2014 New York Red Bulls season

New York Red Bulls
2014 season
Sporting directorAndy Roxburgh
Head coachMike Petke
MLS4th – Eastern
U.S. Open CupFourth round
MLS CupFinals
CONCACAF Champions LeagueGroup
Top goalscorerLeague:
Bradley Wright-Phillips (27)

All:
Bradley Wright-Phillips (31)
Highest home attendanceOverall: 25,219 vs Arsenal
(July 26)

Season: 23,776 vs Chicago Fire
(May 10)
Lowest home attendance13,278 vs Houston Dynamo
(April 23)
Average home league attendance18,517
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The 2014 New York Red Bulls season was the Red Bulls' nineteenth season in Major League Soccer, the top division for soccer in the United States.

In 2014, the Red Bulls participated in the CONCACAF Champions League for the second time in team history (the first time being 2010).[1] The team also entered the 2014 MLS season as the reigning Supporters Shield winners.[2]

Background

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The previous season saw the Red Bulls under new leadership with both former general manager Erik Solér and head coach Hans Backe not being given contract extensions and thus relieved from their duties.[3] They were replaced by Jérôme de Bontin, who took over as general manager, Andy Roxburgh as sporting director, and then-assistant coach Mike Petke as new head coach.[4] During the winter pre-season the club made numerous roster moves with several regulars such as Sébastien Le Toux, Joel Lindpere, Wilman Conde, and Kenny Cooper leaving the team.[5][6][7][8] The club also released disappointing designated player Rafael Márquez.[9] In terms of notable signings, the team managed to sign in Fabián Espíndola, Jámison Olave, former Brazil international Juninho, Eric Alexander, Jonny Steele, and former France international Péguy Luyindula.[10][11][12][13][14]

It took the Red Bulls five games before finally winning their first match of the 2013 MLS season against the Philadelphia Union at Red Bull Arena by a score of 2–1 on March 30.[15] A 4–0 victory over the Montreal Impact at Red Bull Arena on July 13 turned out to be the turning point for the Red Bulls season as from then on the Red Bulls went on to win eight of their last fourteen games that season and thus secure the Supporters Shield on October 27 in their last match against the Chicago Fire at Red Bull Arena.[2] However, despite winning the Supporters Shield, the Red Bulls failed to make it farther than that as the team were eliminated from the 2013 MLS Cup Playoffs by the Houston Dynamo in the first round they played in.[16]

Roster transactions

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Pre-season

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The first roster move by the Red Bulls was announced on November 21, 2013, when it was announced that two-time MLS Cup winning goalkeeper Kevin Hartman had decided to retire from the game.[17] Then, four days later, it was announced that the team had decided to decline the contract options of defenders David Carney and Brandon Barklage.[18] Then on November 27, the Red Bulls announced another departure from the team by parting ways with defender Heath Pearce.[19]

The Red Bulls then announced their first non-departure news of the off-season on December 4 when they announced that defender Kosuke Kimura, midfielder Eric Alexander, and forward Péguy Luyindula had all re-signed with the team.[20] Then on December 10 it was announced by Major League Soccer that the Red Bulls had also declined the contract option on forwards Fabián Espíndola and Andre Akpan when they released the list of eligible players for the 2013 MLS Re-Entry Draft.[21] However, on December 12 it was announced that Akpan had re-signed with the Red Bulls.[22]

The Red Bulls first signing of the season came on December 13 when they signed former American international Bobby Convey from Toronto FC in a trade for the Red Bulls' first-round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft and first-round pick in the 2016 Supplemental Draft.[23] The Red Bulls also got Toronto FC's second-round pick in the 2014 SuperDraft in the trade. The Red Bulls then re-signed goalkeeper Luis Robles and defender Roy Miller on December 16[24] before parting ways with defender Markus Holgersson on January 2, 2014.[25]

Then, right before pre-season training began, the Red Bulls signed Spanish defender Armando Lozano from Córdoba[26] before signing English fullback Richard Eckersley via a trade with Toronto FC for the Red Bulls fourth round pick in the 2017 MLS SuperDraft.[27] Then, on January 29, it was announced that 2013 Team Defensive Player of the Year Jámison Olave had re-signed for the Red Bulls.[28]

Finally, on March 6, right before the season began, the Red Bulls announced the signings of Cameroonian defender Ambroise Oyongo and draft picks Chris Duvall and Eric Stevenson.[29]

During the season

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The Red Bulls made their first roster transaction during the season on July 10 when they mutually agreed to part ways with midfielder Jonny Steele.[30] Steele went on to sign for the Newcastle Jets of the A-League three days later.[31] Then, later during the month of July, the Red Bulls sent out midfielders Ian Christianson and Connor Lade to Orlando City of the USL Pro and New York Cosmos of the NASL respectively in order to gain more game time.[32][33]

