It was a night of firsts for the New York Red Bulls. First goal (scored by Macoumba Kandji), first victory, first post-suspension appearance by Jon Conway, first MLS start for Alfredo Pacheco. Most importantly, the first time for its fans to feel confident about the 2009 campaign.
With the team’s newly-signed players finally eligible to start Saturday, New York Red Bulls head coach Juan Carlos Osorio suddenly has options when it comes time to select a starting lineup. One sure thing is that Jon Conway will be back in goal for the Red Bulls after the end of his suspension dating to last season.
One cannot help but question the wisdom of using the Mark McGwire defense, especially when the issue is performance enhancing drugs. Yet that’s exactly what Jon Conway did at Red Bulls media day Monday, repeating almost to a word the disgraced slugger’s defense at his fateful 2005 Congressional hearing.
Photos courtesy of First Row Photos.
As a result of an appeal from the MLS Players Union, Major League Soccer Commissioner Don Garber has decided to allow New York Red Bulls goalkeeper Jon Conway to participate in team practices when the 2009 regular season begins, the league announced Tuesday, March 10.
The New York Red Bulls trained for the final time Saturday in preparation of their first MLS CUP Finals appearance. Unlike Friday’s training, which was held on the training field normally used by Chivas USA, the team got to use the main Home Depot Center field. The team continues to be confident and loose, less [...]
The New York/New Jersey Major League Soccer franchise has not accomplished much in its 13 seasons. Long known as the ugly stepchild of MLS, the MetroStars/Red Bulls have only once made it past the first round of the playoffs and only once won anything of note (the La Manga Cup, a Spanish winter tournament, in [...]
It took a little while but the New York Red Bulls finally have their first bonafide winning streak of the 2008 season, thanks to its 2-0 defeat of Toronto FC on Sunday evening at Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. Mike Magee put the home team up in the 37th minute on a clearing pass from Seth Stammler for his second goal in as many games.
Photos by Fernando Rendon.
A 75th minute header from Juan Pablo Angel broke a scoreless deadlock at Giants Stadium and sent the New York Red Bulls to their first victory in nearly a month. “It was one of those games where we had to scrap,” Angel said of the team’s 1-0 victory over Chivas USA. “I think it was a real battle today. It’s a great win for us.”
