RED BULLS HOST FC NEW YORK IN THIRD ROUND OF U.S. OPEN CUP TUESDAY: The Red Bulls begin their quest for the Lamar Hunt U.S Open Cup when they host FC New York in a third round match on Tuesday evening at 8:00 PM ET at Red Bull Arena. The match will be broadcast live on www.newyorkredbulls.com with Steve Cangialosi and Shep Messing calling the action. Tickets are priced at $15 apiece and are available by calling 1.877.RBSOCCER or CLICKING HERE.
The Red Bulls learned their opponent when FC New York defeated the New York Pancyprian-Freedoms (USASA) last Tuesday night at Belson Stadium in a penalty kick shootout after the teams played to a scoreless tie. FC New York, in its inaugural season, plays in the USL Pro League, where it currently sits in fourth place in the National Division with a record of 3-5-5, 14 pts. This will be the first meeting between the Red Bulls and FC New York.
The Red Bulls qualified for the third round of the 2011 U.S. Open Cup by virtue of their first place finish in the Eastern Conference in the 2010 Major League Soccer regular season. New York is undefeated (3-0-0) in Open Cup play at Red Bull Arena, last year defeating the Philadelphia Union, New England Revolution, and Colorado Rapids in Harrison.
Created in 1914, the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup is the oldest soccer competition in the United States. The single-elimination tournament, which is similar to the prestigious English FA Cup, is open to all amateur and professional teams affiliated with the United States Soccer Federation (U.S.S.F). The competition was re-named the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup in 1999, in honor of the late Columbus Crew and FC Dallas owner-operator Lamar Hunt. New York began its participation in the Cup in 1997 and reached the final in 2003.
NEW YORK ENDS FOUR-GAME MLS ROAD SWING IN SAN JOSE SATURDAY NIGHT: The Red Bulls finish off a four game road trip when they travel west to square off against the San Jose Earthquakes on Saturday night at 10:30 PM ET (TV: ESPN2, Radio: WADO 1280 AM). The match will be played at Stanford Stadium, the 50,000 seat venue on the campus of Stanford University in Stanford, CA.
The Red Bulls rebounded from a 4-2 loss in Seattle last Thursday with a 1-1 draw at Chicago in their last match on Sunday. New York staked itself to a 1-0 lead on Joel Lindpere’s second goal of the season in the 40th minute. Chicago found the equalizer in the 58th minute from team-leading goal scorer and Guatemalan international Marco Pappa. Neither team could find the net again and New York earned its 24th point of the season, improving to 5-3-9 on the season. Currently, the Red Bulls are tied with the Columbus Crew for second place in the Eastern Conference, and sit two points behind the conference-leading Philadelphia Union.
San Jose comes into Sunday’s match with a 5-5-5 record with 20 points, which is good for sixth place in the Western Conference. The Earthquakes earned a point in their last match, a 0-0 draw against the Los Angeles Galaxy. San Jose couldn’t find a goal despite being up a man when Galaxy substitute goalkeeper Josh Saunders was sent off in the 43rd minute. With Saunders having already replaced injured goalkeeper Donovan Ricketts earlier in the match, Los Angeles was forced to employ former Red Bulls forward Mike Magee in goal. Magee made four saves as the Earthquakes were forced to settle for a point. The Earthquakes feature last season’s MLS Golden Boot winner, Chris Wondolowski, who leads the club in goals this season with six, and is back from CONCACAF Gold Cup duty with the United States.
This will be the second meeting of the season between the clubs. On April 16 at Red Bull Arena, New York defeated San Jose by a 3-0 score, as Luke Rodgers turned in a two goal, one assist performance en route to being named MLS Player of the Week. All-time, New York is 10-15-6 against San Jose in the regular season. Last year, the Earthquakes eliminated the Red Bulls from the MLS Cup Playoffs in the two-legged Eastern Conference Semifinals with a 3-2 aggregate victory.