The Red Bulls then made their first signing of the summer transfer window on July 28 when they secured the signature of trialist Damien Perrinelle for the remainder of the season.[34] Two weeks later the Red Bulls traded Andre Akpan to the New England Revolution for Saër Sène.[35]

In

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# Position: Player Signed from Details Date Source
15 MF United States Bobby Convey Canada Toronto FC Trade for 2014 MLS SuperDraft 1st round pick and 2016 Supplemental Draft pick December 13, 2013 [23]
5 DF Spain Armando Lozano Spain Córdoba Signed on a free transfer January 23, 2014 [26]
2 DF England Richard Eckersley Canada Toronto FC Trade for 2017 MLS SuperDraft fourth round pick January 27, 2014 [27]
3 DF Cameroon Ambroise Oyongo Cameroon Coton Sport Signed after pre-season March 6, 2014 [29]
19 MF United States Eric Stevenson Draft pick Signed after pre-season March 6, 2014 [29]
25 DF United States Chris Duvall Draft pick Signed after pre-season March 6, 2014 [29]
55 DF France Damien Perrinelle France Istres Signed after a trial July 28, 2014 [34]
39 FW France Saër Sène United States New England Revolution Traded for Andre Akpan and allocation money August 12, 2014 [35]

Out

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# Position: Player Signed by Details Date Source
1 GK United States Kevin Hartman Retired November 21, 2013 [17]
8 DF Australia David Carney Australia Newcastle Jets Option declined November 25, 2013 [18]
25 DF United States Brandon Barklage United States San Jose Earthquakes Option declined November 25, 2013 [18]
3 DF United States Heath Pearce Canada Montreal Impact Released November 27, 2013 [19]
9 FW Argentina Fabián Espíndola United States D.C. United Option declined December 10, 2013 [21]
5 DF Sweden Markus Holgersson England Wigan Athletic Released January 2, 2014 [25]
19 FW United States Amando Moreno Mexico Club Tijuana Mutual Decision February 19, 2014 [36]
22 MF Northern Ireland Jonny Steele Australia Newcastle Jets Mutual Decision July 10, 2014 [30]
9 FW United States Andre Akpan United States New England Revolution Traded for Saër Sène and international spot August 12, 2014 [35]

Loaned out

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# Position: Player Loaned to Date Source
6 MF United States Ian Christianson United States Orlando City July 25, 2014 [32]
16 DF United States Connor Lade United States New York Cosmos July 26, 2014 [33]

Re-signed

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# Position: Player Date Source
27 DF Japan Kosuke Kimura December 4, 2013 [20]
12 MF United States Eric Alexander December 4, 2013 [20]
8 FW France Péguy Luyindula December 4, 2013 [20]
15 FW United States Andre Akpan December 12, 2013 [22]
31 GK United States Luis Robles December 16, 2013 [24]
7 DF Costa Rica Roy Miller December 16, 2013 [24]
4 DF Colombia Jámison Olave January 29, 2014 [28]

Draft picks

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Round # Position Player College/Club Team Reference
2 (22) DF United States Chris Duvall Wake Forest University [37]
2 (34) MF United States Eric Stevenson University of Akron [37]

Team information

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Squad information

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As of July 29, 2014.[38]

