Seeing red: Miami’s Pozuelo plants karate kick as RBNY complete comeback

New York finished the game with 10 men as well, as fullback Kyle Duncan was shown a second yellow card in the 70th minute. But the damage was done and the Herons’ five-game unbeaten streak was snapped, all as RBNY stayed at fourth place on the Eastern Conference table.

“We deserve this win,” Red Bulls head coach Gerhard Struber said postgame. “It was necessary to win at home. I’m very happy for the fans, for my boys, that we can celebrate together a win. We left everything on the field. I can see a big commitment from my boys today, and I think it was the first step in a better direction, also, at home.”

The Red Bulls moved to 4W-5W-5L at home this year, benefitting greatly from Pozuelo’s premature exit.

“It really suited us, getting balls in the box and making those runs down the line,” Clark said. “You know, it’s kind of what we do. So I think it kind of shifted the game definitely and we created a lot of chances off of it.”