The New York Red Bulls recorded a spectacular win at home against the San Jose Earthquakes on Wednesday, as they scored a whopping 5 goals against just 1 conceded. They will now travel to Minnesota, where they will be hosted by the local United on Saturday, July 22nd. Minnesota United are coming off what could be considered as a very lucky goal-less draw at home against the Houston Dynamo, in a match where their opponents had the upper hand, but the two teams split the points.
New York Red Bulls (9-8-2) are coming into this match after a dominant performance at home against the San Jose Earthquakes. They were winning by just one goal at the 73rd minute, but they scored 4 goals in the last 20 minutes of the match in order to cruise towards a pretty comfortable 1-5 win. They have been in amazing form lately, having lost just one of their last 7 matches in all competitions (5-1-1). They are now sitting at the 5th spot of the Eastern Conference with 29 points after 19 matches. They have been so and so on the road so far (3-6-0), but they have won each of their last 3 road matches in all competitions. They will be missing Kemar Lawrence and Michael Murillo who are on international duty, Gideon Baah and Mike Grella have been ruled out, while Aurelien Collin is still listed as questionable to participate.
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On the other hand, Minnesota United (5-11-4) are coming off a hard-fought, but goal-less draw at home against the Houston Dynamo. They were missing quite a few key players mostly due to international duty, but so was Houston, and the two teams settled for a point each. They have not been in very good form lately, having won just one of their last 8 matches in all competitions (1-5-2). They are still sitting at the bottom of the Western Conference with 19 points after 20 matches, featuring the worst defense in the league with 42 conceded goals. They have been mediocre at home so far (5-4-2), where they have been unable to win any of their last 3. They will be coming into this match with a ton of absences, as Bernardo Anor, John Alvbage, Thomas de Villardi, Marc Burch, Abu Danladi, Rasmus Schuller and Kevin Venegas have been ruled out, while Brent Kallman, Vadim Demidov and Johan Venegas are still listed as questionable to participate. Moreover, Francisco Calvo and Jermaine Taylor are on international duty.