No need to make excuses for the New York Red Bulls. The team has won the Supporters' Shield twice in the last four seasons; it was the top team in the Eastern Conference in 2016; it is the only side in MLS to have scored more than 60 goals in both of the last two seasons; it was the top-scoring team in the East (or tied for that record) in every season from 2011 to 2015, and in 2016 it was one goal shy of NYCFC's regular-season total of 62 goals. And it tends to get good results at home:
#RBNY has not lost a home regular season or CCL match since 4/9/16
— Gordon Stevenson (@gmksIV) March 25, 2017
As RBNY's official game notes point out, this 0-0 draw sees the team complete a full calendar year unbeaten at home (it next plays at Red Bull Arena on April 15), and it has a returned a scoreless tie on only three occasions in the 72 regular-season games played under head coach Jesse Marsch.