To put on the shirt! The intensity returns with the “Derby of the Hudson River”, the expected classic game between the local New York FC local team against New York Red Bulls visitors, a scheduled duel for this Saturday, May 17 (4:30 pm) in the Citi Field of Queens County.
One of the most fierce football rivalries of Major League Soccer is expected. Both teams come hungry for triumph to ensure the goals and points that leave them in classification positions to the MLS playoffs.
On the recent day held on Wednesday, the NYCFC tied 0-0 in its visit to DC United but this result was misleading since the set of “The Big Apple” was shown as a clear dominator of the game and had multiple occasions to score.
The hero of the night was the goalkeeper of the DC, Luis Barraza, a Mexican inheritance American, who before his former team (was in Nycfc from 2019 to 2024) became an impregnable wall with brilliant shortcuts that drown in the goal shout of the New York.
Costa Rican striker Alonso Martínez had several situations repelled by Barraza (including a shot to the stick). And also the Argentine attacker Julián Fernández and the Cevos Colombo-American Andrés Perea did not achieve-but they tried-violate the capital cabin.
United’s hosts barely had two good goal chances, with a shot from outside the English area Rida Zouhir and with a shot from the Austrian area of the Austrian David Schnegg that the excellent goalkeeper of the NYCFC, Matt Freise, was able to control.
After this match, now the New York City FC needs to claim against its audience. The cast led by the Dutch coach Pascal Jansen has key players to enforce his home, among others, the Brazilian defender Thiago Martins, and the experienced Argentine creative midfielder Maxi “Frasquito” Morález.
Sharmed horns
On the side of New York Red Bulls, they arrive at Queens County with the “sharp horns” despite having lost 1-2 in their last game on Wednesday after a very played game in Nashville.
The German centrodlantero, of Cameroonian origin, Eric Choupo-Moting, scored at 56 minutes the goal of the transitional draw of the “bullfights.” While by the Nashville premises they converted the Australian Patrick Yazbek (34 ′) and the German, Sudanese ancestry, Hany Mukhtar (63 ′).
However, the Red Bulls with their direct and effective game are presented as an adversary of great care. And they come to Citi Field after celebrating just on Saturday their historic 7-0 victory over the current champion Los Angeles Galaxy, a match developed at the Sports Illustrated Stadium in Harrison, New Jersey.
Choupo-Moting nailed two goals and the talented Swedish steering wheel Emil Forsberg also scored double to boost the “bulls.” The scandalous marker was completed with the goals of the American Cameron Harper, the Norwegian Dennis Gjengaar and an autogol of Japanese Miki Yamane.
It should be noted that Forsberg, Captain of Red Bulls, was chosen the “Player of the date” on day 12 of the MLS, after participating directly in four of the seven goals (two screams and two assists) that RBNY “pushed” the Galaxy, tremendous rematch of the “bullfighters” who had lost with the angels in the final of last year, the MLS CUP 2024.
Currently, the Eastern Conference Table of the Major League Soccer 2025 has as leader to FC Cincinnati with 29 points, followed by Philadelphia Union and Columbus Crew, both with 26 units.
Then there are Nashville (23), Inter Miami (22), Orlando City (21), Charlotte (19). Then New York Red Bulls and New York City FC appear, both with 18 points.
FANFEST AND GIFTS
The organizers of the “Hudson River Derby” this Saturday, May 17 at the Citi Field announce good promotions for attendees. The colorful Fanfest starts at 2:30 pm. In Mets square, with games, gifts and a lot of family fun, for fans of all ages.
Bugndas gifts (“Scarf Giveaway”) will also be made. The first 5,000 fans to enter the Queens stadium will receive a commemorative scarf, presented by Ford.
To buy tickets and witness this large reserved forecast clash, between NYCFC vs NY Red Bulls, enter the link https://www.newyorkcityfc.com/tics/ .
