{"id":833654,"date":"2025-03-13T10:12:33","date_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/preview-new-york-red-bulls-vs-orlando-city\/"},"modified":"2025-03-13T10:12:33","modified_gmt":"2025-03-13T15:12:33","slug":"preview-new-york-red-bulls-vs-orlando-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/13\/preview-new-york-red-bulls-vs-orlando-city\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: New York Red Bulls vs. Orlando City"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer <\/p>\n<p>Sports Mole previews Saturday&#8217;s Major League Soccer clash between New York Red Bulls and Orlando City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.<\/p>\n<div id=\"article_body\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/red-bulls\/\" title=\"More New York Red Bulls\"><strong>New York Red Bulls<\/strong><\/a> aim to keep their 100% home record intact on Saturday when they host <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/orlando-city\/\" title=\"More Orlando City\"><strong>Orlando City<\/strong><\/a> at Red Bull Arena on matchday four of the 2025 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/mls\/table.html\"><strong>MLS<\/strong><\/a> campaign for both teams.<\/p>\n<p>Last weekend, the Red Bulls came away with a 0-0 draw at Atlanta United, while the Lions were beaten 2-1 on the road versus New York City FC.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer Match preview<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sm.imgix.net\/25\/10\/emil-forsberg.jpeg?w=640&#038;h=480&#038;auto=compress,format&#038;fit=clip\" title=\"Soccer  New York Red Bulls captain Emil Forsberg pictured on March 1, 2025\" alt=\"Soccer  New York Red Bulls captain Emil Forsberg pictured on March 1, 2025\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><span><span>\u00a9 Imago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>It was another match where scoring chances were few and far between for the Red Bulls, who failed to find the back of the net for a second time this season.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, they have not given up many quality opportunities, with the fewest goals allowed in the Eastern Conference so far (one).<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/sandro-schwarz\/\" title=\"More Sandro Schwarz\"><strong>Sandro Schwarz<\/strong><\/a> has yet to see his side concede a goal in the opening half this year, and the Red Bulls have not won a regular-season game when doing so since May 2024 (4-2 win over the New England Revolution). <\/p>\n<p>They ended the previous regular season with consecutive home defeats, but they can begin an MLS season with consecutive victories in Harrison for the first time since 2020.<\/p>\n<p>It has been a decade since they previously began an MLS season with points in their first four fixtures, going unbeaten in their opening seven domestic matchdays in 2015.<\/p>\n<p>New York have won their previous two meetings versus the Lions by a 1-0 score and have not lost any of their last three games against them in this competition.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sm.imgix.net\/25\/11\/luis-muriel.jpeg?w=640&#038;h=480&#038;auto=compress,format&#038;fit=clip\" title=\"Soccer Luis Muriel of Orlando City pictured on August 24, 2024\" alt=\"Soccer Luis Muriel of Orlando City pictured on August 24, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><span><span>\u00a9 Imago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>A strong opening 45 minutes by Orlando City in the Bronx last week proved to be all for naught, as they suffered their second defeat of 2025.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/oscar-pareja\/\" title=\"More Oscar Pareja\"><strong>Oscar Pareja<\/strong><\/a> has seen his side concede eight goals in only three matchdays, the joint-most in the league thus far alongside Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>Orlando are in danger of losing consecutive away matches in this competition on Saturday for the first time since June 2024.<\/p>\n<p>They are winless in their last seven MLS affairs against New York clubs, a streak that dates back to the 2023 season and includes their 1-0 defeat at home to the Red Bulls in the 2024 Eastern Conference final.<\/p>\n<p>A season ago, this team did not lose a single match away from home in MLS when scoring an opening half goal, doing so eight times as the visitors.<\/p>\n<p>While they have suffered some narrow defeats recently versus the Red Bulls in this competition, the Lions have won two of their previous three visits to Red Bull Arena, with their last triumph in Harrison taking place in 2023 (3-0).<\/p>\n<p>New York Red Bulls Major League Soccer form:<\/p>\n<p>Orland City Major League Soccer form:<\/p>\n<hr>\n<h2>Soccer Team News<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sm.imgix.net\/24\/36\/carlos-coronel.jpg?w=640&#038;h=480&#038;auto=compress,format&#038;fit=clip\" title=\"Soccer New York Red Bulls goalkeeper pictured on May 11, 2024\" alt=\"Soccer New York Red Bulls goalkeeper pictured on May 11, 2024\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\"><span><span>\u00a9 Imago<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Last week, the Red Bulls were missing their share of players due to knocks, with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/mohammed-sofo\/\" title=\"More Mohammed Sofo\"><strong>Mohammed Sofo<\/strong><\/a> dealing with a sore groin, while <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/serge-ngoma\/\" title=\"More Serge Ngoma\"><strong>Serge Ngoma<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/marcelo-morales\/\" title=\"More Marcelo Morales\"><strong>Marcelo Morales<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/lewis-morgan\/\" title=\"More Lewis Morgan\"><strong>Lewis Morgan<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/roald-mitchell\/\" title=\"More Roald Mitchell\"><strong>Roald Mitchell<\/strong><\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/cameron-harper\/\" title=\"More Cameron Harper\"><strong>Cameron Harper<\/strong><\/a> and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/kyle-duncan\/\" title=\"More Kyle Duncan\"><strong>Kyle Duncan<\/strong><\/a> were all sidelined because of knee injuries.