New England Revolution vs. New York Red Bulls: Live Game Thread!
by Steve Stoehr on Aug 20, 2011 7:32 PM EDT
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Welcome to the New England Revolution vs. New York Red Bulls live game thread! Tonight the Revs face a stern test against a star-studded Red Bulls lineup that, even without marquee DP Thierry Henry, is positively oozing with talent and quality. New York has had a disappointing season thus far, sitting just nine points above the Revs in the East in 5th place when many picked them to be MLS Cup contenders. The Revs, on the other hand, will be looking to solve their late-match woes after Wednesday, when they yet again let a lead slip away in the late stages of a game.
I'm going to change gears a little this week and postulate that the key to the game for the Revs in tonight's clash is going to be fearlessness. The Revolution hasn't been much of an attacking team this season and when they get ahead, they tend to retreat into a shell that ends up preventing them from taking all three points. Tonight, New England needs bloodlust. They need to score early and then press to score again. A one goal lead just won't cut it. Furthermore, the Revs will be without the services of goalkeeper Matt Reis, so they may need a larger cushion if they expect to take points from this match.
The injury report from Thursday lists Kheli Dube, Franco Coria and Sainey Nyassi as out. Chris Tierney and Rajko Lekic are probable.
Lineups and your thoughts after the jump.
Lineups
Revolution: Shuttleworth; Alston, Cochrane, Soares, Barnes; Boggs, Joseph, Feilhaber, Mansally; Lekic, Caraglio
Bench: Murray, Fagundez, Guy, Loewy, McCarthy, Phelan, Schilawski
Red Bulls: Coundoul; Albright, Marquez, Ream, Miller; McCarty, Ballouchy, Tainio, Lindpere; Richards, Agudelo
Bench: Horwath, Hertzog, Keel, Mendes, Rooney, Auvray
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Tierney out
Despite being listed as probable on Thursday. Apparently hasn’t sufficiently recovered.
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So, yeah, MILTON
AWESOME. Great focus, great effort, good goal
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Schilawski is warming up
Thinking that it’s for Rajko, but it honestly looks like it might be Milton by his body language
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And there's the obligatory Cochrane gaffe
Let’s see if he can hold up for the rest of the match
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You might be
But that was 100% a penalty and I have no idea what Guzman was thinking
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by Steve Stoehr on Aug 20, 2011 8:24 PM EDT up reply actions
Best half of soccer the Revs have played all year
Two good goals, some really good passing stretches, and one really awful call by the referee
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Professional soccer ball juggler on the field right now
This guy is mesmerizing
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This ref
Is very bad. Fairly so, as in he misses calls for everyone, but still really bad.
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Cochrane mistake
Misjudged the ball. That was bad.
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And now Mansally is off
The Revs just blew a perfect game in 10 minutes.
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That's not nearly as bad as us
We’ve blown a great season.
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by Ben Schneider on Aug 20, 2011 8:53 PM EDT up reply actions
You still have a very realistic shot at the playoffs
If we win tonight, we still need to win out to have a decent chance at a last-seed playoff berth
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by Steve Stoehr on Aug 20, 2011 9:05 PM EDT up reply actions
I'd agree with you if we hadn't won just twice in eighteen games.
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by Ben Schneider on Aug 20, 2011 9:10 PM EDT up reply actions
Fair point
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by Steve Stoehr on Aug 20, 2011 9:16 PM EDT up reply actions
McCarthy on for Lekic
Bunkering down after going down a man. Unfortunately, this means they’ll probably lose.
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Tables turned!
Evened up. Dirty, dirty tackle from Tainio there
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Auvray is dangerous
I’ve always been a fan of his play
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Nicol appears frozen on subs right now
Like he’s afraid to change something. He needs to get Caraglio out, the guy is huffing real bad
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Yeah
it was. Cochrane is just an awful, clumsy defender. THere should have been two penalties, and I really want the Red Bulls to get a win in any way possible right now, but they really don’t deserve to win after getting their asses kicked for a whole half.
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by bigbluethruandthru on Aug 20, 2011 10:05 PM EDT up reply actions
That's that
2-2. Disappointing, no adjustments after the #NYRB equalizer.
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