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Looks like Mr. Backe has some decisions to make come opening day in Dallas. With a surplus of
forwards and central midfielders, it'll be interesting to see what formation and personnel makeup
the starting XI. With so many options and possible configurations at his disposal, how will Backe
manage his depth?
The Dynamo have acquired an unknown 24-year old defensive midfielder from an unknown team for a
conditional draft pick.
No seriously.
The details came from Jesus Ortiz on Twitter, but that's all we know right now. The player has
apparently not been informed of the trade so that's delaying the press release.
BY ADAM SERRANO
CARSON, Calif. -- David Beckham has enjoyed his finest season in MLS and on Thursday in the Los
Angeles Galaxy's most important game of the season, Beckham led his team to Conference Final.
Dealing with back spasms that nearly forced him out of the game in the first half, the Galaxy's
midfielder sparked Los Angeles' rally as the Galaxy defeated the New York Red Bulls 2-1 advancing
to the Western Conference Final against Real Salt Lake 3-1 on aggregate.
The New York Red Bulls may have eked into the playoffs, but they're in a position to shake up
the postseason picture in a big way after their latest performance.
Joel Lindpere finished a cross from substitute Mehdi Ballouchy in the 61st minute, and Thierry
Henry scored an insurance goal in the final seconds of stoppage time to lift the Red Bulls to a 2-0
victory over FC Dallas in a single-elimination wild card match Wednesday night.
All MLS beware! Hide the women and children, for the New York Red Bulls are in the playoffs!
That's the story – or something like it – going around MLS circles this morning. Prevailing
winds of conversation seem to suggest that now that New York has punched its post-season ticket,
the talent will prevail.
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Thoughts on the first half of the NYRB Union match; Teemu Tainio, when he is on top of his game as
he is tonight is a force for the Red Bulls. He needs to be careful in the second half however and
avoid a second yellow at all costs. Dax McCarty is playing his second consecutive [.
Not only are the Red Bulls still alive, after powering their way to a 2-0 victory against the
League leading Los Angeles Galaxy, but if they win their final two games (and depending on other
results) a top of the East finish is not beyond the realm of possibility. Even if that doesn't
happen, two more wins and RBNY winds up with 49 points, which is just two less than last season.
Nearly three months since the Bulls beat down Toronto at the Cathedral, but it seems like three
years ago. Despite winning two from their last three league matches, few supporters can be accused
of hubris as we begin the month that will determine whether or not the year's a success or a
humiliating failure.
Until Saturday's match versus RSL, Dwayne De Rosario was a good pickup for DC United. The team
was playing better with him in the lineup and he gave them an offensive spark that they had lacked
with Dax McCarty. Then ...
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After each match the contributors to New England Soccer Today will rate the performances of
the New England Revolution players who made an appearance on a 1 to 10 scale (1 horrendous, 5
average, 10 perfection). This week Sean Donahue and Brian O'Connell contributed ratings for the New
England Revolution's 2-2 draw with the New York Red Bulls on Saturday.
Big things were expected from Eric Alexander after a strong showing down the stretch of his
rookie season led to a call up to the U.S. national team's January camp and an appearance in a
friendly against Chile.
While those big things may still unfold for the second-year midfielder, they won't be doing so
in Dallas.
Stephane Auvray and Thierry Henry are now teammates. (Getty Images)
In search of some midfield depth, the New York Red Bulls have gone out and made a deal today.
The club has sent a 2nd round pick in the 2013 MLS SuperDraft to Sporting Kansas City for
Guadeloupe defensive midfielder Stephane Auvray.
The New York Red Bulls secured some sorely needed midfield depth on Friday after acquiring
Guadeloupe defensive midfielder Stephane Auvray from Sporting Kansas City, sources told SBI on
Friday.
The Red Bulls are trading a 2nd-round pick in 2013 as well as an undisclosed amount of
allocation money to Sporting KC for Auvray, who had fallen out of favor with SKC weeks ago and was
no longer in the team's plans.
