Fulltime: Red Bulls 0 Timbers 0
90+' Close! Felipe's shot goes off the hands of Gleeson and off the crossbar.
90' Two minutes off added time
87' Substitution: Melano off for McInerney (POR)
83' Substitution: Grella off for Abang (NY)
81' Substitution: Grabavoy off for Barmby (POR)
80' Valentin's slow rolling shot is saved by Robles.
78' Zemanski's shot from outside the box is just over the bar.
77' Felipe played in but his shot is saved point blank by Gleeson!
74' Grella's sliced shot is wide.
71' Substitution: Muyl on for Veron (NY)
67' BWP shots a rocket over the goal and into the South Ward.
64' Yellow Card awarded to Alvas Powell (POR)
61' Robles saves! After the ball ping pongs in the box, Robles is able to quickly react to a Melano shot and deflects it aside.
58' Grella's volley off a Veron cross goes over the bar.
56' Zemanski's shot from outside the box hits the post.
52' Veron goes down in the box but no call from the officials.
50 A Felipe cross finds nobody in the box.
46' Second half underway
Halftime: NY Red Bulls 0 Timbers 0
45' Four minutes of added time
43' Kljestan's back post header is saved by Gleeson.
40' Yellow Card awarded to Felipe (NY)
38' McCarty back on the field.
36' Dax McCarty is off being treated to. Appears to have a cut on his face.
34' Red Bulls with plenty of possesion, Timbers have been playing the counter attack game.
25' Nagbe's slow roller is saved by Robles.
22' Substitution: Gideon Baah off for Damien Perrinelle.
20' Gideon Baah is down injured and it appears he can not continue. The strecher is out for him.
19' Nice passign combination by the Red Bulls leads to a Veron chance that is cleared out.
17' A Felipe free kick attempt is pucnhed over by Gleeson.
15' Kljestan's chip attempt on a free kick does not reach Grella, and is cleared by the Timbers.
14' Yellow Card awarded to Diego Chara (POR)
11' Melano's shot is saved well by Robles.
5' BWP played long by Felipe but he can't handle the ball and it goes out for a goal kick.
4' Substitution: Mattocks off for Grabavoy (POR)
1' Mattocks limping after a hard challange.
0' Kickoff at Red Bull Arena!
Anthem has been sung. Kickoff is next!
Teams are making their way on to the field......
Portland Timbers midfielder Darlington Nagbe became one of the first 11 players to be named to the 2016 MLS All-Star team. Fans picked the US international to be part of the MLS All-Star Fan XI.
Diego Valeri did not travel with the Timbers to New Jersey, as the Argentine star is out injured. Captain Liam Ridgewell is a game time decision.
"We have to look at New York and see what we think the best plan will be for that game. We have to look and see what our personnel is like as well and how to manage injuries like we have the entire year. This game is no different. They are a good team New York. They are in a bit of a rut right now. They will be very motivated for sure. I think we will be as well and I look forward to another great game.”
Despite their recent struggles, Porter knows that traveling across the country to face the Red Bulls is no easy task.
“We felt in this game with the hype and the big crowd we knew Colorado would want to play with energy. I thought we managed the game really well. The tempo slowing it down. We played with a low block and still pressed. We pressed in the middle third and I think we gave them a lot of problems in terms of breaking us down. They had a little bit of the ball but they were never really able to get much going.”
Timbers head coach Caleb Porter spoke about the match tempo after the 0-0 result.
The Portland Timbers are coming off a 0-0 draw with west suprise contender Colorado Rapids last Monday in Commerce City. On Tim Howard's debut, both sides struggled to create much in the final third. It was Portland's first MLS match since being knocked out of the US Open Cup at the hands of a 1-0 defeat to the LA Galaxy.
"We wanted to limit Shaun Wright-Phillips' minutes a little bit, just to make sure we were gradually going through that the right way," Marsch said in a post match press conference. "Obviously a very good goal he scored. Damien Perrinelle - I thought having him on the field was just great to see. It was great to see him on the field again for us. And, you know, he's still shaking off a little bit of rust but getting 75 minutes under his belt I think was really good. He said the knee felt great, so that's all good. Yeah, and then in general, I think we used this game in the absolute right way and it'll bolster some confidence and I think also help guys with sharpness and fitness for the stretch coming up."
Despite the starting eleven being filled with reserve players, both Shaun Wright-Phillips (who scored in the third minute) and Damien Perrinelle participated in the friendly.
Despite doubling their lead early on in the second half with a lucky deflected strike from Dan Metzger, the Red Bulls, and backup goalkeeper Kyle Reynish had their back to the wall for almost thirty minutes straight. Reynish had to fend off chance after chance as the Mexican club threw the kitchen sink. Reynish clutch saves and key clearances by the defense allowed New York to steal the match 2-0.
The Red Bulls hosted Mexican powerhouse Club America on Wednesday night for an international friendly, a match that the New York reserves won 2-0.
"I think we have to stick to the game plan and have a good performance in the toughest moments. We need everybody to stick together and play well."
The loss at Yankee Stadium continued the trend of lossing matches on the road for the Red Bulls, something midfileder Felipe believes the team can fix.
"They were the better team today. They wanted it more and they showed that on the field. I think that they changed certain things about how they defended to make it hard for us. We weren't sharp enough today and some of our advantages when we pressed and won balls didn't go our way. You go to last game where in set pieces we managed to get an edge, today we didn't. They got their first goal on a set piece that we knew was coming but we didn't do well enough. Credit to New York City [FC]. They wanted it bad and with the way that this series has gone they weren't happy and knew that it would require a big competitive effort. They poured their hearts out on the field and in the end they earned it more than us and deserved it more than us."
Head coach Jesse Marsch clearly was not happy with his team's performance last Sunday at Yankee Stadium.
In their last MLS match, the Red Bulls lsot 2-0 in their New York Derby to New York City FC.
Hello and welcome to VAVEL USA's LIVE coverage of this evening's match out of MLS Regular Season Action between the New York Red Bulls and the Portland Timbers. My name is Josef Leizerowitz, and it is my pleasure to be taking you all through this evening's action. There's still quite a bit of time until kickoff, which is scheduled for 6:00 PM EST, so sit back, relax, and allow me take you through the build up to this one.
