The New York Red Bulls and Philadelphia Union are playing live on the MLS soccer schedule Wednesday from ESPN2 on TV and the WatchESPN website with the live stream coverage and the game from PPL Park starts at 7 pm ET and has the MLS teams looking to keeping things going, as NY is coming off of a nice win against the Crew that saw Thierry Henry score.
The Red Bulls have been playing well and Henry criticized the team after the game last week against Columbus, as he said NY is giving up too many easy goals and that they must find a way to play better defense overall. The Union are coming into the game after a draw against Colorado and they are in a tight race this year and as the schedule gets moving along, the team needs to get points in the tough eastern conference standings.
The Red Bulls started the season slow, but they have been as hot as anyone and are now undefeated in their last five MLS games. The team also was fantastic in their performance against the Craw, scoring four goals and they will be looking to continue that style of play. The two teams have matched up 11 times all time and the Bulls have seven wins in those games and now this is the second time this season that the teams are playing each other. Last time around Thierry Henry and Lloyd Sam had goals for NY and that led the team to a 2-1 victory at home and now they are trying to get the result on the road.
The Red Bulls took the lead in the second half early in the last meeting and they were able to hang on after scoring another goal and now they will try and keep their offense moving in the right direction after the win against Columbus with four goals. The Union are dealing with some tough times at home and if they don't start winning, the team could fade out of any type of contention. This season the team is in seventh place in the standings and they have 19 points in 19 games and they need to start playing better overall.
Union is going through a tough stretch right now and they have fallen hard at home here and are 0-2-5 in their last stretch and that goes back at home to a win against the Revolution in March. The Red Bulls are playing well and they hope to avoid getting tripped up here, as Henry has said the team needs to play with more concentration. The team comes in with 23 points in 18 matches this year and they want to keep this streak going. Henry set up the opening goal of the last game for NY and he later put the team ahead after the Crew tied things up and he also helped set up another goal in the second half.
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