With dark clouds resting over Red Bull Arena and rain sprinkling down, the Red Bulls and Revolution traded possession in a dogged first half on Saturday night. The traveling side from New England outshot New York in the opening 45 minutes, 6-1, forcing an elite save from Luis Robles in the 36th minute, the only shot-on-goal before the intermission.
Contrary to popular narrative, Chris Armas did not feel the Red Bulls were entirely flat from the get-go. And to be fair, Aaron Long, battling a stomach illness, jerked his forehead into a Sean Davis corner kick in the second minute and rattled his attempt off the crossbar.