RED BULLS-EARTHQUAKES CONNECTIONS: The San Jose Earthquakes boast four former New York players. Chris Leitch enjoyed two stints with the club from 2003-05 and 2007-08, and ranks 13th on the club’s all-time games played list with 101 regular season appearances. He registered five assists in his time with the club. Defender Jason Hernandez, a native of New York City, was drafted by New York in the 2005 Supplemental Draft and played three games for the club that season.
Midfielder/defender Ramiro Corrales joined New York during the 1998 season and remained with the team for the 1999 and 2000 seasons, appearing in 57 games. He registered five assists during his New York career. ‘Quakes defender Tim Ward was selected 12th overall in the 2005 MLS SuperDraft by New York. He played 13 games in his rookie season and registered three assists in his only season with the club.
Red Bulls midfielder Dwayne De Rosario had a decorated career with the Earthquakes before the club moved and became the Houston Dynamo. While in San Jose, the club in which he began his MLS career, De Rosario won two MLS Cups netting the game-winner in the 2001 final, and capturing a second crown in 2003. De Rosario appeared in 108 regular season games for San Jose, scoring 27 goals and adding 31 assists.
LAST WEEK: Red Bulls 2, Seattle Sounders FC 4 at CenturyLink Field on Thursday June 23.
Red Bulls 1, Chicago Fire 1 at Toyota Park on Sunday, June 26.
THIS WEEK: Red Bulls vs. FC New York at Red Bull Arena on Tuesday, June 28 at 8:00 PM ET – US Open Cup Third Round (Streamed Live on www.newyorkredbulls.com)
Red Bulls at San Jose Earthquakes at Stanford Stadium on Saturday, July 2 at 10:30 PM ET (TV: ESPN2; Radio: WADO 1280 AM).
NEXT WEEK: Red Bulls vs. Toronto FC at Red Bull Arena on Wednesday, July 6 at 8:00 PM ET (TV: MSG Plus, Radio: WQBU 92.7 FM).
Red Bulls vs. D.C. United at Red Bull Arena on Saturday, July 9 at 7:30 PM ET (TV: MSG; Radio: WADO 1280 AM).
RED BULLS EARN 1-1 TIE IN CHICAGO: New York midfielder Joel Lindpere scored his second goal of the season in the Red Bulls’ 1-1 tie against the Chicago Fire Sunday afternoon at TOYOTA Park. With the result, the Red Bulls, currently in second place in the Eastern Conference and two points behind the Philadelphia Union, moved to 24 points off a 5-3-9 record. The Red Bulls also wrapped up an eight-day span which saw them play three consecutive road matches.
Both teams traded chances in the first half. In the 17th minute, Fire forward Orr Barouch volleyed a Baggio Husidic pass just over the crossbar. Four minutes later, New York’s Dwayne De Rosario made a quick turn around his defender to get space before finding an open Dane Richards, whose shot was tipped by a fully-extended Sean Johnson.
Lindpere tested Johnson soon after with a 23-yard strike that the goalkeeper could only parry out of play. Barouch was inches away from putting the hosts in front, nodding down a Patrick Nyarko delivery wide of the left post.
New York took the lead with five minutes left in the half. Red Bulls forward Thierry Henry, returning to the lineup after serving a one-game red card suspension, flicked the ball over the top to an on-rushing Lindpere. Chicago defender Yamith Cuesta tried to knock it out, but the ball hit off Lindpere and into the box. The Estonian got to it first and rolled it in with his right foot.
The Fire searched for an equalizer in the second half and Marco Pappa almost provided it, swinging a 20-yard free kick attempt past the right upright.
Pappa made no mistake when given a second opportunity in the 58th minute, collecting a Red Bulls clearance outside of the box and bouncing a left footed shot past goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul and into the back of the net.
The Red Bulls looked to retake the lead with 15 minutes left, as defender Stephen Keel’s diving header from Lindpere’s corner kick delivery missed the goalframe. On the other end, Coundoul kept the game tied, getting a hand to substitute Diego Chaves' right-footed blast.