No. Name Nationality Position Date of birth (age) Previous club
Goalkeepers
18 Ryan Meara United States GK (1990-11-15) November 15, 1990 (age 33) United States Fordham University
24 Santiago Castaño United States GK (1995-04-14) April 14, 1995 (age 29) Academy
31 Luis Robles United States GK (1984-05-11) May 11, 1984 (age 40) Germany Karlsruher SC
Defenders
2 Richard Eckersley England RB (1989-03-12) March 12, 1989 (age 35) Canada Toronto FC
3 Ambroise Oyongo Cameroon LB (1991-06-22) June 22, 1991 (age 33) Cameroon Coton Sport
4 Jámison Olave Colombia CB (1981-04-21) April 21, 1981 (age 43) United States Real Salt Lake
5 Armando Lozano Spain CB (1984-12-16) December 16, 1984 (age 39) Spain Córdoba
7 Roy Miller Costa Rica LB (1984-11-24) November 24, 1984 (age 39) Norway Rosenborg
20 Matt Miazga United States RB (1995-07-19) July 19, 1995 (age 29) Academy
25 Chris Duvall United States DF (1991-09-10) September 10, 1991 (age 33) United States Wake Forest University
27 Kosuke Kimura Japan RB (1984-05-14) May 14, 1984 (age 40) United States Portland Timbers
32 Ibrahim Sekagya Uganda CB (1980-12-19) December 19, 1980 (age 43) Austria Red Bull Salzburg
55 Damien Perrinelle France CB (1983-09-12) September 12, 1983 (age 41) France Istres
Midfielders
10 Lloyd Sam England MF (1984-09-27) September 27, 1984 (age 40) England Leeds United
11 Dax McCarty United States CM (1987-04-30) April 30, 1987 (age 37) United States D.C. United
12 Eric Alexander United States RM (1988-04-14) April 14, 1988 (age 36) United States Portland Timbers
13 Marius Obekop Cameroon MF (1994-12-19) December 19, 1994 (age 29) Cameroon Renaissance
15 Bobby Convey United States MF (1983-05-27) May 27, 1983 (age 41) Canada Toronto FC
17 Tim Cahill Australia CAM (1979-12-06) December 6, 1979 (age 44) England Everton
19 Eric Stevenson United States MF (1990-08-30) August 30, 1990 (age 34) United States University of Akron
21 Ruben Bover Spain MF (1992-06-24) June 24, 1992 (age 32) England Charlton Athletic
23 Michael Bustamante Colombia MF (1989-09-21) September 21, 1989 (age 35) United States Boston University
Forwards
8 Péguy Luyindula France ST (1979-05-25) May 25, 1979 (age 45) France Paris Saint-Germain
14 Thierry Henry France ST (1977-08-17) August 17, 1977 (age 47) Spain Barcelona
39 Saër Sène France ST (1986-11-04) November 4, 1986 (age 38) United States New England Revolution
99 Bradley Wright-Phillips England FW (1985-03-12) March 12, 1985 (age 39) England Charlton Athletic

Pre-season and Friendlies

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Pre-season

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On January 9 it was confirmed that the Red Bulls would begin their pre-season preparation on January 24 before heading off to Orlando on January 27.[39] On January 23 the official pre-season roster was revealed by the Red Bulls.[40] On February 5 the team's first friendly was official announced to be against the Philadelphia Union on February 12 at EverBank Field.[41] The team went on to win that match-up 2–1 thanks to goals from Lloyd Sam and Thierry Henry; the Union goal coming from Jack McInerney.[42] However, seven days later, the team lost their next pre-season match to the previous season's MLS Cup champions Sporting Kansas City 0–1 in the opening match of the 2014 Walt Disney World Pro Soccer Classic.[43] Despite the defeat, head coach Mike Petke still commented positively about the defense saying that "We had long spells without the ball, but Kansas City never really threatened, which we wanted to see from our guys. Get into good defensive shape and then we exploded out of that for three or four opportunities."[44]

Three days after losing their opener in the pre-season tournament the Red Bulls went on to win 3–0 over the Montreal Impact. Roy Miller, Ruben Bover, and Bradley Wright-Phillips were the goalscorers in this match.[45] The Red Bulls and Ruben Bover both continued their good form when the team defeated the Fluminense U23 side 1–0 thanks to a goal from Bover.[46] The team then finished off their pre-season with an emphatic 4–4 draw to future MLS newcomers Orlando City SC. Wright-Phillips scored a double while Jonny Steele and Ibrahim Sekagya scored the other two goals to round the pre-season off.[47]

February 12, 2014 (2014-02-12) Friendly New York Red Bulls United States 2–1 United States Philadelphia Union Jacksonville, Florida
Sam 8'
Henry 36'
Alexander Yellow card 80'
Report McInerney 29' Stadium: EverBank Field
Referee: Chris Penso

Summer friendlies

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On March 26 it was announced that the Red Bulls would play a summer friendly match against English Premier League side Arsenal at Red Bull Arena on July 26.[48] The friendly match ended 1–0 to the Red Bulls. The goal came from a Thierry Henry corner which was headed by Ibrahim Sekagya to Bradley Wright-Phillips who tucked-it into the back of the net.[49]

July 26, 2014 (2014-07-26) Summer Friendly New York Red Bulls United States 1–0 England Arsenal Harrison
5:00 EST Wright-Phillips 32' Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 25,219
Referee: Javier Santos

