The most notable concerns about this squad are the omission of Charles Renken and Joseph Gyau recent Hoffenheim signings who had trouble at Bradenton. Sebastian Lleget, is also not on the squad. The omission of the West Ham Academy player is a huge blow for Wilmer Cabrera's side.

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And there are some very puzzling absences from first glance (forgive if I've missed an injury, I haven't been on the computer at all). In any event, here is your 2009 U.S. U-17 World Cup squad.G: Keith Cardona (NY Red Bulls; Glen Rock, N.J.), Earl Edwards (La Jolla Nomads; San Diego, Calif.), Spencer Richey (Crossfire Premier; Seattle, Wash. Click to continue reading...

Stefan Jerome, Earl Edwards and Jack McInerney headline the 21-man roster chosen to represent the United States in the Under-17 World Cup, slated for later this month in Nigeria.

Here is the squad:

GOALKEEPERS: Keith Cardona (NY Red Bulls; Glen Rock, N.

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The U.S. will open Group E play in Kano, Nigeria against Spain on Oct. 26, at 7 p.m. local time (2 p.m. ET). The team will stay at Sani Abacha Stadium to play Malawi on Oct. 29 at 4 p.m. (11 a.m. ET) before moving to Ijebu-Ode and Gateway International Stadium to finish the first round against United Arab Emirates on Nov.

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We've now received the roster for tomorrow's friendly with the U.S. U-17s. It looks like most of the big names from this age group will be here:
GOALKEEPERS (2): Keith Cardona (NY Red Bulls; Glen Rock, N.J.), Earl Edwards (La Jolla Nomads; San Diego, Calif.)
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Week 28 (09/23)

Last Week's Ranking in Parenthesis...

1. Columbus (1): The Crew got a tie with the Fire and still lead the race for the Shield.Â
2. Houston (2):Â The Dynamo bested RSL in a 3-2 thriller, so they stay in the #2 spot.

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The Week 26 Major League Socer Power Rankings have had some significant changes from last week. The Columbus Crew have the top spot with a win over Houston while the Los Angeles Galaxy dropped after a disappointing 3-6 lost to Dallas. Other teams moving up are FC Dallas and the Kansas City Wizards who both got much needed wins.

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The Major League Soccer 2009 season had a full set of matches on Week 23 as Real Salt Lake won two matches, New England won, and the LA Galaxy defeated Chivas USA to continue their hot streak. Other teams such as the KC Wizards are still struggling and falling farther back in the playoff race. Here's a recap of this weekend's matches along with video highlights.

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It seems that whenever a team does poorly they just fire the coach. Well I guess they have to blame somebody. It's no surprise that the New York Red Bulls were the worst team in the MLS this season holding a 2-16-4 score.

Juan Carlos Osorio - N.Y. Red Bulls

I suppose that the blame could could have been pointed at anyone of the players but the scapegoat turned out to be the head coach, Juan Carlos Osorio.

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It seemed only a matter of time before Juan Carlos Osorio was going to resign or be fired from the New York Red Bulls. The team is in last place and already out of the play-off race with two months left. They have underachived all season and when that happens the manager is usually the one to take the blame.

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Have you ever just read something satirical and been struck by how perfectly it fits or describes something. Â The person who organizes some local pickup matches sent me a Facebook message patronizing the joke that is the New York Red Bulls. Â I thought it was perfect, and know you'll enjoy it...

Summer's ending soon, the high schools have started fall practices, and a lot of us will go back to college, so I thought I'd organize a big end to the summer while everyone was still around.

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The CONCACAF Champions League Qualifying round continued with second legs this week to decide who will make the Group Stage. On Wednesday W Connection took on the New York Red Bulls and Cruz Azul faced Herediano. Here's a recap of both matches along with video highlights.

W Connection advances past the NY Red Bulls 2-1 (4-3 on aggregate) Video Highlights

The Red Bulls took an early load on an 18th minute goal from John Wolyniec but two goals from Andre Toussaint sent W Connection through to the next round.

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It is a difficult time to be playing MLS fantasy as the NY Red Bulls don't play again for two weeks. So one can't just load up on whomever is facing them. Though to be honest, that didn't really work out so well for me last week. Cummings did get an assist, but Kimura came on as a sub so he didn't earn the clean sheet points. Click to continue reading...

