Well, that was just dire no hustle, no spark, no nothing. As the game went on, the atmosphere in the ground went from bummed, to uncomfortable, to pissed off you could tell the complacency on the pitch was sending fans right back into the negativity of last year; I hope to God next weekend feels different for everyone, because that's a path we really don't want to go down again.

Here's a for-real good thing about that dismal result: Everyone on the team freely admitted they were crap, as did Bruce (and the club website). While I realize it seems logical to own up to something so obvious, this is New York we're talking about, and in a city with a coach as delusional as Isiah Thomas blabbing in the press, any sign of accountability should be applauded.

The first RBNY Recap podcast of the season is up (and there was much rejoicing), featuring our friends JP Dellacamera and the very grumpy Shep Messing, who quite reasonably doesn't even want to talk about Sunday's game. When forced to say something good, however, he praises none other than Dema Kovalenko, if only for bothering to try. (Despite my love for Dema, even I can admit when the only thing you can find to praise on a professional team is effort, you know things have not gone well.

As a MetroStar/Red Bull, third time's the charm for Wolyniec. A combination of injured starters (Freeman & Reyna) and a high school prom (Altidore) helped pave the way for Wolyniec's first start of the season.
Wolyniec certainly got things started, scoring the Red Bull's first of four goals for the night. After a modest showing last week, Angel lived up to expectations, with a pair of smooth assists in addition to his own interception direct to goal.

This game seemed to end before it began. The Red Bulls played the Citizen Kane card and tied the league record for fastest two goals scored at the start of a game. Wolyniec continued to do his job with a soft touch to Altidore for goal one, while Angel displayed impressive control for the quick settle translating to goal two.
Angel just served as MLS player of the week and is already poised to retain the title, scoring goal three of the game in the 68th minute.

Well folks, with my first solo post of 2007, allow me to first thank Martha for keeping a very entertaining, informative and Dema biased blog which Ive thoroughly enjoyed reading. As mentioned, she will be back in time for the playoffs, but in the meantime I will keep things going with news, commentary and fitness related writing which hopefully fills the gap of her absence.

I'm a big fan of missions. I've dragged my wife on a bunch of these: trying to find the cheapest dumplings, the best slice of pizza, last minute tickets to sold out shows, Japanese woodblock print dealers open on Sundays, you get the idea. Her semi-infinite patience has served us well on these outings and we've always received a decent aerobic workout.

In an effort to maintain New Jersey stereotypes, the opening of Red Bull Stadium was moved to September 2008, due to delays in industrial waste cleanup and foundation issues. What this really means is the Red Bulls will probably play the full 2008 season at Giant's Stadium.
The new stadium is a pretty massive undertaking down in Harrison, which will be part of the 3 million square foot MetroCentre.

From the MLS press release:
"SAN BRUNO, Calif. and NEW YORK -- Major League Soccer (MLS), the premier professional soccer league in the United States, and YouTube, the leader in online video, today announced a strategic content and advertising partnership that will see MLS game and featured highlights uploaded on a dedicated channel, www.