MLS

FT Saturday, September 23, 2023
Red Bull New York LLLDD 5
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D.C. United LWDDD 3
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RBNY325
DC303
Audi Field · 12,591 att.

Match Report

Red Bulls top D.C. despite Christian Benteke's hat trick

Sean Nealis headed home his first goal of the season 13 minutes into the second half to give his team the lead, and the visiting New York Red Bulls overcame the first MLS hat trick from D.C. United's Christian Benteke in a wild 5-3 victory on Saturday...

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Team Stats

15
Fouls
13
2
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
2
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
3
3
Saves
3
40.2
Possession
59.8
20
SHOTS
15
8
ON GOAL
6
0.4
On Target %
0.4
1
Penalty Goals
1
1
Penalty Kicks Taken
1
180
Accurate Passes
314
298
Passes
440
0.6
Pass Completion %
0.7
5
Accurate Crosses
7
15
Crosses
22
0.3
Cross %
0.3
62
Long Balls
61
9
Accurate Long Balls
28
0.1
Long Balls %
0.5
8
Blocked Shots
2
12
Effective Tackles
6
23
Tackles
10
0.5
Tackle %
0.6
7
Interceptions
6
17
Effective Clearances
8
17
Clearances
8

Head to Head

RBNY leads series 4-0-1

Lineups

DC · 4-3-1-2

  1. 24Alex BonoG
  2. 23Donovan PinesCD-L
  3. 4Brendan Hines-IkeCD-R
  4. 31Éric DavisLB
  5. 2RuanRB
  6. 20Christian BentekeM
  7. 6Russell CanouseCM
  8. 10Gabriel PiraniAM
  9. 43Mateusz KlichLM
  10. 8Christopher DurkinRM
  11. 21Ted Ku-DipietroCF-R

RBNY · 4-4-2

  1. 1Carlos CoronelG
  2. 15Sean NealisCD-L
  3. 4Andrés ReyesCD-R
  4. 47John TolkinLB
  5. 6Kyle DuncanRB
  6. 75Daniel EdelmanCM-L
  7. 8Frankie AmayaCM-R
  8. 21Omir FernándezLM
  9. 17Cameron HarperRM
  10. 11Elias ManoelCF-L
  11. 74Tom BarlowCF-R

Timeline

  1. 17' Goal! D.C. United 0, New York Red Bulls 1. Omir Fernandez (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Cameron Harper with a cross.
  2. 21' Goal! D.C. United 1, New York Red Bulls 1. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) header from very close range to the top right corner following a corner.
  3. 25' Russell Canouse (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for hand ball.
  4. 36' Goal! D.C. United 2, New York Red Bulls 1. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) right footed shot from very close range to the centre of the goal.
  5. 44' Goal! D.C. United 2, New York Red Bulls 2. Omir Fernandez (New York Red Bulls) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom right corner.
  6. 45'+2' Goal! D.C. United 3, New York Red Bulls 2. Christian Benteke (D.C. United) converts the penalty with a right footed shot to the bottom left corner.
  7. 45'+5' Goal! D.C. United 3, New York Red Bulls 3. Cameron Harper (New York Red Bulls) right footed shot from the right side of the six yard box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Tom Barlow following a corner.
  8. 45' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Luquinhas replaces Cameron Harper.
  9. 55' Brendan Hines-Ike (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  10. 59' Goal! D.C. United 3, New York Red Bulls 4. Sean Nealis (New York Red Bulls) header from very close range to the bottom left corner. Assisted by John Tolkin with a cross following a corner.
  11. 64' Luquinhas (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card.
  12. 66' Sean Nealis (New York Red Bulls) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
  13. 67' Substitution, D.C. United. Cristian Dájome replaces Theodore Ku-DiPietro.
  14. 68' Substitution, D.C. United. Yamil Asad replaces Chris Durkin.
  15. 68' Substitution, D.C. United. José Fajardo replaces Gabriel Pirani.
  16. 68' Substitution, D.C. United. Andy Najar replaces Ruan because of an injury.
  17. 72' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Dylan Nealis replaces Omir Fernandez.
  18. 79' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Peter Stroud replaces Elias Manoel.
  19. 83' Christian Benteke (D.C. United) is shown the yellow card.
  20. 86' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Dru Yearwood replaces Daniel Edelman.
  21. 88' Substitution, D.C. United. Nigel Robertha replaces Brendan Hines-Ike.
  22. 90'+3' Goal! D.C. United 3, New York Red Bulls 5. John Tolkin (New York Red Bulls) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left to the centre of the goal. Assisted by Luquinhas with a through ball.
  23. 90'+5' Substitution, New York Red Bulls. Hassan Ndam replaces Frankie Amaya.

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