April 24th features a match where Orlando City will host New York Red Bulls in a meeting of these two evenly matched Major League Soccer teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 9 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Orlando City recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Columbus Crew. Rodrigo Schlegel struck first for Orlando City in the 37th minute, then Ercan Kara added another in the 51st minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Columbus Crew couldn’t manage to score, and Orlando City took the shutout win. Orlando City is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while new York Red Bulls is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against FC Dallas. Neither New York Red Bulls nor FC Dallas could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 5 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. New York Red Bulls is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season New York Red Bulls won the head to head battle with 2 wins.
New York Red Bulls is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Barlow and Matt Polster each only have 1 goal in their last five. Ercan Kara has been the most effective weapon for Orlando City lately. The Austrian attacker has netted 2 goals in his last five matches.