The New York Red Bulls showed why it entered the MLS playoffs with the league’s best record, gaining a 1-0 win over D.C. United in the first leg of their Eastern Conference semifinal series. Dax McCarty scored the game’s only goal on a header in the 72nd minute, but the Red Bulls would have won by more goals but for the work in goal by D.C. United’s Bill Hamid.

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