Major League Soccer season

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Following the 2013 season in which the Red Bulls won the Supporters' Shield, the team began the 2014 season with a 4–1 defeat against Vancouver Whitecaps FC at BC Place on March 8. Kenny Miller scored the first goal of the game from the penalty-spot for the Whitecaps in the 34th minute before Sebastián Fernández doubled the lead for Vancouver in the 49th minute. Kenny Miller then scored his second goal of the game and the third for Vancouver in the 77th minute of the match before Pedro Morales scored the fourth goal for the Whitecaps. Bradley Wright-Phillips scored the lone Red Bull goal in the 91st minute.[50] The team then played their home opener son seven days later against the Colorado Rapids. The match ended in a 1–1 draw in which Thierry Henry opened the scoring in the 57th minute before the Rapids equalized through a Vicente Sánchez penalty.[51] The next week the Red Bulls went back on the road to face the Chicago Fire where they drew the match once again 1–1. The Red Bulls went behind early in the sixth minute through Chicago's Jeff Larentowicz before Dax McCarty grabbed the Red Bull equalizer in the 21st minute.[52] The Red Bulls then finished the month of March with yet another 1–1 draw, this time against Chivas USA who took the lead in the 25th minute through an Erick Torres penalty before Péguy Luyindula headed home the equalizer in the 95th minute.[53]

The beginning of April started as March finished, with another draw. This time the draw result came away at the Montreal Impact at the Olympic Stadium. The game finished 2–2 with both Jonny Steele and Péguy Luyindula scoring for the Red Bulls and Andrés Romero and Felipe finding the net for Montreal.[54] Unfortunately the team's fortunes did not improve as the Red Bulls fell to their second loss of the season in the very next match against rivals D.C. United at RFK Stadium. A fourth-minute strike from Davy Arnaud lead to the 1–0 defeat.[55] However, in the next game, the Red Bulls managed to win their first match of the season against the Philadelphia Union at Red Bull Arena. Thierry Henry started the scoring in the 57th minute before Lloyd Sam doubled the score ten minutes later. Former Red Bull, Sébastien Le Toux, then managed to bring one back for the Union from the spot in the 80th minute but the Red Bulls managed to hang on for all three points.[56] That result was then followed up with an even better result against the Houston Dynamo. In their first match since the Dynamo knocked the Red Bulls out of the MLS Cup the previous season the Red Bulls ran riot against the Dynamo, scoring four goals in a 4–0 rout. Bradley Wright-Phillips scored his first ever hat-trick for the Red Bulls while Thierry Henry scored one as well.[57] The Red Bulls then finished the month off with a draw away from home against the Columbus Crew. A penalty from Jairo Arrieta and a late strike from Bradley Wright-Phillips lead to the 1–1 finish.[58]

The month of May began on a good note for the Red Bulls with a 1–0 away win at FC Dallas at Toyota Stadium. Bradley Wright-Phillips managed to score his sixth goal of the season in the 71st minute to hand the Red Bulls the victory.[59] However, that would be the Red Bulls' only victory of the month as the team then went on a three-game losing streak starting at home to the Chicago Fire. Another hat-trick from Bradley Wright-Phillips and a goal from Tim Cahill were not enough as Chicago found goals through Harrison Shipp, who scored a hat-trick too, Quincy Amarikwa and Patrick Nyarko to win 5–4.[60] The second loss came against big offseason spenders Toronto FC away from home at BMO Field. Goals from English international Jermain Defoe and Luke Moore saw Toronto FC run out 2–0 winners.[61] Finally the third loss came back at home against the Portland Timbers. The Red Bulls had taken the lead through a spot-kick goal from Bradley Wright-Phillips, his 10th of the season, before the Timbers scored twice from Maximiliano Urruti to leave the Red Bulls to a 2–1 defeat.[62] The Red Bulls then returned to better results in their next match against Sporting Kansas City away from home. The match ended in a 1–1 draw thanks to Toni opening the scoring for Sporting in the 9th minute before Bradley Wright-Phillips equalized for the Red Bulls in the 50th minute to earn the Red Bulls the point.[63]

The team then entered June with an away rivalry match-up against the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium, a stadium the team has not won at since they were known as the MetroStars, however, that barren run was finally put to rest with this match. Goals from Eric Alexander and Péguy Luyindula as well as 10 saves from goalkeeper Luis Robles awarded the Red Bulls a 2–0 victory in Foxborough.[64] The Red Bulls then went on a break from the MLS during the 2014 FIFA World Cup group stages and did not play again in MLS till June 27 when they took on recent high spenders Toronto FC at Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls took the lead going into half-time thanks to a 36th-minute strike from Péguy Luyindula but Toronto FC then took the lead through goals from Jermain Defoe and Gilberto. The Red Bulls then came from behind for the draw with a 93rd minute Bradley Wright-Phillips goal to finish the game at 2–2.[65]

