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Match preview: Union at Red Bulls

Photo: Daniel Gajdamowicz

What: Union at Red Bulls

Where: New Jersey

When: 8pm EST

Why: Because they have it coming

TV: ESPN2

Radio: is not an option, apparently

The New York Red Bulls need to win on Thursday. They need it really bad.

Their best player is suspended, their season is on the brink, they traded away the presumptive MLS MVP, their young stud striker can't break the starting lineup, their designated player keeps stabbing Tim Ream in the back instead instead of playing in the back, their "goalies" keep showing up for practice and asking what their hands are for again, Mehdi Ballouchy, Dax McCarty and Teemu Taino won't take the Michael Farfan posters off their walls, people won't come watch them play, MLS is going to make them irrelevant when the league's 20th franchise is announced, their trophy case is empty, Dame Richards wants to be a striker when he's just a travel-sized Damarcus Beasley, Hans Backe is going to continue making no adjustments of any sort under any circumstances for at least one more year, they can't buy another Thierry Henry this winter, despite being the second highest scoring team in MLS they have a league-high 16 ties, the Chicago Fire might finish above them in the standings, they don't have the Yankees to blame for being ignored this year, Harrison is in New Jersey, they are named after an energy drink that you drink while "doing sports,"Â and now the team they expected to push around for a few years is coming to town with their playoff ticket already stamped and one win away from an Eastern Conference crown.

Read the full article at The Philly Soccer Page.

The Philly Soccer Page @ Oct 20, 2011 8:50 AM EDT | Blog Profile

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