Real Salt Lake lost 2-1 to New York Red Bulls
HARRISON, N.J. — There was no shortage of excitement in Real Salt Lake’s first trip to face the New York Red Bulls since 2019.
The road team got the scoring started early with a quick build-up from Diego Luna to William Agada, who then found Zavier Gozo sprinting into the box for the finish and a 1-0 lead for RSL in the third minute.
“Diego played a good pass to Willy (Agada) through, and I’m just running to give Willy support,” Gozo said. “He slips me the ball, and I put it through the keeper’s legs.”
It was the third goal of the MLS season for Gozo, tying him with Diogo Goncalves for second on the team behind Luna’s eight.
New York fired back almost as quickly to start the second half, however, as Emil Forsberg found Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting in the 52nd minute to tie things up at 1-1.
The Red Bulls (10-10-6) pulled even in the 52nd minute when Choupo-Moting used assists from Emil Forsberg and defender Raheem Edwards to score. It was a career-high eighth assist for Forsberg and the second for Edwards.
Choupo-Moting scored his 15th goal this season nine minutes into stoppage time. The PK was awarded after he was fouled by Justen Glad.
Rookie A.J. Marcucci finished with two saves in his second start for the Red Bulls in league play. He is 4-0-2 across all competitions.
Rafael Cabral turned away five shots for Real Salt Lake.
Luna exited in the 85th minute after his second yellow card and will miss the next match for Real Salt Lake.
The Red Bulls’ Kyle Duncan was tagged with a red card in the 90th minute for violent conduct and will also miss the next match.
Stadium:Sports Illustrated Stadium
Location:Harrison, NJ
Referee:Ricardo Fierro
Asst. Referee 1:Adam Wienckowski
Asst. Referee 2:Zeno Cho
Fourth official:Marcos de Oliveira
VAR:Younes Marrakchi
AVAR:Mike Kampmeinert
Attendance:18,087