The Red Bulls began the month of July with a road trip to the Houston Dynamo on July 4. Giles Barnes scored in the first minute for the Dynamo but the Red Bulls came back through a brace from Bradley Wright-Phillips. However, Brad Davis, scored to equalize for the Dynamo through an 81st-minute penalty and thus ended the game at 2–2.[66] The Red Bulls then returned home to Red Bull Arena a week later to take on the Columbus Crew. Bradley Wright-Phillips scored his fifteenth goal of the season to open the scoring for the Red Bulls before Adam Bedell equalized for the Crew in the 39th minute. Thierry Henry then scored in the 45th minute to give the Red Bulls the lead before Lloyd Sam doubled the lead eleven minutes later. Eric Alexander added a fourth goal in the 91st minute to give the Red Bulls a 4–1 victory.[67] However, despite the grand victory at home, the Red Bulls went back on the road four days later against the Philadelphia Union at PPL Park and lost 3–1. Conor Casey opened the scoring for the Union in the 9th minute before Fred scored the second goal of the game. Bradley Wright-Phillips brought one back for the Red Bulls in the 60th minute before former Red Bull Sébastien Le Toux scored the third and final goal of the game for the Union from the penalty spot.[68] After the defeat the Red Bulls once again returned home to face the San Jose Earthquakes. Bradley Wright-Phillips scored his eighteenth goal of the season from the penalty spot in the 33rd minute before Steven Lenhart scored the equalizer in the 85th minute to have the match end 1–1.[69]

After a quick club friendly with Premier League side Arsenal, the Red Bulls went on the road to face Real Salt Lake at Rio Tinto Stadium on July 30. Joao Plata scored the opening goal of the game for Salt Lake in the 18th minute before Thierry Henry scored the equalizer for the Red Bulls in the 57th minute. The match went on to end 1–1.[70] The team then went into August with a match on August 2 against the New England Revolution at Red Bull Arena. After going down a goal in the 20th minute through Charlie Davies before Dax McCarty and Bradley Wright-Phillips scored for the Red Bulls to win 2–1.[71] However, the victory was only short-lived as the Red Bulls lost 1–0 to the Chicago Fire at Toyota Field on August 10. Mike Magee scored for the Fire from the penalty spot.[72]

