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Orlando City Loses Season Finale at New York Red Bulls

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HARRISON, N.J. (Oct. 28, 2018) – In its 2018 season finale, Orlando City SC (8-22-4, 28 points) lost 1-0 to the New York Red Bulls (22-7-5, 71 points) on Sunday at Red Bull Arena.

“Credit to Red Bulls, I want to congratulate them [on winning the Supporters’ Shield],” Lions head coach James O’Connor said. “There will be some reflection from the coaching staff, ourselves, we’ll sit with the players and go through it. We’ve got a clear plan of what needs to happen. We’ll start this week and go from there.”

Adam Grinwis made his fifth start of the season in goal. The Ada, Mich., native stopped his first career MLS penalty kick in the 15th minute when he dove to his right to stop Derrick Etienne’s spot attempt .

Etienne scored the game’s only goal in the 53rd minute.

The Red Bulls clinched the Supporters’ Shield with Sunday’s win, coupled with Atlanta’s loss to Toronto.


Match Notes

  • GK Adam Grinwis made his fifth start of the season for City and stopped his first career MLS penalty kick
  • D Amro Tarek made his first start since Aug. 12 at D.C. United; It was Tarek’s 19th start of the season
  • D Chris Schuler, who replaced D Lamine Sané in the starting XI due to an injury sustained in warm ups, earned his eighth start of the season and his first since July 29 at LA Galaxy


Scoring Summary:
RBNY - Derrick Etienne (Michael Murillo) 52’

Misconduct Summary:
ORL - Dom Dwyer (Yellow Card) 45’
RBNY - Alex Muyl (Yellow Card) 74’

Lineups/Substitutions:

New York Red Bulls - GK ⓒ Luis Robles, D Kemar Lawrence, Aaron Long, Tim Parker, Michael Murillo, Sean Davis, Tyler Adams, Alex Muyl (Daniel Royer 79’), Kaku, Derrick Etienne (Fidel Escobar 73’), F Bradley Wright-Phillips (Brian White 90+2’)


Substitutes Not Used: GK Ryan Meara, D Connor Lade, M Andreas Ivan, Cristian Casseres

Orlando City SC - GK Adam Grinwis, D Amro Tarek, Chris Schuler, Shane O’Neill, Scott Sutter, M Yoshimar Yotún, Uri Rosell, Mohamed El-Munir, ⓒ Sacha Kljestan, Chris Mueller (Josué Colmán 70’), F Dom Dwyer


Substitutes Not Used: GK Joe Bendik, D Donny Toia, M Will Johnson, Tony Rocha, Cam Lindley


Details of the Game:
Time: 4:30 p.m. ET
Weather: Clear
Date: Oct. 28, 2018
Attendance: 20,023


Stats:

Possession:
RBNY - 46.2 %
ORL - 53.8 %


Shots:
RBNY - 13
ORL - 8


Saves:
RBNY - 1
ORL - 3


Fouls:
RBNY - 14
ORL - 12

Corners:
RBNY - 4
ORL - 3