Mere weeks ago, Macoumba Kandji was the talk of the post World Cup MLS rumor
mill. Names like Manchester City, Bolton and Tottenham were pictured to be licking their chops,
waiting at the gates of Red Bull Arena to pick up the wonderkind from Red Bull Arena and swoop him
away to glory.
Wow. Not only did the tornado knock me offline this week; it seems to have dragged TMZ and the
Hollywood hills here with it!
We begin with Juan Pablo Angel, who was mysteriously left off of the teams
starting line up against FC Dallas. No injuries. No real explanation.
August marked three years of my involvement here on TheOffside, reporting not only your New York
Red Bulls, but also MLS, American soccer, Argie Primera, video games, EPL, La Liga . . . hell, you
name it, I've done it. In my time, I have covered a ton of events, from Red Bull players
challenging each other to a cook-off to kicking a footy around with Carlos Puyol and the rest of
the Barcelona squad.