RED BULLS FALL IN SEATTLE, 4-2: The New York Red Bulls came back from an early two-goal deficit, but eventually succumbed, 4-2, to Seattle Sounders FC in front of 46,065 at CenturyLink Field Thursday. New York’s Dane Richards, playing in his first match after returning from CONCACAF Gold Cup duty, put his name on the scoresheet in the first half. The loss was only New York’s third of the season, as it stayed on 23 points off a 5-3-8 record.
Early in the match, the Red Bulls looked to get on the board when Austin da Luz found an open Dwayne De Rosario in the left side of the penalty box. However, De Rosario couldn’t hit the bouncing pass on target.
The Sounders took the lead in the 11th minute. A Seattle corner kick was knocked out of the box to midfielder Erik Friberg, who cut it to his right foot and curled a shot past a screened Greg Sutton and into the back of the net. Seattle then doubled its advantage a minute later on a similar play, as Osvaldo Alonso’s left-footed volley from a Stephen Keel corner kick clearance deflected into the goal.
New York brought the game back to 2-1 in the 31st minute. Joel Lindpere slid it to Richards, who took a couple of touches before rifling an attempt from the corner of the penalty box that goalkeeper Kasey Keller got a piece of and could not keep out. The goal was Richards’ third of the 2011 campaign.
The Red Bulls drew level and gained momentum in the 58th minute thanks mainly through the efforts of defender Jan Gunnar Solli. De Rosario found the Norwegian on the right wing and Solli drove it towards goal, putting it between the legs of a Sounders defender and slinging a low pass into the six-yard box that Zach Scott put into his own net.
In the back and forth encounter, Seattle took the lead for good nine minutes later. Leo Gonzalez’s corner kick to the near post was nodded on by substitute Roger Levesque and into the goal. Levesque got his second with 12 minutes to play, blocking an attempted Sutton clearance at the top of the box, rounding the goalkeeper and knocking it into the empty net.
LINDPERE KNOCKS IN SECOND GOAL OF 2011: Red Bulls midfielder Joel Lindpere scored his second goal of the 2011 season on Sunday in the Red Bulls’ 1-1 draw at Chicago. The Estonian scored his first of the 2011 season back on April 21 at D.C. United in a 4-0 New York victory. Lindpere, who was voted as the team MVP last season, also has three assists in 2011.
RICHARDS TALLIES THIRD GOAL OF SEASON, 16TH OF CAREER: Red Bulls midfielder Dane Richards returned from representing Jamaica at the Gold Cup to score his third goal of the season on June 23 at Seattle. Richards’ long distance curler was his third goal of the 2011 season, to go along with three assists. The goal was Richards’ 16th career regular season goal for the club, and his 18th in all competitions. Both marks move him into 10th place on the club’s all-time goal scoring list.
HENRY TIED ATOP MLS IN GOALS SCORED: Red Bulls captain and forward Thierry Henry helped the Red Bulls comeback to earn a 3-3 draw with the Portland Timbers last Sunday, scoring his eighth goal of the season in the 73rd minute to pull New York to within one. Henry’s eight goals ties him with Los Angeles Galaxy attacker Landon Donovan and D.C. United forward Charlie Davies for the league lead in the 2011 Golden Boot race.
2011 MLS GOALS LEADERS
Player (Team), Goals
T-1 Thierry Henry (NY), 8
T-1. Landon Donovan (LA), 8
T-1. Charlie Davies (DC), 8
T-4. Andres Mendoza (CLB), 7
T-4. Brek Shea (FCD), 7
DA LUZ NOTCHES FIRST CAREER GOAL, ASSIST: Red Bulls midfielder Austin da Luz scored his first career goal on June 19 against the Portland Timbers, opening the scoring with a fourth minute goal. Da Luz then recorded his first ever MLS assist on the Red Bulls’ second goal, when he set up Thierry Henry with a nifty feed into the box. Da Luz, who was drafted by the team in the first round (14th overall) of the 2010 MLS SuperDraft, made his Red Bulls debut this season on May 28 in a 1-1 draw at Vancouver. He has started three of the last four Red Bulls’ matches.