The CONCACAF Champions League Qualifying round continued Thursday night with three matches. Here's the recap of all three matches along with video highlights.

W Connection draws with New York Red Bulls 2-2 -Video Highlights

W Connection grabbed a first half lead but had to come from behind with a second half goal to salvage a 2-2 draw against the NY Red Bulls at home.

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David Beckham didn't quite receive the warm welcome he was expecting. When he stepped onto the fields in New York he was overcome by a loud boo emerging from the crowd. Beckham, who has been criticized for not being committed to his team or the MLS in general.

Beckham said that instead of being heartbroken by the critics he felt encouraged that he needs to work all that much harder to win his fans back.

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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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Los Angeles is on a 4 game winning streak and the get Beckham back too.
After taking the title from Houston, LA won their next two games 1-0 also. Over New England and then Chivas USA. Tonight they dismantled the NY Red Bulls, in NY, 3-1 on the return of David Beckham. Next week, July 25th, they travel to Kansas City. Click to continue reading...

The Los Angeles Galaxy take on the New York Red Bulls on Thursday July 16, 2009 in Major League Socer as David Beckham returns. Live coverage of the match will start about 30 minutes before kick-off or 7:30 PM EST.

Predictions -Â Thursday's game will likely result in a tie but could go either way.

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It's been an interesting season in MLS and without David Beckham who was on loan with Serie A side AC Milan since January. On Thursday, the English star will make is return to the Los Angeles Galaxy as they take on the New York Red Bulls in Major League Soccer. Here's a full preview of the match.

Los Angeles Galaxy at New York Red Bulls - Major League Soccer - Thursday - 8 PM EST - Fox Soccer Channel - David Beckham returns to MLS as the Galaxy look to continue their hot streak against a struggling NY Red Bull side.

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Tomorrow June 27, 2009 will mark the first meeting between the Columbus Crew and NY Red Bulls since the MLS Cup Final. This will be the night of champions as the Columbus Crew are given their Championship Rings and the former World Heavyweight Champion and Columbus native James "Buster" Douglas will be on hand to perform the ceremonial coin toss before the game.

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Wednesday night Toronto FC reached the halfway mark of MLS 2009 as they played the 15th game of a 30 game season. Toronto 2- NYRB 0 was the final score as Toronto put on a smooth show on a hot night by the lake. There was no doubt that TFC were the same guys who looked awesome in Montreal last week. They were strong with the ball, solid in the back and able to make scoring chances out of the smallest opening. Click to continue reading...

Week 14 (06/17)

Last Week's Ranking in Parenthesis...

1. Houston (2): The Dynamo are officially on fire and their two win week moves them into the STOÂ #1 spot.
2. Chivas USA (1): CHV dropped not one but two games last week, and they now trail Houston in the West.

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NY Red Bulls face off against the Navy's USS Roosevelt to help kick-off Fleet Week

A celebration of the U.S. Armed Forces held around Memorial Day in New York, Fleet Week offered up one of the best PR events Red Bull has ever held and a precious photo opportunity. Under blazing sun cut by the riverside breeze, the teams played two small-sided games on the flight deck of the former USS Intrepid, (now a museum) which sits docked along the Hudson River on the west side of midtown Manhattan.

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The Western conference remains dominated by Chivas USA while the Eastern Conference lead changes from week to week. Chivas hosts Real Salt Lake and looks to continue their strong start as the best team in the league. Also on the west coast, the Galaxy will play at Seattle, and Houston hosts Dallas in the Texas derby.

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Well a 2-2-3 week, sends Vasco to 16-8-12 on the season.
The last week of the month gives us nine games this week, Houston has the bye week, and four teams play twice this week, and a bonus US Open cup play in game too, between Dallas and the defending champion DC United.
So lets get started,
Wednesday night, Chivas at Toronto, Toronto hasn't lived up to the hype so far, and Chivas is kicking butt, Chivas in an away win. Click to continue reading...

OK, so for those who don't know me (including other writers on this blog that I don't actually know or haven't met in person) I'm Campo, and I'm Sons of Soccer's resident Seattle Sounders FC fan. To be honest I haven't been a huge MLS fan through the league's lifetime, but this season the stars have aligned and I have an excellent reason to be a crazy MLS fan.

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The rash fouls and referee rants started early in MLS this year.

