Game Thread: Philadelphia Union vs New York Red bulls, First Half
Union head to New Jersey without Blake, Burke and Powell who are away on International Duty
Updates:
40’ - Flach trying to turn on the far sideline, but instead ends up turning it over in the defensive end. Thankfully the shot goes wide and ends up as a goal kick. Off the kick Przybylko is flagged for offsides.
37’ - Union with another corner here. The Monteiro service bounces and is untouched by a union player again. This time the Union are able to pick it up still in the attacking zone. The sequence ended with Red Bulls earning a goal kick off a wide shot from Elliott.
35’ - Union earn a corner from the right flag here. Service is sent in from Monteiro and it is curled right to the middle but no Union player was on the receiving end. Instead it turns into a counter for red bull whose shot gets blocked by Elliott.
34’ - Good defense from the Union here, as they affect the shooter whose body was going away from goal. So his shot amounted into an easy catch for Freese.
32’ - Flach finds some space the top center of the box and he puts a shot on frame, but it is easily handled by the red bulls goalkeeper.
29’ - Good passing and spacing by the Union here. Gazdag lays it off and Martinez takes a long range shot and it goes high over everything. After the missed attempt, a lot of the Union players looked like they were questioning the move.
24’ - Martinez showing off mad skills. He popped up the ball with his right foot and then sent it up the field with his left.
17’ - Freese comes off his line and makes his first big save of the game.
17' | MATT FREESE!#nyrbvPHI 0 - 0 pic.twitter.com/4TN25EOlCs
— PhilaUnion (@PhilaUnion) July 9, 2021
12’ - Monteiro is waived back onto the field. He then takes out Carmona, giving the Red Bulls a free kick about 26 yards out. The service is sent into the penalty area and is punched out by Freese.
10’ - Monteiro is down on the pitch and the medical staff is on looking at his legs. He was on the bad end of a hard foul. He is up and is limping off to the sideline. For now the team is down a man.
8’ - Gazdag picks up the ball inside the penalty area and while Bedoya looks free to his right, he lines up for a shot and it is blocked. Union’s corner from the left flag is defended and cleared.
8' | First chance of the night: Flach & Gazdag link up, but the shot is saved as the keeper is quick off his line.#nyrbvPHI 0 - 0 pic.twitter.com/5SNLiniaka
— PhilaUnion (@PhilaUnion) July 9, 2021
4’ - New York earns the games first corner. The service comes from the left flag and is its played short and deflected out for another corner kick. The second service is sent to the far post and is batted down. Game is stopped as Glesnes is on the ground. He is back up and moving and the game resumes.
1’- After a 30 minute delay, the game kicks off at 8:33 pm. Union in the light blue also almost gave up another early goal but Mbaizo blocked it.
The league has announced the game will now kickoff at 8:32 PM. It was suppose to start at 8:08 pm.
Starting Lineups
Philadelphia Union
Rain, rain, go away
— PhilaUnion (@PhilaUnion) July 8, 2021
Hopin' to kick off soon (ish)
https://t.co/EHtF1hOvaU#DOOP pic.twitter.com/mhB4wFPEQU
New York Red Bulls
STARTING XI
— New York Red Bulls (@NewYorkRedBulls) July 8, 2021
Presented by @Heineken_US pic.twitter.com/0zDW4uT8dn
Things to watch
Jamiro Monteiro would miss the next match if he receives a yellow card in Thursday’s match.
Injuries/Absences
The following is a list of names from the league’s player availability report.
Philadelphia Union
- OUT: Jack de Vries (concussion protocol)
- OUT: Ilsinho (groin surgery)
- OUT: Anthony Fontana (concussion protocol)
- OUT: Andre Blake (international duty)
- OUT: Cory Burke (international duty)
- OUT: Alvas Powell (international duty)
New York Red Bulls
- OUT: Andrew Gutman (knee)
- OUT: Aaron Long (Achilles)
- OUT: Danny Royer (thigh)
- OUT: Youba Diarra (hamstring)
- OUT: Andres Reyes (hamstring)
- OUT: Caden Clark (appendectomy)
- QUESTIONABLE: Tom Edwards (quad)
How to Watch
Where: RED BULL ARENA, Harrison, N.J.
When: 8:32 p.m.; Wednesday, July 8th
TV: PHL17
Radio: Fox Sports The Gambler 1480 AM and 105.3 HD2
Audio Streaming: iHeart Radio App, Fox Sports The Gambler
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Officials
Referee: Victor Rivas
Lineman 1: Eric Weisbrod
Lineman 2: Jeffrey Greeson
Fourth official: Joshua Encarnacion
VAR: Daniel Radford
Ast. VAR: Brian Dunn