Soccer Red Bulls Forced to Go with Make Shift Lineup Due to International Callups and Injury, Win 3-0 by Jayson Love March 25, 2018 The MLS plays through international breaks and that made lineup selection for Red Bulls’ manager Jesse Marsch tricky. It became even trickier when Alejandro “Kaku” Gamarra was announced to have picked up a quad injury in training. Already without Fidel Escobar and Michael Amir Murillo who were called up by the Panama national team, Kemar Lawrence who was called up by Jamaica and Tyler Adams who was summoned by the USA, Marsch was forced to use his squad depth for the tilt with Minnesota. The Red Bulls decided to go with a 4-2-3-1 formation with Bradley Wright Phillips at target forward with a back-four of Lade and Duncan flanking Aaron Long and Tim Parker. Sean Davis combined with Mark Rzatkowski in the defensive midfield while Florian Valot played center attacking midfield, flanked by Daniel Royer and Alex Muyl. Muyl opened Red Bulls’ account in the first half when he calmly slotted home from the top of the box in the 15th minute and the Red Bulls never looked back. Minnesota came out aggressively to start the match and tried to force RBNY to play through the midfield which caused problems at the start for Red Bull, but they were always dangerous in attack. Once the Red Bulls had the first goal, Minnesota seemed deflated. The final scoreline of 3-0 flattered Minnesota as RBNY could have scored at least three more on top of the three they scored. As it stood, Red Bull scored three including two by star forward Bradley Wright Phillips. Just before half time, Sean Davis stood over a free kick. The Minnesota coaching staff seemed to be screaming at the backline to man-mark in the box, but to no avail. Davis hit a beautifully weighted free kick onto the head of Tim Parker who flicked on to a cutting Wright Phillips. The England man deftly toe poked home from just in front of the goal and RBNY led 2-0 at half time. The Red Bulls were a constant threat in the second half. Muyl hit the post, Royer had a sure goal saved, and the scoreline appeared destined for 2-0. However, Bradley Wright Phillips, who was down injured moments earlier, brilliantly finished in the open field to push Red Bulls’ lead to 3-0. That would be the final scoreline as Red Bull had its second victory of the young MLS season. Post Views: 4,983 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Jayson Love Jayson is a Staff Writer for DoubleGSports.com Latest posts by Jayson Love (see all) Red Bulls Forced to Go with Make Shift Lineup Due to International Callups and Injury, Win 3-0 - March 25, 2018 The United States National Team Doesn’t Develop Young Talent? Don’t blame the Red Bulls - March 21, 2018 Red Bulls Make History with Champions League Win at Tijuana, Bradley Wright-Phillips Scores a Brace - March 7, 2018 New York Red Bulls Are New Look Red Bulls as 2018 Season Approaches - February 21, 2018 Related TopicsBradley Wright-PhillipsJesse MarschRBNY Click to comment You must be logged in to post a comment Login Leave a Reply Cancel replyYou must be logged in to post a comment. Newsletter Subscription Can't Miss Posts! Women in Sports: NHL Network Host, Jackie Redmond by Nicholas Durst | posted on March 4, 2019 Lochte, Dressel and Ledecky all Chasing Gold at 2021 Tokyo Olympics by Anthony Paradiso | posted on April 18, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 109: The Athletic’s Marc Carig (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 19, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 110: New York Giants’ Insider Paul Dottino (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 21, 2021 Whoop Rewards Employees With $100 Each Month To Sleep by Inesh Chari | posted on March 22, 2021 More in Soccer You Know I’m Right, Episode 95: Soccer Commentator Tommy Smyth (Audio/Video) On the 95th episode of You Know I’m Right, Nick Durst and Joe Calabrese are joined by... Competition Quickly Rises For Serie A Competition Rises For Serie A: Serie A is a professional Italian Soccer league where... Trinity Rodman Registers for the Womens NWSL Draft Dennis Rodman’s Daughter registers for the NWSL Draft At the age of 18, Trinity... From Inspired to Being an Inspiration: Sports Broadcaster & “The Morning Roast” Host Kate Scott (VIDEO) 95.7 FM “Morning Roast” radio host Kate Scott is a woman of many firsts... The United States National Team Doesn’t Develop Young Talent? Don’t blame the Red Bulls A Look at the Sky Blue FC 2018 Schedule and Predictions