<\/p>\n<p>An illness kept <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/tim-parker\/\" title=\"More Tim Parker\"><strong>Tim Parker<\/strong><\/a> on the sidelines for their previous match, though he was an available substitute, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/adri-mehmeti\/\" title=\"More Adri Mehmeti\"><strong>Adri Mehmeti<\/strong><\/a> sat out with a thigh issue, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/ronald-donkor\/\" title=\"More Ronald Donkor\"><strong>Ronald Donkor<\/strong><\/a> had a shin problem and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/wiktor-bogacz\/\" title=\"More Wiktor Bogacz\"><strong>Wiktor Bogacz<\/strong><\/a> was recovering from back pain.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/carlos-coronel\/\" title=\"More Carlos Coronel\"><strong>Carlos Coronel<\/strong><\/a> faced six Atlanta United shots and stopped them all, while his side failed to register a single effort on target.<\/p>\n<p>As for Orlando City, they did not have <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/nicolas-rodriguez\/\" title=\"More Nicolas Rodriguez\"><strong>Nicolas Rodriguez<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/favian-loyola\/\" title=\"More Favian Loyola\"><strong>Favian Loyola<\/strong><\/a> at their disposal last week, both of whom were suffering from thigh strains.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to that, neither <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/duncan-mcguire\/\" title=\"More Duncan McGuire\"><strong>Duncan McGuire<\/strong><\/a> nor <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/david-brekalo\/\" title=\"More David Brekalo\"><strong>David Brekalo<\/strong><\/a> were available to them last week, with both players dealing with shoulder injuries.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/luis-muriel\/\" title=\"More Luis Muriel\"><strong>Luis Muriel<\/strong><\/a> briefly put them on level terms against NYCFC, with his first of the 2025 MLS campaign, and <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/people\/marco-pasalic\/\" title=\"More Marco Pasalic\"><strong>Marco Pasalic<\/strong><\/a> collected his first career assist on that play.<\/p>\n<p><strong>New York Red Bulls possible starting lineup:<\/strong><br \/>Coronel; D. Nealis, S. Nealis, Eile; Gjengaar, Stroud, Edelman, Valencia; Forsberg; Hall, Choupo-Moting<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Orlando City possible starting lineup:<\/strong><br \/>Gallese; Freeman, Schlegel, Jansson, Santos; Araujo, Atuesta; Pasalic, Ojeda, Angulo; Muriel<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sm.imgix.net\/20\/33\/sm-words-green-background.png?w=210&#038;h=53\" title=\"Soccer SM words green background\" alt=\"Soccer SM words green background\" width=\"210\" height=\"53\"><\/p>\n<h2>Soccer We say: New York Red Bulls 2-0 Orlando City<\/h2>\n<p>The Red Bulls have not been the most exhilarating side to watch, but they have been airtight at the back and should be able to expose a Lions defence that are lacking structure and poise under pressure at the moment.<\/p>\n<p>For data analysis of the most likely results, scorelines and more for this match <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/mls\/red-bulls-vs-orlando-city_game_219198.html\"><strong>please click here<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span>ID:567733:1false2false3false:QQ:: from db desktop :LenBod:collect9276:<\/span><\/p>\n<h2>Soccer Previews by email<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/preview\/subscribe.html\">Click here<\/a> to get <strong>Sports Mole<\/strong>&#8216;s daily email of previews and predictions for every major game!<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<hr>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sportsmole.co.uk\/football\/red-bulls\/preview\/preview-ny-red-bulls-vs-orlando-city-prediction-team-news-lineups_567733.html\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a>Christeen Stoval<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Soccer Sports Mole previews Saturday&#8217;s Major League Soccer clash between New York Red Bulls and Orlando City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups. The New York Red Bulls aim to keep their 100% home record intact on Saturday when they host Orlando City at Red Bull Arena on matchday four of the 2025 MLS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":833655,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25369,1002,2005],"tags":[6616,6234],"class_list":["post-833654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bulls","category-preview","category-soccer","tag-bulls","tag-preview"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=833654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/833654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/833655"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=833654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=833654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=833654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}