Our prediction for this MLS match:
Real Salt Lake
Match Time & Date:
16/07/2023
03:30
Prediction: 1-0
New York Red Bulls
Sunday’s football game at America First Field pits together Real Salt Lake and New York Red Bulls, the two teams who are eyeing a place in the playoffs. The Royals have been in a fine form of late, with the team beating all St Louis City, Toronto FC, and Orlando City, while sharing the spoils with Minnesota United and Sporting Kansas City and they must be high on spirits ahead of the visit of New York Red Bulls. All Maikel Chang, Erik Holt, and Zack Farnsworth should miss out with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the home team.
The Metros, on the other hand, aim to recover from a 2-1 loss to Cincinnati, but seeing that Real Salt Lake have turned their stadium into a real fortress, we do not believe that the visitors are capable of grabbing something from the match. Defender Andres Reyes is back from suspension, while Cory Burke is a major doubt after representing Jamaica at the 2023 Gold Cup.
Highlighted Player (Justin Meram):
Over the years Justin Meram has established himself as one of the best Iraqi footballers. The centre forward, who is capable of playing as a winger as well, was born in Shelby Charter Township, Michigan on December 4, 1988, but he represents Iraq on the international stage.
During his college career Justin Meram played for the likes of Yavapai Roughriders and Michigan Wolverines and in 2011 he joined MLS club Columbus Crew. Meram scored 37 goals in 188 appearances for the club in MLS before signing a deal with Orlando City in January, 2018.
The Iraq international made his debut for the Lions in a 1-1 draw with DC United on March 4 and he scored his first goal for the club on May 14 in a 2-1 loss to Atlanta United. As for his international career, Justin Meram made his Iraq debut in November, 2014 in a 1-0 defeat to Kuwait. The Orlando City attacker wears the number 9 shirt.
Highlighted Team (New York Red Bulls):
New York Red Bulls is the first club from New York City to join Major League Soccer. In 2006 the club was sold to Red Bull GmbH and, as a result, they are nicknamed the Red Bulls. New York welcome their rivals at Red Bull Arena and the team’s home colors are white and red.
On the other hand, the Red Bulls wear dark blue shirts and yellow shorts on the road. In 2008 New York Red Bulls made it to the MLS Cup final, but they were not capable of matching Columbus Crew (1-3) in the Home Depot Center clash. A number of top-class footballers were part of the team in the past, but former Arsenal forward Thierry Henry is the synonym of the club.
Henry scored 51 goals in 122 league games for New York Red Bulls from 2010 to 2014 and it has to be noted that he scored his first MLS hat-trick in a 5-2 victory over Montreal Impact on March 31, 2012. The likes of Youri Djorkaeff, Lothar Matthaus, Roberto Donadoni, Rafael Marquez, Juninho and Tim Cahill played for the club in the past as well.
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