BACKE RECORD STILL INTACT: By drawing with the Chicago Fire 1-1 on Sunday afternoon, the Red Bulls remained unbeaten under head coach Hans Backe when they score the first goal of a match. In 2010 and 2011 combined, New York has posted a record of 19-0-7 in games where they opened the scoring.
DE RO’S EQUALIZER LATEST IN A MATCH IN CLUB HISTORY: Dwayne De Rosario’s 96th minute game-tying goal was the latest equalizing goal in club history. Previously, the latest equalizing goal in franchise history came in the 95th minute on two different occasions. Mike Magee scored in the 95th minute on Sept. 28, 2003 at D.C. United to level the game at 1-1. Two years later, Amado Guevara scored in the 95th minute on Aug. 21, 2005 against Chivas USA, capping off a hat trick in a 3-3 draw. That match marked the last time before Sunday that the Red Bulls trailed by two goals in a match and came back to tie.
RED BULLS’ TWO GOAL COMEBACK: The Red Bulls’ came from two goals behind to draw the Portland Timbers 3-3 on Sunday. It was the first time the Red Bulls came back from two goals down at the 70th minute mark to tie or win since July 12, 2003 at New England. The Revolution led the match 3-1 at the 70th minute mark before a 73rd minute own goal and a Ricardo Clark strike in the 76th leveled the match at three.
RED BULLS SIGN DEFENDER MIKE JONES: Red Bull New York signed defender Mike Jones on June 18. He made his MLS and Red Bulls’ debut on June 26 at Chicago, coming on as a substitute in second half stoppage time for Dwayne De Rosario.
“We are excited to sign Mike, as we wanted to bring him in to see if he can provide depth to our left back position,” said Red Bull New York General Manager and Sporting Director Erik Soler. “We look forward to tracking his progress with us this season.”
Jones, a left-footed defender, was selected by Sporting Kansas City as the 28th overall selection in the 2011 MLS Supplemental draft on Jan. 18, 2011, before being waived on May 5. He did not make any MLS appearances for Kansas City, but played in one reserve league match.
The St. Peters, MO native played at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville for four years, being named to the All-Missouri Valley Conference Second Team in 2010 while playing 60 games during his college career, notching six goals and two assists. In his senior year, Jones and the Cougars were runners-up in the MVC Tournament. Jones faced the Red Bulls in a reserve match while playing for the Columbus Crew as a guest player on May 30 at Montclair State University.
MARQUEZ, MEXICO, WIN 2011 GOLD CUP: Rafa Marquez and his Mexico teammates beat the United States on Saturday, 4-2 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, CA, to claim the 2011 CONCACAF Gold Cup. Marquez earned his 107th international cap in the final, but left the match in the 43rd minute with an injury. Red Bulls forward Juan Agudelo earned his 10th cap for the United States in the match, replacing Alejandro Bedoya in the 63rd minute. Red Bulls defender Tim Ream played in two matches for U.S. at the Gold Cup, while Dane Richards helped Jamaica reach the quarterfinals in four appearances. Dwayne De Rosario scored two goals in three games for Canada, but the squad was eliminated in the group stage. All five players are back with the Red Bulls and available for selection this week.
INDIVIDUAL TICKETS FOR 2011 MLS ALL-STAR GAME AT RBA SOLD OUT: Major League Soccer and Red Bull New York announced that individual tickets to the 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star Game on July 27 at Red Bull Arena featuring the MLS All-Stars against Manchester United are sold out to the general public. A limited amount of seats are still available through the All-Star Bulls Eye Plan offered exclusively through the New York Red Bulls by calling 1-877-RBSOCCER or logging onto www.newyorkredbulls.com. The match will be telecast live on ESPN2, Galavision, and TSN at 8:30 PM ET.
This year’s All-Star Game will mark the third time the metropolitan New York area has hosted the mid-summer showcase; the inaugural MLS All-Star Game in 1996 and the second in 1997 were played at Giants Stadium. The 25,000-seat, state-of-the-art Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey has played host to multiple friendlies between the Red Bulls and international clubs, along with select national team matches, but the 2011 AT&T MLS All-Star Game will be the first marquee MLS event at the $200 million dollar venue. The MLS All-Stars will be led by New York Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe.
