On the 7th of May, New York Red Bulls hosts Portland Timbers at Red Bull Arena, Harrison in a meeting of these two mismatched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 2nd placed New York Red Bulls, recorded a 2-1 win against Chicago Fire. Xherdan Shaqiri struck first for Chicago Fire in the 17th minute on a penalty kick, then Patryk Klimala tied it up for New York Red Bulls in the 75th minute on a penalty kick Finally they completed the comback in the 91st minute on a penalty goal by Patryk Klimala to cap off a wild match. With 18 points in their last 10 matches New York Red Bulls should be reasonably happy with their performance, while 10th placed Portland Timbers is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Colorado Rapids. Rubio Kostner struck first for Colorado Rapids in the 30th minute, then Kaye added another in the 5th minute of the second half’s stoppage time on a feed from Michael Barrios In the end, Portland Timbers was frustrated by Colorado Rapids’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Colorado Rapids ended the match with the shutout victory. Portland Timbers is looking for direction having 2 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Bill Tuiloma and Yimmi Chará are the top scorers for Portland Timbers in the last five matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal.. New York Red Bulls’s most prolific scorer has been Patryk Klimala. He has netted two goals over the last five matches.