New York Red Bulls vs D.C. United SC, MLS 2026 REGULAR SEASON

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D.C. United SC

Wed 2 Sep 2020 · 23:30 UTC Red Bull Arena HT 45' · FT 45+12'

Y 8' Frederic Brillant

Y 51' Mohammed Abu

Amr Tarek 88' Y

Overview

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New York Red Bulls vs D.C. United SC — MLS at Red Bull Arena.

New York Red Bulls 18 games · 25 pts (2026/26)
D.C. United SC 18 games · 23 pts (2026/26)

Match Details

Referee Jose Carlos Rivero
Referee Nima Saghafi
Referee Brian Dunn
Referee Logan Brown
Referee

Standings

#	Team	P	Pts
1	Nashville SC	18	40
2	Internacional CF Miami	18	38
3	New England Revolution	18	30
4	Chicago Fire FC	17	29
5	New York City FC	18	26
6	FC Cincinnati	18	26
7	Charlotte FC	18	25
8	New York Red Bulls	18	25
9	D.C. United SC	18	23
10	Columbus Crew SC	18	20
11	Orlando City SC	18	20
12	Toronto FC	18	17
13	Philadelphia Union	18	16
14	Montreal Impact FC	18	16
15	Atlanta United FC	18	12
16	Vancouver Whitecaps FC	17	34
17	Los Angeles FC	19	34
18	San Jose Earthquakes	18	33
19	Houston Dynamo	18	32
20	FC Dallas	18	27
21	Real Salt Lake	17	27
22	St. Louis City	18	26
23	Portland Timbers	18	24
24	Seattle Sounders FC	17	24
25	Minnesota United FC	18	24
26	Colorado Rapids SC	18	22
27	Los Angeles Galaxy	19	22
28	San Diego FC	18	21
29	Austin FC	18	17
30	Sporting Kansas City	18	14

Head-to-Head

New York Red Bulls 19 games · Avg 2.8 goals D.C. United SC

Last 5 meetings

2020-09-02 New York Red Bulls 0–1 D.C. United SC 2019-09-29 New York Red Bulls 0–0 D.C. United SC 2019-08-22 D.C. United SC 1–2 New York Red Bulls 2018-09-16 D.C. United SC 3–3 New York Red Bulls 2018-08-26 New York Red Bulls 1–0 D.C. United SC

Recent Form

New York Red Bulls

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	D.C. United SC	H	0–1	L
30 Aug	New England Revolution	A	1–1	D
25 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	0–1	L
20 Aug	New York City FC	H	1–0	W
23 Jul	FC Cincinnati	A	0–2	L
17 Jul	Columbus Crew SC	A	0–2	L

D.C. United SC

Date	Opponent	H/A	Score	Result
02 Sep	New York Red Bulls	A	1–0	W
29 Aug	Philadelphia Union	A	1–4	L
25 Aug	New England Revolution	H	1–2	L
21 Aug	FC Cincinnati	A	0–0	D
22 Jul	Montreal Impact FC	A	0–1	L
18 Jul	New England Revolution	H	1–1	D

Season Stats

New York Red Bulls		D.C. United SC
#8	Position	#9
25	Points	23
18	Played	18
7 / 4 / 7	W / D / L	5 / 8 / 5
29	Scored	26
39	Conceded	29
-10	GD	-3
1.39	PPG	1.28
39%	Win %	28%

Key Stats

47% Both Teams to Score
H2H (19 games)

42% Over 2.5 Goals
H2H history

16% Clean Sheets
New York Red Bulls this season

32% Clean Sheets
D.C. United SC this season

New York Red Bulls are 8th (25 pts). D.C. United SC are 9th (23 pts).

Goal Timing (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

0-15

6/4

16-30

2/1

31-45

5/5

46-60

4/7

61-75

1/5

76+

3/3

■ Scored ■ Conceded

D.C. United SC

0-15

2/1

16-30

3/2

31-45

1/5

46-60

3/4

61-75

2/2

76+

7/5

■ Scored ■ Conceded

Top Scorers (This Season)