English Premier League Champions Manchester United returns as MLS’ All-Star opponent for the second year in a row. Manchester United is coming off a season which saw them capture the 2011 English Premier League title and reach the final of the UEFA Champions League. They are led by manager Sir Alex Ferguson and boast some of the world’s top players, including strikers Wayne Rooney and Javier “Chicharito” Hernandez, and defenders Rio Ferdinand and Nemanja Vidic.
RED BULLS FACEBOOK PAGE HOSTS 2011 EMIRATES CUP SWEEPSTAKES: The New York Red Bulls are hosting an online sweepstakes via their Facebook page (www.facebook.com/newyorkredbulls) for a lucky fan to receive a trip to London to catch the Red Bulls compete in the 2011 Emirates Cup from July 30-31 at the Emirates Stadium. The sweepstakes, which fans can enter via the team’s Facebook page, starts today and runs through July 12.
One grand prize winner, who will receive round trip coach airfare for two to London, hotel accommodations, tickets to both matchdays, exclusive access to a Red Bulls training session and a pair of autographed jerseys, will be selected at random from all qualified applicants. There will also be one second place winner and one third place winner (see below for details).
The 2011 Emirates Cup kicks off at 9:00 AM ET on Saturday, July 30 with the Red Bulls facing Paris Saint-Germain followed by Arsenal taking on Boca Juniors at 11:20 AM ET. On Sunday, July 31, Paris Saint-Germain faces Boca Juniors at 9:00 AM ET, while former Arsenal legend Thierry Henry and the Red Bulls square off against the hosts at 11:20 AM ET.
For more information or to register, log onto www.facebook.com/newyorkedbulls.
For the official rules of the sweepstakes please visit http://apps.facebook.com/nyrb_emiratescup/rules
Grand Prize
One grand prize winner will receive the following:
- Round trip coach air transportation for two (2) from New York to London, England
- Hotel accommodations for two (2) in London, England, from July 28 through Aug. 1, 2011
- Two (2) tickets to both match days of the 2011 Emirates Cup (July 30 and July 31)
- Access for two (2) to the New York Red Bulls training session on July 29
- Two (2) New York Red Bulls team autographed jerseys
2nd Place Prize
- One (1) team autographed jersey from all four (4) participating teams in the 2011 Emirates Cup
3rd Place Prize
- One (1) team autographed jersey from the New York Red Bulls and Arsenal FC
TICKETS FOR SECOND HALF OF RED BULLS SEASON ON SALE: Individual game tickets to the final portion of the New York Red Bulls’ 2011 MLS regular season at Red Bull Arena are on sale now.
These home games will mark the return of the Red Bulls to Harrison after the team’s historic participation in the prestigious Emirates Cup tournament in London at the end of July. Some of the action includes exciting matchups such as the Los Angeles Galaxy, CONCACAF Champions League Finalists Real Salt Lake and Eastern Conference foes Philadelphia Union.
The matches that are on sale are:
Date Opponent Time
Saturday, Aug. 13 Chicago Fire 7:30 PM
Sunday, Aug. 28 Los Angeles Galaxy 7:00 PM
Saturday, Sep. 10 Vancouver Whitecaps 7:30 PM
Wednesday, Sep. 21 Real Salt Lake 8:00 PM
Saturday, Sep. 24 Portland Timbers 7:30 PM
Thursday, Oct. 20 Philadelphia Union 8:00 PM
Each game also gives the Red Bulls and their fans an opportunity to give back to the community. Examples of the home game community activation are the Red Bulls 9/11 Tribute Night on Saturday, Sept. 10 when they host the Vancouver Whitecaps, and Breast Cancer Awareness Night on Thursday, Oct. 20th when the team hosts the Philadelphia Union. For a full list of charitable opportunities at every Red Bulls home match, visit //www.newyorkredbulls.com/charitable-schedule.
Tickets can be purchased by logging onto www.newyorkredbulls.com or by calling 1.877.RBSOCCER.
