As if the New York Red Bulls needed a bigger reminder to put the Portland Timbers loss behind them, the team hosts New York City FC in another crucial New York Derby.
“As long as we don’t get swept” seems to be the phrase a lot of Red Bulls fans are murmuring to themselves as they look to the NYCFC match. There has not been much to go off from the first meeting earlier in the season, and the second loss was purely David Villa being, well, David Villa. If anything, the Red Bulls should be able to go into this match with a clean slate and attack NYCFC for all they are worth.