MatchDay: Red Bulls at Sporting Kansas City (8-26-12)

<h3 align="center"><font color="white"><a name="top">MATCH CONTENT</a></font></h3>

<table border="0"><tbody><tr><td width="400px"><img src="//newyork-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/matchday_400_120824.jpg"></td><td width="150px"><p><img src="//newyork-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/soccerbullet.gif" style="float: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="#notes">Game Notes</a><br><br><img src="//newyork-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/soccerbullet.gif" style="float: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="#starters">Probable Starters</a><br><br><img src="//newyork-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/soccerbullet.gif" style="float: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="#bench">Bench</a><br><br><img src="//newyork-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/soccerbullet.gif" style="float: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="#read">Read All About It</a><br><br><img src="//newyork-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/soccerbullet.gif" style="float: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="#quote">What They&#39;re Saying</a><br><br><img src="//newyork-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/soccerbullet.gif" style="float: left; padding: 3px;"><a href="http://www.mlsgear.com/shop-by-mls-team-new-york-red-bulls.html" target="_blank">Shop</a></p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h3 align="center"><font color="white"><a name="notes">GAME NOTES </a></font></h3>

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<p>It&rsquo;s a battle for the top of the Eastern Conference when the Red Bulls try to surpass conference-leading Sporting Kansas City as the teams play their first of three matches this season on Sunday at LIVESTRONG Sporting Park.</p><p>Sporting has won its last three matches, and enters the game with a 14-7-4 record.<br><br> &gt;&gt;<a href="//www.newyorkredbulls.com/sites/newyork/files/063012%20at%20TOR_0.pdf"></a><a href="//www.newyorkredbulls.com/sites/newyork/files/082612%20at%20SKC.pdf">More Notes (PDF)</a></p><p align="center">[<a href="#top">Back to Top</a>]</p>

<h3 align="center"><font color="white"><a name="starters">PROJECTED STARTERS</a></font></h3>

<table border="0"><tbody><tr><td> GK - 88 Bill Gaudette</td><td> D - 7 Roy Miller<br> D - 3 Heath Pearce<br> D - 5 Markus Holgersson<br> D - 16 Connor Lade</td><td> M - 20 Joel Lindpere<br> M - 17 Tim Cahill<br> M - 9 Sebastien Le Toux<br> M - 11 Dax McCarty</td><td> F - 14 Thierry Henry#<br> F - 33 Kenny Cooper</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p align="center"><em># - Unavailable<br> (PS - We announce the official Starting XI 60 - 90 minutes before the match on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/newyorkredbulls">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/newyorkredbulls">Facebook</a>)</em><br> [<a href="#top">Back to Top</a>]</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h3 align="center"><font color="white"><a name="bench">BENCH</a></font></h3>

<table border="0" width="550px"><tbody><tr><td> GK - 18 Ryan Meara*<br> GK - 24 Jeremy Vuolo<br> GK - 31 Luis Robles</td><td> D - 2 Wilman Conde<br> D - 4 Rafa Marquez*<br> D - 12 Jonathan Borrajo<br> D - 15 Tyler Ruthven<br> D - 22 Stephen Keel<br> D - 25 Brandon Barklage</td><td><p>M - 8 Jan Gunnar Solli<br> M - 6 Teemu Tainio<br> M - 10 Lloyd Sam<br> M - 44 Victor Palsson</p></td><td> F - 21 Corey Hertzog**<br> F - 27 Jhonny Arteaga<br> F - 99 Jose Angulo</td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p align="center"><em>* Injured<br> ** On Loan<br> (PS - We announce the official Starting XI 60 - 90 minutes before the match on <a href="http://www.twitter.com/newyorkredbulls">Twitter</a> and <a href="http://facebook.com/newyorkredbulls">Facebook</a>)</em><br> [<a href="#top">Back to Top</a>]</p></td></tr></tbody></table>

<h3 align="center"><a name="read"><font color="white">READ ALL ABOUT IT</font></a></h3>

<table border="0" width="550px"><tbody><tr><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="275px"><img height="90" src="//newyork-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/newyork_150.png" width="90"><br> - <a href="//www.newyorkredbulls.com/blog/post/2012/08/23/qa-kenny-cooper">Cooper Q&amp;A</a><br> - <a href="//www.newyorkredbulls.com/blog/post/2012/08/22/mlssoccercom-asks-what-best-forward-combination-mls">Best Forward Combo?</a><br> - <a href="//www.newyorkredbulls.com/news/2012/08/corey-hertzog-wilmington-loan-has-paid-dividends">Hertzog Loan Paying Dividends</a><br></td><td colspan="2" valign="top" width="275px"><img height="90" src="//newyork-mp7static.mlsdigital.net/mp6/sportingkc_150.png" width="70"><br> - <a href="http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2012/08/patience-composure-earns-growing-role-skcs-thomas">Growing Role for Thomas</a><br> - <a href="http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2012/08/bunbury-kamara-acing-chemistry-sporting-prep-ny">The One-Two Punch</a><br><a href="http://www.sportingkc.com/news/2012/08/vermes-stingy-subs">- Vermes Stingy on Subs</a><br></td></tr><tr><td colspan="4"><p align="center">[<a href="#top">Back to Top</a>]</p></td></tr></tbody></table>