The New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Union are playing on the MLS soccer schedule this week and the game on Wednesday night starts up at 7:30 pm ET and is streaming from the NBC Sports Live Extra website and has NY looking to get back on track after a rough start to the season and they have yet to win a game and this is live from Red Bull Arena.
New York has been struggling to score to start the season and while they have Pegguy Luyindula and Thierry Henry leading the team in scoring, it hasn't been nearly enough and now in six tries they have just four points and are just one point ahead of Montreal in the standings at the bottom of the table in the east. The team comes in after a 1-0 loss away at DC United and before that they scored two goals against Montreal but couldn't get more than a draw and that was how their previous three matches played out as well.
The Red Bulls started the season with a tough 4-1 loss on the road against the Vancouver Whitecaps and now they are coming in after three straight 1-1 draws following that match, including to Colorado, Chicago and Chivas before the draw against the Impact. The schedule doesn't get much better for the team coming up, but since they have two games at home that could be the chance to get a win finally. The team doesn't have back to back games at home again this season until October and now is the chance for the team to try and get a win in front of the home fans.
The team plays against the Union on Wednesday and then they will host the Houston Dynamo and after that the team will hit the road for two matches against the Columbus Crew and the Dallas team before coming back against Chicago again. The schedule after that has matchups with Toronto, Portland as well as New England and the defending champions in Kansas City. Philadelphia comes into the day at sixth on the league table and they have seven points this season with just one win and four draws to their name and everyone is chasing Columbus in the east.
The Union come in after a draw with Real Salt Lake and before that was another draw with Chicago and a draw with Montreal. Philly started the season with a draw against the Timbers before a win over New England and now they will try to get on track against the Red Bulls and before they match up with Houston, Montreal and the Seattle Sounders next on the schedule.
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