Dennis Gjengaar scored the goal for game binding in the 47th minute and the New York Red Bulls gathered for a 2-2 draw with Orlando City on Saturday afternoon in Harrison, NJ
Play with an exhausted range and shortly after Lewis Morgan announced, Knee Surgery, Red Bulls (1-1-2, 5 points) gathered twice in the first meeting with Orlando since he beat them in the Eastern Conference Finals in November.
Gjengaar scored his third career goal on a happy bounce after Red Bulls almost tied it for seven minutes first half.
Emil Forsberg and Raheem Edwards rushed up the field on a 2-against-1 and Peter Stroud cut to the right of the net. Gjengaar cut through the middle of the box, got a cross from Stroud and girls the ball from the thigh at a sharp angle in the right side of the net before the goalkeeper Pedro Galsee could react.
Gjengaar almost scored again in the 72nd minute but was met by Galsese on a break far outside the box and his right -footed shot was sent away. He missed another opportunity in the 85th when he hit the right post.
Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting scored his first career MLS goal on a penalty kick during the 29th for Red Bulls, who had the ball for 55.7 percent of the competition.
Martin Ojeda scored in the 18th minute and Marco Pasalic scored in the 39th for Orlando (1-2-1, 4 points), which has allowed 10 goals for four weeks.
New York goalkeeper Carlos Coronel made five rescues and preserved the point with four stops in six minutes second half. Galsese finished with four rescues.
After coming from Daniel Edelman and Alexander Haak, Ojeda made a move around Noah Elie. With plenty of space from the penalty area, he shaved the ball into the lower left corner for a 1-0 lead.
Red Bulls replied when Robin Jansson Fouled Choupo-Moting in the corner of the field. After the foul, Choupo-Moting hammered a right-footed shot over Gallese’s dive attempt.
Orlando regained the lead on a fantastic movement by Pasalic as he caught Red Bull’s flat foot. Pasalic beat defender Raheem Edwards to the middle of the box and easily lifted a left shot in the middle of the net.
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