Thierry Henry: A Picture of FrustrationIt's getting harder and harder to envision the New
York Red Bulls as a playoff team, much less a contender for the 2011 MLS Cup. A season that began
with the ridiculously grand vision of a Supporters Shield now seems destined to end in bitter
disappointment for fans.
DaMarcus Beasley finds himself back in national contention
Juergen Klinsmann's selection for the upcoming friendly against Mexico on August 12th may make
sense if we frame the context. First, it's always a trying time to put your first squad out even if
it's a friendly. Lets qualify it further by saying it's against Mexico, a team with which the USA
shares a historically contentious regional rivalry but has of late gained the upper ground in a few
key encounters.
When the New York Red Bulls sent striker Dwayne De Rosario packing to Eastern Conference rivals
D.C. United the early season United caption, Dax McCarty, had this to say: "They made the move;
they...
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during the 2014 World Cup cycle, using match ratings from the country's top soccer writers. The
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It looked like it was going to be another heartbreaking loss for the New York Red Bulls after a
fantastic first half. Down a goal and down a man in the 80th minute, you would have thought it was
going to be another loss. But five minutes later, life came back to the Red Bull Arena.
In the 85th minute, a good looping ball from Dax McCarty found Thierry Henry.
Photo by Patricia Giobetti/ISIphotos.com
When Atlantic Cup rivals D.C. United and the New York Red Bulls made a trade on Saturday, D.C.
sent a 2011 international roster slot to New York for "future considerations."
The specifics of those considerations have been sorted out.
Another great episode of this RBNY-themed podcast. This week, Mark & Dave discuss the massive
victory against Toronto FC, the crushing loss against DC United, the crushing US Open Cup loss
@Chicago, our new goalkeeper and preview today's game @Chivas USA. Their guests this week are brand
new RBNY midfielder Dax McCarty and Kicking & Screening Film Fest founder (and mlssoccer.
The Red Bulls rollercoaster continues with a convincing win, two crushing losses, and a new
goalkeeper! Dave & Mark explain it all, then chat with RBNY midfielder Dax McCarty, Greg Lalas of
the Kicking & Screening Film Fest (and MLSsoccer.com) and finally answer your emails! We're back!
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Frank Rost joins the New York Red Bulls as their third DP. (Getty Images)
The New York Red Bull goalkeeper issue has been a well documented thing all season long. The Red
Bulls announced today the signing of veteran goalkeeper Frank Rost. Rost comes to New York after
playing in the German Bundesliga for nearly 20 years.
New York's Strategy Hans Backe utilized a strange formation which emphasized possession of
the ball in the center of the pitch. Medhi Ballouchy was employed as a left sided midfielder but
too often tucked inside to pick up the ball. Joel Lindpere played mostly in the center in front of
Dax McCarty and behind Thierry Henry.
Someday, when he finds himself in the right tactical situation with the right pieces arrayed
around him, when he regains his confidence and stops pushing so hard to prove himself, I have few
doubts that Dax McCarty will show himself to be a quality player.
But for those of us who have suffered through his tepid, possession-wasting performances for
United this year, it was a comfort to see him lining up to take set pieces or leading the break in
transition for the Red Bulls.
22,200 fans came to The Cathedral of Football on Saturday night to see what should have been a
classic derby match. With the rich history between RBNY and DC United, a 4-0 thrashing by the Bulls
at RFK earlier this season, and the midweek 5-0 destruction of Toronto FC, the potential for an
entertaining, dynamic 90 minutes was in the air.
Dwayne De Rosario came back to haunt his former club the Red Bulls, who traded
him for Dax McCarthy just a few weeks ago, scoring the winner for his new club DC United last
night.
It was over 22,000 strong at Red Bull Arena and a good amount of visiting supporters for DC
United as both sides were ready to contest the second leg of this derby and you can tell it had
some added flavor with Dax McCarty & Dwayne DeRosario on opposite sides.
