Juan Pablo Angel will definitely be protected, but who will join him? (Getty Images)

Moving forward yet again on our quest to preview all 15 MLS clubs before the 2009 expansion draft next week. Today we turn our focus to the New York Red Bulls.

Protected Available Exempt Juan Pablo Angel Danleigh Borman Jeremy Hall Danny Cepero Andrew Boyens Kevin Goldthwaite Bouna Coundoul Macoumba Kandji Walter Garcia Ernst Oebster Carlos Johnson Mike Petke Leo Krupnik Dane Richards Carlos Mendes Luke Sassano Matthew Mbuta Seth Stammler Jorge Rojas Sinisa Ubiparipovic John Wolyniec Nick Zimmerman

Hall should graduate from the GA program, the key word is should.

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The Metro Reverse Curse lives.

What is the Reverse Curse? It is a temporary suspension of all footballing ability while wearing a Metro Bull kit that is magically cured once a player switches kits to another club. There are so many examples of this, but sticking to recent memory (and not in any order of importance at all); Hunter Freeman leaves Red Bull and has become a regular starter in Norway, Gabriel Cichero leaves Red Bull and becomes a valuable piece of their National teams youth movement, Mike Magee has proven to be a key offensive cog in the Galaxy's overall make up leading the team in assists, Diego Jimenez continues to excel in Mexico, and notched two goals upon arriving back to his country after his RB departure.

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Remember when Danny Cepero scored his "manifest destiny" goal from one side of Giants Stadium to the other? Everyone was like "whoa". With a little help from Brian Ching running interference, Houston's N°2 keeper Tally Hall pulled the same trick in CONCACAF Champions League play last night. Click to continue reading...

Danny Cepero, making his first Major League Soccer start, became the first goalkeeper in league history to score from the run of play. Cepero incredibly got the third goal in the New York Red Bulls' 3-1 victory over the Columbus Crew at Giants Stadium on the penultimate regular season matchday (ASN, Oct.

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It's been a fantastic season in the US in 2009. Major League Soccer has done itself proud, providing some superb entertainment and more than enough controversy. And now there's just one game to go and the competition for the final playoff spots is at fever pitch. Here's your roundup from Week 31.
Outside shot Real Salt Lake got off to a great start to the week, defeating New York Red Bulls on Wednesday. Click to continue reading...

So long, farewell &Â good bye. This coming Saturday, October 24th will officially be the very last time that this club (MetroStars & Red Bull NY) in the NYC metropolitan area & US Soccer will call home. This famed stadium named after the NFL team that plays their pointy ball seasons also shares it with the other football league in the American first division.

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Updated salaries have been posted, reflecting teams pay as of September 15, 2009. In the clandestine world of MLS, a look at the finances are a rare peak into the inner workings of the individual teams, and the league as a whole. When they give you the info, be thankful!

Definitely a few pleasant surprises here this time around, especially when you consider the fact that the list no longer includes albatross salaries of Juan Pietravallo and Khano Smith.

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25 Underprivileged Kids from Harrison Recreation to Take Part in $3,000 Shopping Day at Dick's Sporting Goods September 10. 2009 in Hanover, NJ.

Here are the details:

WHAT: The New York Red Bulls and Dick's Sporting Goods will host their second annual "Shop with a Red Bull" event, Wednesday September 10th, at Dick's Sporting Goods at the East Hanover, New Jersey location on Route 10 West.

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Like an episode of Law and Order, Richie Williams is building a case for head coach, 2010. And if he keeps this up, he won't have to press too much to get it done.

In a scrappy back and forth effort, the Red Bulls downed defending champions Columbus 1-0 on an absolutely beautiful 70 yard run by Dane Richards (yes, that Dane Richards!

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Chivas USA unveiled their new signing, forward Jesus Padilla who has come to SoCal from the Mexican mothership. Sounds good but a look at his numbers in Guadalajara show that he's only got one goal in 24 appearances; is that really the kind of performance that's worthy of a press conference? Click to continue reading...

