The Red Bulls were back home tonight after whomping DC United 4-0. The face Sporting Kansas City, formerly Kansas City Wizards. I wonder why they changed their name. I mean it’s so much worse now. The team name before the city? Is this like a new trend they are trying to start? I think it sounds goofy. Oh well, they lost anyway!
Red Bulls won 1-0. You could really tell in the second half that the Red Bulls aren’t as good when they swap out 3 of the starters for backups. Defense was way less strong without Teemu Tainio. Not so many chances up front without Luke Rodgers either, although the kid I never give too much credit to, Juan Agudelo, had some good plays.
Red Bulls back on top of the East now. Looks like it’s going to be another great season!
Scoring Summary:
NY — Luke Rodgers 3 (Dwayne De Rosario 2, Thierry Henry 3) 22
New York Red Bulls — Bouna Coundoul, Jan Gunnar Solli, Tim Ream, Rafael Marquez, Roy Miller, Dane Richards, Dwayne De Rosario (Mehdi Ballouchy 80), Teemu Tainio (Carl Robinson 46), Joel Lindpere, Luke Rodgers (Juan Agudelo 46), Thierry Henry.
Substitutes Not Used: Stephen Keel, Carlos Mendes, Greg Sutton.
Sporting KC — Jimmy Nielsen, Michael Harrington, Julio Cesar, Aurelien Collin, Korede Aiyegbusi, Kei Kamara, Graham Zusi, Stephane Auvray (Milos Stojcev 64), Davy Arnaud, C.J. Sapong (Ryan Smith 46), Teal Bunbury.
Substitutes Not Used: Matt Besler, Kevin Ellis, Roger Espinoza, Craig Rocastle, Eric Kronberg.
Misconduct Summary:
NY — Luke Rodgers (caution; Reckless Foul) 32
NY — Teemu Tainio (caution; Reckless Foul) 42
NY — Mehdi Ballouchy (caution; Simulation) 93+
Referee: Andrew Chapin
Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey; Daniel Belleau
4th Official: Edvin Jurisevic
Attendance: 20,636
Time of Game: 1:50
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-64-degrees
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