New York Red Bulls vs San Diego 4-1

New York Red Bulls beat San Diego 4-1 at Sports Illustrated Stadium, with the game settled by a blistering first half and a late added-time finish from the bench. San Diego had 64% of the ball and more passes, but the home side took 28 shots to 14 and scored four times.

Julian Hall opened the scoring in the 15th minute, turning in Jorge Ruvalcaba’s assist for 1-0. Devin Padelford made it 2-0 on 20 minutes from Cade Cowell’s pass, and Ruvalcaba then added the third in the 27th minute, set up by Ronald Donkor. San Diego reached half-time 3-0 down after a first period that also brought a yellow card for Jeppe Tverskov and a missed penalty by Anders Dreyer in the 44th minute.

San Diego changed things at the break with two substitutions, and Cédric Bakambu, who came on in the 45th minute, pulled one back on 60 minutes from Dreyer’s assist for 3-1. New York Red Bulls made three changes on 71 minutes, including the departure of Cowell and Donkor, and later sent on Matthew Dos Santos in place of Padelford on 88 minutes. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting, who came on in the 71st minute, sealed it three minutes into stoppage time with Dos Santos supplying the assist for 4-1.

The numbers pointed to a San Diego team with more of the ball, 64% to 36%, and more passes, 576 to 342, yet the hosts were more direct in front of goal. New York Red Bulls had 12 shots on target to San Diego's 5, as well as 28 attempts to 14, while San Diego won 7 corners to 4 and finished with 8 saves to 4. xG also favoured the home side, 2.9 to 2.11.

Discipline brought two yellow cards for New York Red Bulls, shown to Julian Bazan in the 42nd minute and Devin Padelford in the 82nd. San Diego's bookings went to Jeppe Tverskov in the 30th minute, Manu Duah in the 55th and kieran sargeant in the 85th, and there were no red cards.