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What is left of the New York Red Bulls dismal season will either survive or perish tonight when the Red Bulls take on W Connection in the second leg of their CONCACAF Champions League series.

The task is simple. If the Red Bulls win or tie by a goal or less, they advance to the group stage of the Champions League.

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Welcome live to Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, Trinidad where the New York Red Bulls hope to salvage something from their miserable season tonight in the opening leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round against Caribbean champions W Connection.

Will a change of venue bring about a change of fortunate for the Red Bulls, who have gone 24 consecutive games without a win in Major League Soccer?

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Welcome live to Manny Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, Trinidad where the New York Red Bulls hope to salvage something from their miserable season tonight in the opening leg of the CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round against Caribbean champions W Connection.

Will a change of venue bring about a change of fortunate for the Red Bulls, who have gone 24 consecutive games without a win in Major League Soccer?

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This is the season folks. And RBR brings you the soldiers that will be battling it out against the W Connection in Trinidad (tonight on FSC, 9pm):

Making the trip for the Red Bulls, along with Goldthwaite and Oebster are Juan Pablo Angel, Danleigh Borman, Andrew Boyens, Alberto Celades, Danny Cepero, Bouna Coundoul, Jeremy Hall, Alfredo Pacheco, Mike Petke, Dane Richards, Jorge Rojas, Luke Sassano, Seth Stammler, Sinisi Ubiparipovic, John Wolyniec and Nick Zimmerman.

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It seems like an age ago, but we can only begin this weekend's roundup at Giants Stadium last Thursday, where David Beckham made his second Major League Soccer bow for LA Galaxy. In a relatively uneventful game for Beckham (he saved that for the friendly against AC Milan, during which he became involved in an angry confrontation with LA's Riot Squad supporters), the Galaxy swept aside New York Red Bulls, piling the pressure on Juan Carlos Osorio with a 3-1 win. Click to continue reading...

Picture by Saed Hindash from the Star Ledger

And those words are: Don't get cocky.

That's 4 wins in a row for the Galaxy, which is not the longest win streak since 2006. (The dismal 2007 season featured a 5 game winning streak from September through October.) All of a sudden the team is tied for third in the West and sitting pretty in a playoff spot (granted it has still played a game more than most of the West) and it is surging rather than falling.

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The return of David Beckham to Major League Soccer might have gathered the headlines, but the real story is that the LA Galaxy (6-3-9) have won four straight MLS games for the first time since September-October 2007 and is fighting for a playoff berth. The Galaxy had not won at New York since 2000.

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It was a dream start for Los Angeles Thursday, when Alecko Eskandarian scored a beautiful goal just two minutes into the game. Following a flick over his defender, Eskandarian hit a volley from distance that found the top right corner of Danny Cepero's goal.
You might have expected this highlight reel goal (which found it's way onto SportsCenter's Top 10 plays) to be the best you'd see on the night. Click to continue reading...

It was the first game back for David Beckham in Major League soccer as he spent the first half of the season with AC Milan and playing for England in World Cup Qualification. Here's a recap of Thursday's night game between the New York Red Bulls and the Los Angeles Galaxy along with video highlights.

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On Thursday night at Giants Stadium the return of David Beckham to Major League Soccer was the major attraction of the night and to see over 23,000+ coming to get a glance of him. Every single time he would touch the ball, or got ready to send a free kick into the area of Red Bull NY the crowd would boo him pretty hard.

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Wow, what a week for American football! The national team rose from the dead in South Africa to stun Spain and Brazil in the Confederations Cup, eventually running out of steam in the final against Dunga's men. Make no mistake, it was an historic tournament for the USA - but while Landon Donovan was impressing us all with some fine performances for Bob Bradley, the Galaxy did some impressive business without their talismanic captain. Click to continue reading...

