Larin breaks MLS rookie scoring record

“I thought we did that”. Kljestan got even in the best way possible, starting the equalizing scoring sequence with a free kick.

Here are the full highlights from Larin’s historic night. The Brazilian worldwide passed to Carlos Rivas, who launched a spot-on through ball to Larin. Red Bull is in a good moment. “They were good on the counter”.

They are a very deep team, with 15 players that are regularly in the rotation and they play a tough, aggressive style.

Unlike the Red Bulls, Orlando City is continually fighting for a playoff spot with the club now on the seventh place in the East with 35 points.

Orlando City’s next home match is October. 3rd against the Montreal Impact.

“We’ve been speaking about it all week. Hopefully D.C. can do us a favor tomorrow, and we’ll take it to next week”.

Kaka (MID, 125 points; 9 goals, 4 assists): Kaka is poised to make a return to the lineup this week after missing the last three games with an injury.

“It’s more about what we do when we have the ball”. You look at when we’ve had everybody fit.

On the significance of clinching a playoff spot, Marsch said, “It’s significant in the sense that we’re being rewarded for continuing to believe in ourselves and push really hard but it’s not really the end goal. It feels good to win with my team”.

The Red Bulls will host Orlando on Friday night in front of a hungry Red Bull Arena crowd.

One thing the Red Bulls have been able to do for much of the season is respond well to defeats.

Bryan Róchez came off the bench to score for the third consecutive game to put the finishing touches on the critical win on the final touch of the game.

Now, before you head off to the comments to tear me a new one, let’s just point out some statistics.

Between a two-match suspension and Olympic qualifying, Matt Miazga’s regular season with the Red Bulls is just about finished.

In the middle of August, Portland was in fourth place in the Western Conference standings, a full eight points above the red line.

But that’s not the trophy Marsch wants. “I don’t care about the Supporters’ Shield”, Marsch said. “We stayed in shape, organized and after we found that goal with Cyle, the game was open and we created a lot of opportunities after that goal”. That’s okay. We’re going to learn from it. We’re going to become stronger for it, so the guys will have the weekend off. They’ll have some time to get away.