For DeRosario you can tell he was looking for some revenge against his former side for only a
few months, and he got it in the second half with some good play with Josh Wolff in the 61st
minute.
Dwayne DeRosario wasn't with the New York Red Bulls long, but that didn't make seeing him score
any easier for the team that just traded him away.
DeRosario showed the Red Bulls what they let go when he scored the lone goal in D.C. United's
1-0 victory over New York at Red Bull Arena on Saturday night.
The Atlantic Cup rivalry renews at Red Bull Arena this weekend. (Getty Images)
A nearly full weekend schedule of games waits us as MLS goes into week 17′s weekend portion.
All but two clubs (New England and Columbus) are in action this weekend. Not sure how those two got
the weekend off here.
Philadelphia Union at DC UnitedSaturday night's contest was an exciting one, at least on paper leading up to the match, as it put
the Eastern Conference leading Philadelphia Union on the road at DC United, who were excited to
show off their new acquisition, MLS All-Star Dwayne DeRosario.
The second half of the season is shaping up here as we move into the weekend portion of week 17.
Last night's four games gave us plenty to go off of as New York finally woke up offensively,
Colorado looked decent early but surrendered points late to KC, Chivas found a way to get by San
Jose and then there was Jeff Cunningham tying the all-time scoring mark with his last minute goal
against the Whitecaps.
Following last week's blockbuster announcement that sent one of the best
playmakers in MLS history to D.C. United, things have been interesting at RFK Stadium over the past
seven days. It was tough to say goodbye to a quality player and teammate in Dax McCarty, but as Ben
Olsen put it, "you have to give up something of quality to get something good in return.
By THOMAS FLOYD
WASHINGTON - For D.C. United, how new acquisitions Dwayne De Rosario and Brandon McDonald would
fare in their debuts was the storyline entering Saturday's meeting with the Philadelphia Union. But
for the second straight week, the team's inability to hold onto a late lead at home will steal the
postgame headlines.
The San Jose Earthquakes and Philadelphia Union played a game full of controversial cards,
including a red card to Union left back Jordan Harvey, back on April 30. Despite going down a man,
the Union managed to eek out a 1-0 win on the back of Amobi Okugo's penalty draw and Sebastien Le
Toux's successful penalty kick conversion.
I know MLS isn't everybody's thing. But even those not down with MLS might want to check out
some of this weekend's proceedings, especially as they shake off the Gold Cup hangover.
I'm particularly interested in seeing how Dwayne De Rosario performs with D.C. United in his
first run-out since the big trade.
It's a super-sized Seeing Red for an amazing week for the Red Bulls. Dave and Mark talk about
the Seattle loss, the Chicago draw, and the US Open Cup win v FCNY. Then they tackle the imposing
July schedule and the DeRo for Dax trade. THEN they talk with San Jose's GK Jon Busch and have a
mid-season review with Dan of MetroFanatic.
Photo by ISIphotos.com
By AVI CREDITOR
WASHINGTON -- The shock of Monday's trade that forced Dwayne De Rosario to change addresses for
a second time this season hit just about everybody involved.
De Rosario seemed blindsided by the deal.
The KYW Philly Socccer Show talks this week with Steven Goff, writer of the Soccer Insider blog
at the Washington Post.
KYW's Greg Orlandini and Philly Soccer Page writer Eli Pearlman-Storch talk with the Post's
soccer writer about DC United, as the Philadelphia Union prepare to head to Washington to face off
against their Eastern Conference rivals.
De Rosario will play for D.C. United
Interesting is an understatement in the latest league trade. The New York Red Bulls traded league
veteran and elite midfielder Dwayne De Rosario to D.C. United for the younger and less proven Dax
McCarty. Both teams have been underperforming as of late.
D.
Photo: Daniel Gajdamowicz
Union
Paunovic or Dax McCarty? Who would you take? New York dispatched with a high-priced, moody and
inconsistent veteran offensive player (Dwayne "Tiny Dancer" de Rosario) and received Dax McCarty in
return. The best part of this trade?