Matches

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March 8, 2014 (2014-03-08) 1 Vancouver Whitecaps FC 4–1 New York Red Bulls Vancouver
7:30 EST Miller 34' (pen), 77'
Fernández 49'
Morales 89'
Report Wright-Phillips 90+1' Stadium: BC Place
Attendance: 21,000
Referee: Abbey Okulaja
March 15, 2014 (2014-03-15) 2 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Colorado Rapids Harrison
4:00 EST Henry 57' Report Sánchez 72' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,542
Referee: Alan Kelly
March 23, 2014 (2014-03-23) 3 Chicago Fire 1–1 New York Red Bulls Bridgeview
3:00 EST Larentowicz 6' Report McCarty 21' Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,228
Referee: Drew Fischer
March 30, 2014 (2014-03-30) 4 New York Red Bulls 1–1 Chivas USA Harrison
3:00 EST Luyindula 90+5' Report Torres 25' (pen) Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,225
Referee: Juan Guzman
April 5, 2014 (2014-04-05) 5 Montreal Impact 2–2 New York Red Bulls Montreal
4:00 EST Andrés Romero 5'
Felipe 60'
Report Steele 31'
Luyindula 34'
Stadium: Olympic Stadium
Attendance: 24,071
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
April 12, 2014 (2014-04-12) 6 D.C. United 1–0 New York Red Bulls Washington, D.C.
7:00 EST Arnaud 4' Report Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 12,364
Referee: Allen Chapman
April 16, 2014 (2014-04-16) 7 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Philadelphia Union Harrison
7:30 EST Henry 57'
Sam 67'
Report Le Toux 80' (pen) Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 14,768
Referee: Ricardo Salazar
April 23, 2014 (2014-04-23) 8 New York Red Bulls 4–0 Houston Dynamo Harrison
7:00 EST Wright-Phillips 12', 24', 86' (pen)
Henry 65'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 13,278
Referee: Jair Marrufo
April 26, 2014 (2014-04-26) 9 Columbus Crew 1–1 New York Red Bulls Columbus
7:30 EST Arrieta 39' (pen) Report Wright-Phillips 66' Stadium: Columbus Crew Stadium
Attendance: 18,026
Referee: Geoff Gamble
May 4, 2014 (2014-05-04) 10 FC Dallas 0–1 New York Red Bulls Frisco
3:00 EST Report Wright-Phillips 71' Stadium: Toyota Stadium
Attendance: 17,105
Referee: Edvin Jurisevic
May 10, 2014 (2014-05-10) 11 New York Red Bulls 4–5 Chicago Fire Harrison
7:00 EST Cahill 6'
Wright-Phillips 39', 67', 79' (pen)
Report Shipp 4', 54', 59'
Amarikwa 49'
Nyarko 64'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 23,776
Referee: Kevin Scott
May 17, 2014 (2014-05-17) 12 Toronto FC 2–0 New York Red Bulls Toronto
4:30 EST Defoe 12'
Moore 90+5'
Report Stadium: BMO Field
Attendance: 22,591
Referee: Silviu Petrescu
May 24, 2014 (2014-05-24) 13 New York Red Bulls 1–2 Portland Timbers Harrison
7:00 EST Wright-Phillips 36' (pen) Report Urruti 45', 74' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 19,513
Referee: Drew Fischer
May 27, 2014 (2014-05-27) 14 Sporting Kansas City 1–1 New York Red Bulls Kansas City
8:00 EST Toni 9' Report Wright-Phillips 50' Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 19,221
Referee: Chris Penso
June 8, 2014 (2014-06-08) 15 New England Revolution 0–2 New York Red Bulls Foxborough
5:00 EST Report Alexander 17'
Luyindula 76'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 23,950
Referee: Geoff Gamble
June 27, 2014 (2014-06-27) 16 New York Red Bulls 2–2 Toronto FC Harrison
8:00 EST Luyindula 36'
Wright-Phillips 90+3'
Report Defoe 55'
Gilberto 72'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,176
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
July 4, 2014 (2014-07-04) 17 Houston Dynamo 2–2 New York Red Bulls Houston
8:30 EST Barnes 1'
Davis 81' (pen)
Report Wright-Phillips 13', 71' Stadium: BBVA Compass Stadium
Attendance: 22,312
Referee: Ismail Elfath
July 12, 2014 (2014-07-12) 18 New York Red Bulls 4–1 Columbus Crew Harrison
7:00 EST Wright-Phillips 17'
Henry 45'
Sam 56'
Alexander 90+1'
Report Bedell 39' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 17,028
Referee: Ted Unkel
July 16, 2014 (2014-07-16) 19 Philadelphia Union 3–1 New York Red Bulls Chester
7:00 EST Casey 9'
Fred 51'
Le Toux 69' (pen)
Report Wright-Phillips 60' Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 18,541
Referee: Baldomero Toledo
July 19, 2014 (2014-07-19) 20 New York Red Bulls 1–1 San Jose Earthquakes Harrison
7:00 EST Wright-Phillips 33' (pen) Report Lenhart 85' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,001
Referee: José Carlos Rivero
July 30, 2014 (2014-07-30) 21 Real Salt Lake 1–1 New York Red Bulls Sandy
9:00 EST Plata 18' Report Henry 57' Stadium: Rio Tinto Stadium
Attendance: 20,295
Referee: Mark Geiger
August 2, 2014 (2014-08-02) 22 New York Red Bulls 2–1 New England Revolution Harrison
7:00 EST McCarty 48'
Wright-Phillips 63'
Report Davies 20' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,862
Referee: Allen Chapman
August 10, 2014 (2014-08-10) 23 Chicago Fire 1–0 New York Red Bulls Bridgeview
8:00 EST Magee 38' (pen) Report Stadium: Toyota Park
Attendance: 16,109
Referee: Ted Unkel
August 23, 2014 (2014-08-23) 24 New York Red Bulls 4–2 Montreal Impact Harrison
7:00 EST Henry 53' 67'
Wright-Phillips 74' 90'
Report Duka 37'
Romero 79'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 17,891
Referee: Sorin Stoica
August 31, 2014 (2014-08-31) 25 D.C. United 2–0 New York Red Bulls Washington, D.C.
2:30 EST Silva 57'
Johnson 90+1'
Report Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 19,453
Referee: Jair Marrufo
September 6, 2014 (2014-09-06) 26 New York Red Bulls 2–1 Sporting Kansas City Harrison
7:30 EST Wright-Phillips 11' (pen.)
Henry 52'
Report Dwyer 54' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,831
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
September 10, 2014 (2014-09-10) 27 New York Red Bulls 1–0 D.C. United Harrison
8:00 EST Sam 90' Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 14,953
Referee: Mark Geiger
September 13, 2014 (2014-09-13) 28 Philadelphia Union 2–2 New York Red Bulls Chester
3:00 EST Ribeiro 41'
Le Toux 90+2'
Report Luyindula 37'
Henry 40'
Stadium: PPL Park
Attendance: 18,091
Referee: Allen Chapman
September 20, 2014 (2014-09-20) 29 New York Red Bulls 4–1 Seattle Sounders FC Harrison
7:30 EST Wright-Phillips 1', 54' (pen), 56'
Cahill 65'
Report Dempsey 62' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 25,000
Referee: Alan Kelly
September 28, 2014 (2014-09-28) 30 LA Galaxy 4–0 New York Red Bulls Carson
8:30 EST Keane 8', 82'
Donovan 50'
Zardes 69'
Report Stadium: StubHub Center
Attendance: 25,102
Referee: Armando Villarreal
October 4, 2014 (2014-10-04) 31 New York Red Bulls 1–0 Houston Dynamo Harrison
6:00 EST Henry 47' Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 21,569
Referee: Jair Marrufo
October 11, 2014 (2014-10-11) 32 New York Red Bulls 3–1 Toronto FC Harrison
7:00 EST Wright-Phillips 26'
Izquierdo 35'
McCarty 44'
Report Osorio 55' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 24,068
Referee: Hilario Grajeda
October 19, 2014 (2014-10-19) 33 New York Red Bulls 1–3 Columbus Crew Harrison
3:00 EST Sam 58' Report Schoenfeld 17', 80'
Finlay 34'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 20,681
Referee: José Carlos Rivero
October 26, 2014 (2014-10-26) 34 Sporting Kansas City 0–2 New York Red Bulls Kansas City
8:30 EST Report Wright-Phillips 15', 70' Stadium: Sporting Park
Attendance: 19,188
Referee: Armando Villarreal

