New York Red Bulls vs. Colorado Rapids 8/2/22 - Major League Soccer Picks & Predictions

The New York Red Bulls host the Colorado Rapids Tuesday in a MLS inter-conference fixture. New York is fourth in the Eastern Conference table at 10-6-6 on 36 points with a goal difference of +9. New York had a club friendly against Barcelona on Saturday and lost 2-0. New York was defeated by Orlando CIty 5-1 in its most recent MLS fixture this past Wednesday.

New York has one win, one draw and three losses in its most recent five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored six goals and conceded 12.  New York has given up two goals or more in each of its last three matches played. Lewis Morgan is the leading goal scorer for New York with nine, while Luquinhas has scored five. Patryk Klimala, Omir Fernandez and Morgan are the leaders in assists with three apiece.

The Colorado Rapids are 12th in the Western Conference table at 6-6-9 on 24 points with a goal difference of -4. Colorado was defeated by the Seattle Sounders 2-1 a week ago this past Saturday in their most recent MLS fixture. Jonathan Lewis opened the scoring for Colorado with a goal in the third minute but Colorado would not score again and gave up two unanswered goals in the loss.

Colorado has one win, two draws and two losses in its most recent five matches in the MLS and over that span has scored eight goals and conceded eight. Diego Rubio is the leading goal scorer for Colorado with nine and Jonathan Lewis has scored four. Michael Barrios is the leader in assists with four, while Rubio has three.