Soccer With Two Man Advantage, Red Bulls Pull Out a Win Red Bulls top Real Salt Lake 1-0. by Staff Post June 25, 2015 (Photo by Catalina Fragoso – DoubleGSports) You’re probably thinking that as the Red Bulls had a two man advantage Wednesday night, they probably cruised to an easy win. Win they did, beating Real Salt Lake 1-0, but it sure wasn’t easy. It’s not often you get to play a majority of the match up one man, let alone two, and yet that’s just what the Red Bulls did. They had more players on the pitch for 50 minutes once the first red card was handed out to Real salt Lake’s Javier Morales , and 35 of those 50 were spent with two more players when the second red card was rewarded to his teammate Demar Phillips. Despite playing with the 11 player to nine advantage for this amount of time, the Red Bulls did not generate a single goal. The lone goal of the game, and the winning goal at that, came in the fourth minute off of the foot of Mike Grella. Sure, the Red Bulls had a lot of the ball once the second red card was handed out — 61% possession — but it’s not all about just holding onto the ball. It’s about scoring as well. The Red Bulls did crowd the Salt Lake penalty area for a good amount of time forcing their goalie Nick Rimando to make seven saves, but despite that they only put one ball into the net that was ruled offside and thus it did not count. Regardless of the lack of goals scored, the Red Bulls will gladly take the three points ahead of their major derby clash with NYCFC on Sunday. The win rounds off the Red Bulls record at a tidy 5-5-5 and gives them 20 points, just enough to sit in the final eastern conference playoff spot. They also have some games in hand on the teams in front of them. It will be a hostile environment at Yankees Stadium Sunday evening at 5:00 when the second meeting between the two New York MLS sides takes place. No doubt the Red Bulls will have to find a way to create more offense if they want to do the double over NYCFC. Post Views: 1,330 The following two tabs change content below.BioLatest Posts Staff Post Latest posts by Staff Post (see all) In The Zone Announces Initial Podcast Lineup - November 13, 2020 The Essential Resources You Need to Start Your Own Gym in 2020 - February 6, 2020 Wilder vs Fury II – How the second fight will be different to the first? - February 5, 2020 Early turnovers, defensive struggles plague the Scarlet Knights - January 26, 2020 Related TopicsDemar PhillipsJavier MoralesMike GrellaMLSNew York Red BullsNick RimandoReal Salt LakeRed Bulls 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 Whoop Rewards Employees With $100 Each Month To Sleep by Inesh Chari | posted on March 22, 2021 You Know I’m Right, Episode 112: New York Jets’ Insider Brian Costello (Audio/Video) by Nicholas Durst | posted on April 27, 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... Philadelphia Union take down the Sounders on Sapong’s Record-tying Night Showdown NY Once Again Brings Out Great Crowd to Support Steve Nash Foundation