Eastern Conference Table

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Pos Team Pld W L T GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 D.C. United 34 17 9 8 52 37 +15 59 MLS Cup Conference Semifinals
2 New England Revolution 34 17 13 4 51 37 +14 55
3 Columbus Crew SC 34 14 10 10 52 42 +10 52
4 New York Red Bulls 34 13 10 11 55 50 +5 50 MLS Cup Knockout round
5 Sporting Kansas City 34 14 13 7 48 41 +7 49
6 Philadelphia Union 34 10 12 12 51 51 0 42
7 Toronto FC 34 11 15 8 44 54 −10 41
8 Houston Dynamo 34 11 17 6 39 58 −19 39
9 Chicago Fire 34 6 10 18 41 51 −10 36
10 Montreal Impact 34 6 18 10 38 58 −20 28
Source: MLS

Results summary

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Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
34 13 11 10 55 50  +5 50 10 4 3 38 23  +15 3 7 7 17 27  −10

Results by round

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Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334
StadiumAHAHAAHHAAHAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHHHA
ResultLDDDDLWWDWLLLDWDDWLDDWLWLWWDWLWWLW
Updated to match(es) played on October 27, 2014. Source: int.soccerway.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

MLS Cup Playoffs

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Knockout round

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October 30, 2014 Knockout Round New York Red Bulls 2–1 Sporting Kansas City Harrison
8:00 EST Wright-Phillips 77', 90' Report Dwyer 53' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 15,518
Referee: Armando Villarreal

Conference semifinals

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November 8, 2014 Semifinals D.C. United 2–1
(2–3 agg.)
New York Red Bulls Washington, D.C.
2:30 EST DeLeon 37'
Franklin 90+1'
Report Luyindula 57' Stadium: RFK Stadium
Attendance: 20,187
Referee: Ismail Elfath

Conference finals

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November 29, 2014 Finals New England Revolution 2–2
(4–3 agg.)
New York Red Bulls Foxborough
3:00 EST Davies 41', 70' Report Cahill 26'
Luyindula 52'
Stadium: Gillette Stadium
Attendance: 32,698
Referee: Baldomero Toledo

U.S. Open Cup

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The Red Bulls will enter the U.S. Open Cup in the fourth round due to being a Major League Soccer team. In May 2014 it was officially announced that the winner between the third-round fixture between the NASL's New York Cosmos and the NPSL's Brooklyn Italians would face the Red Bulls in the fourth round.[73] That game took place on May 28 in which the Cosmos came out as 2–0 winners over the former Open Cup champions.[74]

The Red Bulls then took on the Cosmos at James M. Shuart Stadium on June 14 which ended in a 3–0 defeat for the Red Bulls. Mads Stokkelien and Alessandro Noselli were the goal scorers for the Cosmos as they went on to the fifth round to face the Philadelphia Union.[75]

CONCACAF Champions League

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Group stage

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On May 28 the Red Bulls were officially drawn into Group 3, along with fellow Major League Soccer side and recent Canadian Championship winners Montreal Impact, and Salvadoran Primera División side FAS.[76]

