The most impressive aspect of New York Red Bulls’ 2018 season has been their ability to do what they want, where they want to do it, to whatever eleven players have the unfortunate responsibility of trying to stop them. New York City and Atlanta, the titans of the Eastern Conference for many (until Toronto gets their defense out of the medical tent), were left stunned by the Red Bulls’ ability to restrict the space of the game.
On Saturday night, Philadelphia Union had no such problems. The highest expected goals number any visitor had earned at Red Bull Arena this season was 1.