New York Red Bulls

Julian Hall	9 G	2 A
Jorge Ruvalcaba	7 G

D.C. United SC

Tai Baribo	9 G
Louis Munteanu	5 G

Events

Match Events

0' Temperatures are rising at Red Bull Arena as New York Red Bulls face off against D.C. United SC in what promises to be a fascinating contest.
5' Chris Seitz is a natural and has been asked to do a very specific job for D.C. United SC tonight.
8' The referee has no hesitation. Frederic Brillant is booked for D.C. United SC — Yellow card on 8.
13' We are waiting for someone to take the initiative. Who will be the first to commit to attack?
18' D.C. United SC come into this ranked in Array. They desperately need points to push themselves up the standings.
23' Both teams are passing the ball around with high level of urgency. New York Red Bulls needs to do something about it to get closer to the goal.
28' We miss some good tackles and strikes. Is there anyone on the field to put the game back to action?
33' New York Red Bulls are keeping things exceptionally tight at the back. It will take something special to break them down.
38' Junior Moreno has certainly something to prove this evening. He made 18 appearances with only 0 goals this season.
43' The 34-year-old Oniel Fisher has been sensational this season — 0 goals and 0 assists is a remarkable return.
48' New York Red Bulls are happy to let the opposition have the ball in their own half. The trap is set.
51' The referee has no hesitation. Mohammed Abu is booked for D.C. United SC — Yellow card on 51.
56' New York Red Bulls have won 422 goals from 286 games. They will be desperate to add to that tally today.
61' New York Red Bulls are deployed in a today, looking to exploit space against D.C. United SC's shape.
65' New York Red Bulls make a change. Omir Fernandez trudges off to be replaced by Benjamin Mines on 65 minutes.
66' It is a substitution in New York Red Bulls team. Tom Barlow is replaced by Mathias Jorgensen on 66 minute.
67' The supporters are chanting for Amr Tarek. He replaces Aaron Long on 67 minute.
71' Cristian Casseres is replacing Sean Davis for the New York Red Bulls side.
72' Another change for D.C. United SC made on 72 minute. Kevin Paredes leaves to be changed by Oniel Fisher.
77' D.C. United SC looks like a favorite considering 0 games won in last 1 matches with its main striker Tai Baribo scoring 3 goals.
78' A change in the D.C. United SC ranks — Mohammed Abu exits the field as Moses Nyeman enters on 78.
79' Another substitution for New York Red Bulls to replace Daniel Royer by Florian Valot on 79 minute.
84' Supporters expect more eagerness from Jason Pendant, as he is very good at scoring at Red Bull Arena with 0 goals in the last 0 games.
88' Amr Tarek catches the referee's attention in entirely the wrong way. Yellow card on 88.
90' Erik Sorga gets the nod from D.C. United SC. He replaces Ola Kamara and will look to change the dynamic.
The points are shared — New York Red Bulls 0-1 D.C. United SC. Honours even.

Lineups

New York Red Bulls Lineups

Starting XI

24
Jason Pendant
90
Marc Rzatkowski
10
Kaku
77
Daniel Royer ↓ Florian Valot 79'
33
Aaron Long ↓ Amr Tarek 67'
27
Sean Davis C ↓ Cristian Casseres Jr. 71'
18
Ryan Meara
6
Kyle Duncan
21
Omir Fernandez ↓ Benjamin Mines 65'
15
Sean Nealis
74
Tom Barlow ↓ Mathias Jorgensen 66'

Bench

Coach Chris Armas

D.C. United SC Lineups

Starting XI

Bench

44
Axel Sjoberg
91
Oniel Fisher ↑ 72'
2
Federico Higuain
36
Earl Edwards Jr.
50
Erik Sorga ↑ 90'
22
Griffin Yow ↑ 90'
27
Moses Nyeman ↑ 78'

Coach Ben Olsen

H2H

H2H Top Scorers

Player	Goals
Ola Kamara	5
Bradley Wright-Phillips	4
Cameron Harper	4
Bradley Wright-Phillips	4
Christian Benteke	3
Lewis Morgan	3
Luquinhas	3
Tai Baribo	3

Head to Head

New York Red Bulls Form

2020-09-02 New York Red Bulls 0–1 D.C. United SC L 2020-08-30 New England Revolution 1–1 New York Red Bulls D 2020-08-25 Philadelphia Union 1–0 New York Red Bulls L 2020-08-20 New York Red Bulls 1–0 New York City FC W 2020-07-23 FC Cincinnati 2–0 New York Red Bulls L 2020-07-17 Columbus Crew SC 2–0 New York Red Bulls L

D.C. United SC Form

2020-09-02 New York Red Bulls 0–1 D.C. United SC W 2020-08-29 Philadelphia Union 4–1 D.C. United SC L 2020-08-25 D.C. United SC 1–2 New England Revolution L 2020-08-21 FC Cincinnati 0–0 D.C. United SC D 2020-07-22 Montreal Impact FC 1–0 D.C. United SC L 2020-07-18 D.C. United SC 1–1 New England Revolution D

Predictions

Prediction accuracy

1 / 4

1.44 New York Red Bulls xG

Expected Goals

Dixon-Coles · Bivariate Poisson · Neg. Binomial · Elo

1.33 D.C. United SC xG

I would bet for: New York Red Bulls or D.C. United SC 72% + Both teams to score 57%

Match Result

✗ Wrong

New York Red Bulls39% Draw28% D.C. United SC33%

Actual: D.C. United SC win

Both Teams to Score

✗ Wrong

Yes57% 0% No43%

Avg goals/match: 2.77

Actual: No — clean sheet

Over / Under Goals

✗ O/U 2.5

Line	Over	Under
± 0.5	92%	8%
± 1.5	76%	24%
± 2.5	52%	48%
± 3.5	30%	70%
± 4.5	15%	85%

Double Chance

New York Red Bulls or Draw

67%

Draw or D.C. United SC

61%

New York Red Bulls or D.C. United SC

72%

Half-Time Result

✓ Correct

New York Red Bulls28% Draw46% D.C. United SC26%

Actual: Draw at HT

Correct Score

✓ In top 12

1 – 1

12.9%

2 – 1

8.3%

0 – 0

8.2%

1 – 0

8.1%

1 – 2

7.7%

0 – 1

Actual

2 – 0

6.4%

2 – 2

5.6%

0 – 2

5.4%

3 – 1

1 – 3

3.4%

3 – 0

Asian Handicap — New York Red Bulls

Handicap	New York Red Bulls covers	Push	D.C. United SC covers
-2.5	7%	—	93%
-2	7%	12%	81%
-1.5	19%	—	81%
-1	19%	20%	62%
-0.5	38%	—	62%
+0.5	67%	—	33%
+1	67%	18%	15%
+1.5	85%	—	15%
+2	85%	10%	5%
+2.5	95%	—	5%

Clean Sheet

New York Red Bulls keeps clean sheet

27% ✓

D.C. United SC keeps clean sheet

24% ✗

Predictions are statistical estimates based on season form, H2H history, and a Poisson model. Not financial advice.