. United 0 (7-10-6, 27 points)

2018 MLS Regular Season

August 26, 2018 - Red Bull Arena, Harrison, New Jersey

Attendance: 22,324

Player Notes

Steven Birnbaum won 14 aerial duels in the match; the most by a single player on D.C. United all season.

Birnbaum leads MLS with 122 aerial wins this season.

Bill Hamid recorded three saves in the match; the most he's recorded since returning to the team on Aug. 8.

United captain Wayne Rooney made his 500th league appearance between the English Premier League and Major League Soccer; Rooney has made 98 appearances with Everton, 398 with Manchester United and nine with D.C. United.

#RBNYvDC Notes

United are 34-29-13 against the Red Bulls all-time.

The Black-and-Red are 13-17-7 at Red Bull Arena all-time.

Match Notes

The Black-and-Red are 1-9-5 on the road this season.

United are 1-6-4 this season when conceding the first goal.

The Black-and-Red were shutout on the road for only the second time this season.

Goals by Half

Scoring Summary

Misconduct Summary

Box Score

D.C. United lineup:

Bill Hamid; Oniel Fisher, Steven Birnbaum, Kofi Opare, Joseph Mora; JÃºnior Moreno, Russell Canouse; Yamil Asad (ZoltÃ¡n Stieber 49'), Luciano Acosta (Ulises Segura 80'), Paul Arriola; Wayne Rooney (Darren Mattocks 79')

Unused Substitutes: Travis Worra, Chris Durkin, Frédéric Brillant, Vytas

New York Red Bulls lineup:

Luis Robles; Micheal Murillo, Tim Parker, Aaron Long, Kemar Lawrence; Tyler Adams, Marc Rzatkowski; Derrick Etinne (Alex Muyl 71'), Alejandro Romero-Gamarra (Sean Davis 86'), Daniel Royer (Andres Ivan 71'); Bradley Wright-Phillips

Unused Substitutes: Ryan Meara, Connor Lade, Fidel Escobar, Brian White

Referee: David Gantar

Assistant Referees: Michael Kampmeinert, Oscar Mitchell-Carvalho

Fourth Official: Marcos de Oliveira

VAR: Alex Chilowicz

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