The New York Red Bulls have signed goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul to a multi-year contract, the New York Post is reporting this afternoon. In order for the deal to go done, New York has also had to ship an undetermined amount of allocation money to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for the rights to Coundoul. Click to continue reading...

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The New York Red Bulls have completed the signing of goalkeeper Bouna Coundoul to a contract through 2012, sources confirmed to SBI on Monday.

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The New York Red Bulls are in Toronto (again) to take on Toronto FC and will be looking to finally put a halt to a winless streak that has turned the 2009 season into a complete nightmare.

TFC, riding high from its Canadian Championship victory last week, will look to make up some ground in the Eastern Conference playoff race with another win against the struggling Red Bulls.

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Not as much to glean over on a Monday morning after a light serving of play on Saturday. The Superliga provided some quality entertainment on the side, especially with Brian McBride's scintillating finish for the Fire.

Surveying the rest of league play, a couple of draws, maddening red cards and poor defending returned to mar the weekend.

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A lucky first half goal by Juan Pablo Angel gave the New York Red Bulls their first lead in many games, but it was short-lived. Rookie Jeremy Hall made a rookie mistake to bring the two sides level at halftime and the Red Bulls rode a strong performance by Danny Cepero to eke out a 1-1 draw and escape rainy Giants Stadium with a point they probably didn't deserve. Click to continue reading...

Steve Zakuani (SSFC, 1st overall)
Zakuani played like a #1 draft pick should in Seattle's 2-1 victory over the San Jose Earthquakes last Saturday. He looked extremely dangerous on the left throughout the night and consistently torched 'Quakes defender Chris Leitch with ease. He came off after 77 minutes of superb play, having recorded one shot on goal with three fouls suffered, the stats not nearly telling enough of what kind of evening the youngster enjoyed. Click to continue reading...

MLS Puts up alot of great youtube videos from around the league. This one features, among other things, a quick shoot with Mike Petke, showing the boys taking the train to Boston to play the Revs.

Want a funny moment? Look around the 1:30 mark, and check out Dane Richards sleeping .

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Some of you may have heard, but for those who haven't, Bouna Coundoul is now on trial with the Red Bulls. You might remember him as the young, promising goalkeeper prospect for the Colorado Rapids. Few will recall that he also played college ball in Albany. Regardless, he is in training with the team, and that can't speak well for Cepero or Conway.

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Reports out of New York indicate that Red Bull New York may just keep the former Colorado Rapids Goalkeeper.
Courtesy of the New York Post....

It doesn't look like the Red Bulls are planning to sit still after finishing the first half of the season in last-place.

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It was a topsy-turvy weekend, one unlike what we've ever seen before there were no draws. I know, shocking isn't it? After so much talk of draws on a weekly basis, for the first time in recent memory the 2009 season is with a draw.

Fortunately, there are plenty of other talking points to glean from another hectic weekend.

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According to Wikipedia, roughly 76% of penalty kicks result in goals. Then how come so many of us standing in front of our seats at RFK Stadium on Saturday night had a good feeling that Josh Wicks was going to make a save against Brian McBride? It really defied logic, but I absolutely felt like there was better than a 50% chance that Wicks would come up with the stop, and reading some of the comments on the Insider, I wasn't alone with that feeling. Click to continue reading...

Steve Cangiolosi: "Shep, can you take anything positive out of this game?"
Shep Messing: "I really can't (pause) except the play of Danny Cepero." Click to continue reading...

It's all change at the top of Major League Soccer after a big week for United and the Dynamo.
Cam Weaver, traded from the Earthquakes, picked up his first Houston Dynamo assist to create a simple finish for Stuart Holden last Wednesday as the Dynamo defeated Chivas USA. Click to continue reading...

The New York Red Bulls and Toronto FC are both in the midst of terrible skids and each will be hoping for the victory that can turn things around when they meet tonight at BMO Field (8pm, MSG+).

If the Red Bulls season is on life-support, then a loss tonight would essentially pull the plug on any faint playoff hopes the team might have.

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