There were seven sending offs this past weekend in relatively unimportant MLS match-ups. In the contest between the hapless Galaxy and Chivas USA, the referee red-carded LA's US international star Gregg Berhalter in his MLS debut for hauling down a player with a clear goal-scoring opportunity, and ejected the Galaxy's Alan Gordon (dissent) and Chivas' Paulo Nagamura with two yellow cards apiece.

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Miami fans have something to be happy about as Miami FC has signed former Miami Fusion player Diego Serna!
Serna, the leading scorer in the Miami Fusion's brief existence, signed with USL-1's Miami FC on Tuesday. The club did not release the terms of the contract.''Our expectations are high,'' Miami FC general manager Luiz Muzzi said. Click to continue reading...

Un "numerito" de proporciones se mandó Cuauhtémoc Blanco el fin de semana pasado.
El delantero mexicano - que no jugó en todo el encuentro ante el NY Red Bulls- no encontró nada mejor que sorprender por la espalda a la mascota del Chicago Fire ("Sparky") y fingir un ataque sexual.
Ante la mirada atónita de sus compañeros y de la gente en el estadio del Chicago Fire, Blanco sencillamente mostró toda su falta de educación en un gesto que desde mi punto de vista e independiente de cualquier cosa, es profundamente vulgar y poco adecuado para un personaje público de su naturaleza. Click to continue reading...

Alberto Celades, a Spanish midfielder who played with FC Barcelona, FC Bordeaux and Real Madrid was just signed with the New York Red Bulls. This new addition to the MLS is being called the best addition since David Beckham. No details as far as pay goes, will be released until after the Celades working visa [. Click to continue reading...

Alberto Celades, a Spanish midfielder who played with FC Barcelona, FC Bordeaux and Real Madrid was just signed with the New York Red Bulls. This new addition to the MLS is being called the best addition since David Beckham. No details as far as pay goes, will be released until after the Celades working visa [. Click to continue reading...

Wanna talk about Thursday's game?

Yeah, me neither.

So instead, I'd like to say that anybody who's in New York on Oct 2 can stop by and see former Galaxy guy Kyle Martino playing in a fundraiser game for a

Green'-Carpet Event and Live Auction to Benefit Nonprofit Grassroot Soccer and its Mission to End HIV/AIDS Using the ‘Power of Soccer'

Other players will include:

WHO: Michael Strahan (frmr NY Giants) ** Anthony LaPaglia ("Without a Trace") ** Brandon Routh ("Superman") ** Jimmy Jean-Louis ("Heroes") ** Gilles Marini ("Sex and the City") ** Annie Churchill ** Skeet Ulrich ("Jericho") ** Donal Logue ("The Tao of Steve") ** Costas Mandylor ("Saw") ** Richard Gough (frmr Scotland National Team) ** Frank LeBoeuf (frmr France National Team) ** Kyle Martino (frmr LA Galaxy) ** Lydia Hearst ** Brian Dunseth (FOX analyst) ** Ethan Zohn (Survivor: Africa) ** Heather O'Reilly (Gold-Medalist, 2008 Olympiad; U.

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Best team: New England Revolution

Best DP signing: Macello Gallardo, DC United

Best non DP signing: Amado Guevara, Toronto FC

Best value international signing: Kheli Dube, New England

Best young player (under 20): Sueńo MLS winner Jorge Flores

Worst DP signing: Claudio Lopez, Kansas City

Worst international signing: Franco Carracio, Houston

Worst big name half season: Juan Toja, FC Dallas

Best overall player (best individual talent and ability): Landon Donovan, Los Angeles

Most Valuable Player (most valuable to team): Steve Ralson, NE Revolution

(runner up) Frankie Hedjuk, Columbus

Ranking the teams 1-14 (based on performance in the 1st half of the season and potential for 2nd half of the season with the current squad)

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For those of you who were able to tune in or even better, show up, at the US Open Cup third round match ups, you were treated to some great football.
Two USL First Division sides, Seattle Sounders and Charleston Battery upset their MLS opponents and, in what is perhaps the upset of the tournament so far, USL Second Division side, Crystal Palace Baltimore knocked the NY Red Bulls out of cup contention. Click to continue reading...

I picked up this t-shirt from the Puma store about a week ago - and I love it.

Its a Red Bulls Racing shirt. I grabbed this one up, and another one in a dark blue with the red bull on it.

Red Bull NY should really talk to Puma about doing some stuff for them - they make the logo rockable.

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