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification MTL NYR FAS
1 Canada Montreal Impact 4 3 1 0 6 3 +3 10 Advance to championship stage 1–0 1–0
2 United States New York Red Bulls 4 1 2 1 3 2 +1 5 1–1 2–0
3 El Salvador FAS 4 0 1 3 2 6 −4 1 2–3 0–0
Source: CONCACAF
Rules for classification: Group stage tiebreakers
August 26, 2014 (2014-08-26) 1 New York Red Bulls United States 2–0 El Salvador FAS Harrison
8:00 EDT Sène 11'
Sam 70'
Report Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: John Pitti (Panama)
September 17, 2014 (2014-09-17) 2 Montreal Impact Canada 1–0 United States New York Red Bulls Montreal, Canada
8:00 EST Di Vaio 16' Report Stadium: Saputo Stadium
Referee: Neal Brizan (Trinidad and Tobago)
September 24, 2014 (2014-09-24) 3 FAS El Salvador 0–0 United States New York Red Bulls San Salvador, Honduras
10:00 EST Report Stadium: Estadio Cuscatlán
Referee: Fernando Guerrero Ramirez (Mexico)
October 22, 2014 (2014-10-22) 4 New York Red Bulls United States 1–1 Canada Montreal Impact Harrison
8:00 EST Lade 84' Report McInerney 71' Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Héctor Francisco Rodríguez (Honduras)

Player statistics

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As of December 5, 2014
No. Pos Nat Player Total MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Champions League
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
2 DF England ENG Richard Eckersley 17 0 8+1 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
3 DF Cameroon CMR Ambroise Oyongo 22 0 11+2 0 2+3 0 1+0 0 2+1 0
4 DF Colombia COL Jámison Olave 33 0 28+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Spain ESP Armando Lozano 25 0 14+5 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 3+1 0
7 DF Costa Rica CRC Roy Miller 27 0 22+1 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
8 FW France FRA Péguy Luyindula 34 8 15+11 5 4+1 3 1+0 0 2+0 0
10 MF England ENG Lloyd Sam 40 5 32+0 4 5+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 1
11 MF United States USA Dax McCarty 39 3 29+2 3 5+0 0 0+0 0 1+2 0
12 MF United States USA Eric Alexander 43 2 30+4 2 5+0 0 1+0 0 1+2 0
13 MF Cameroon CMR Marius Obekop 5 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
14 FW France FRA Thierry Henry 35 10 30+0 10 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 MF United States USA Bobby Convey 14 0 9+4 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
17 MF Australia AUS Tim Cahill 29 3 18+5 2 2+3 1 0+0 0 1+0 0
18 GK United States USA Ryan Meara 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 4+0 0
19 MF United States USA Eric Stevenson 5 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+2 0
20 DF United States USA Matt Miazga 9 0 6+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
21 MF Spain ESP Ruben Bover 19 1 2+13 1 0+1 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
23 MF Colombia COL Michael Bustamante 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
24 GK United States USA Santiago Castaño 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
25 DF United States USA Chris Duvall 22 0 18+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
27 DF Japan JPN Kosuke Kimura 15 0 10+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
31 GK United States USA Luis Robles 39 0 34+0 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
32 DF Uganda UGA Ibrahim Sekagya 31 0 23+2 0 5+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
39 FW France FRA Saër Sène 9 1 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 1
55 DF France FRA Damien Perrinelle 6 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 4+0 0
99 FW England ENG Bradley Wright-Phillips 37 31 29+3 27 4+0 4 1+0 0 0+0 0
MF United States USA Ian Christianson [Loaned] 6 0 0+3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
DF United States USA Connor Lade [Loaned] 10 1 0+6 0 0+2 0 0+0 0 2+0 1
FW United States USA Andre Akpan [L] 6 0 0+5 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR Jonny Steele [L] 16 1 6+9 1 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
  • [Loaned] — Player has been loaned out for the season.
  • [L] — Left the team mid-season.

Top scorers

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Place Position Number Name MLS MLS Cup U.S. Open Cup Champions League Total
1 FW 99 England Bradley Wright-Phillips 27 4 0 0 31
2 FW 14 France Thierry Henry 10 0 0 0 10
3 FW 8 France Péguy Luyindula 5 3 0 0 8
4 MF 10 England Lloyd Sam 4 0 0 1 5
5 MF 11 United States Dax McCarty 3 0 0 0 3
MF 17 Australia Tim Cahill 2 1 0 0 3
6 MF 12 United States Eric Alexander 2 0 0 0 2
7 DF 16 United States Connor Lade 0 0 0 1 1
MF 21 Spain Ruben Bover 1 0 0 0 1
MF 22 Northern Ireland Jonny Steele 1 0 0 0 1
FW 39 France Saër Sène 0 0 0 1 1
Total 57 8 0 3 68

See also

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