Can the Red Bulls knock off another team from Liga MX and reach the final?

The second CONCACAF Champions League semifinal sees Chivas square off against the New York Red Bulls in another Liga MX vs. Major League Soccer match-up. Jeff Carlisle and Tom Marshall preview the tie ahead of Wednesday’s first leg.

How is each team looking heading into this game?

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Six points from four league matches doesn’t exactly show that a team is in top form but for the New York Red Bulls, it has to be put in context. Manager Jesse Marsch has been digging…

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Bradley Wright-Phillips talks New York Red Bulls’ preseason preparations, motivations ahead of this season and more.
Bradley Wright-Phillips has been here before.
Having hit a league-record-equaling 27 goals in 2014, Wright-Phillips could have been forgiven for expecting a little respect. Instead, he was popularly painted as the fortunate beneficiary of Thierry Henry’s genius, and even slighted for his efficiency in “only” scoring the amount he did. The thinking was that Wright-Phillips would struggle without Henry.
Instead, he has thrived, becoming the first MLS player to manage a second 20-plus goal season and…

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Bradley Wright-Phillips talks New York Red Bulls’ preseason preparations, motivations ahead of this season and more.
Bradley Wright-Phillips has been here before.
Having hit a league-record-equaling 27 goals in 2014, Wright-Phillips could have been forgiven for expecting a little respect. Instead, he was popularly painted as the fortunate beneficiary of Thierry Henry’s genius, and even slighted for his efficiency in “only” scoring the amount he did. The thinking was that Wright-Phillips would struggle without Henry.
Instead, he has thrived, becoming the first MLS player to manage a second 20-plus goal season and…

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New York Red Bulls star Bradley Wright-Phillips, the son of Arsenal great Ian Wright, shares his thoughts on Arsene Wenger and the Alexis Sanchez saga.
New York Red Bulls striker Bradley Wright-Phillips, the son of Arsenal legend Ian Wright, insists that Arsene Wenger has to depart for the club to move on.
Wright-Phillips, a fan of the Gunners, has great respect for what Wenger has achieved at the club but for him the recent decline of a team that should be challenging for the Premier League title each season means something has to change.
“Wenger is a legend for Arsenal,” he told ESPN at MLS Media Day. “He changed the game in England and he changed…

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In this season’s third edition of the Hudson River derby, will we once again see the Wright-Phillips vs. Villa showdown?
“If I were in charge of the league, I wouldn’t promote me, either.”
New York Red Bulls forward Bradley Wright-Phillips speaks frankly about his standing in the world.
Major League Soccer is still expanding its global reach, Wright-Phillips explains and understands, and that means keeping its spotlight honed on established international stars such as David Villa, Sebastian Giovinco and Kaka.

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That means that ahead of Friday’s Hudson River Derby between the Red Bulls and New York City FC (7 p.m. ET,…

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Sebastian Salazar and Herculez Gomez evaluate the draw between undermanned RSL and a ‘Jeckyll and Hyde’ Red Bulls side.

Bradley Wright-Phillips puts New York Red Bulls back on level terms with a header past Stefan Frei.

Bradley Wright-Phillips led MLS with 24 goals last season.
Bradley Wright-Phillips has signed a new Designated Player contract with the New York Red Bulls, the club announced on Wednesday.
Terms of deal were not disclosed, as per MLS policy. But the Red Bulls called the extension for the franchise’s all-time top scorer a “multi-year” agreement.
The 32-year-old Englishman earned $715,000 in guaranteed compensation last season, according to figures released by the MLS Players Union.
“We are very pleased to extend Bradley’s time in New York,” Red Bulls sporting…

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Bradley Wright-Phillips can’t wrap his head around why NYRB’s regular season success hasn’t translated into the playoffs.
MANHATTAN BEACH, Calif. – New York Red Bulls forward Bradley Wright-Phillips had just landed in Los Angeles on Monday when he got a message from Dax McCarty telling him to call him as soon as possible. He knew it wasn’t good news.
“You know those kind of messages,” Wright-Phillips told ESPNFC on Tuesday, a day after learning that McCarty, the Red Bulls heart-and-soul captain for the last two seasons, had been traded to the Chicago Fire.
“He’ll be missed,” Wright-Phillips said. “Dax is a player you…

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Bradley Wright-Phillips can’t wrap his head around why NYRB’s regular season success hasn’t translated into the playoffs.
Bradley-Wright Phillips says that he and his New York Red Bulls sometimes let the pressure of the playoffs get to them and they need to be more composed when it comes to the postseason.
The Red Bulls were eliminated by the Montreal Impact in the MLS Cup Eastern Conference semifinals after a regular-season campaign that saw them finish in first place in the division.
But for the second year in a row, the team failed to find success in the playoffs and that has left Wright-Phillips feeling frustrated.
“We…

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