a heartbreaking win

Image by eschipul via Flickrwell, after wiggling our way into the playoffs one more time, the new york red bulls ended up with a 1-1 tie with the houston dynamo in the first game of the playoff series. and it was a crushing tie.

after a scoreless first half that saw the red bulls playing some rather sloppy soccer (though the defense did keep houston's weapons out of our net), red bull fans were rewarded early in the second half on a gorgeous header from angel.

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