By Ridge Mahoney (@ridgemax) One of the tightest MVP fields in league history is sure to provoke intense debate after the league announces its official winner Dec. 4. Each of the foursemifinalists has a candidate among the favorites, though voting closed before the conference semifinals began Nov. 1. And no matter who gets the award, the […]
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Down by two goals, D.C. needs top effort
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] The away-goals rule adopted by MLS for the 2014 postseason tinges each of the four conference semifinals in different shades. ForD.C. United, down 2-0 after losing the first game at Red Bull Arena, all the talk of scorelines and permutations won’t mean much if it can’t address the pressing issues of how to […]
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Wright-Phillips strikes twice to knock out defending champ
[MLS PLAYOFFS] Both of the league’s two scorers came through in their head-to-head playoff meeting Thursday but fortunately for the Red Bulls, their biggun did it twice. Bradley Wright-Phillips followed up his record-tying season of 27 goals by netting two more, including the game-winner in the final minute of regulation, as New Yorkrallied to beat defending […]
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Red Bulls are rolling, Sporting KC is reeling
[MLS PLAYOFF PREVIEW] Sporting Kansas City starts off defense of its 2013 MLS Cup title Thursday night in perilous circumstances. By losing to New York,2-0, Sunday at Sporting Park, SKC dropped into fifth place. To start its quest to repeat it gets a rematch with the Red Bulls Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET, ESPN2) at Red Bull […]
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Wright-Phillips ties scoring record in season finale
[MLS: Week 33] On the final day of the regular season, the New York Red Bulls beat Sporting Kansas City, 2-0, to set up a playoff rematch with defending championand also inscribe Bradley Wright-Phillipsinto the history books as the third MLS player to score 27 goals in a season. MLS SCHEDULE, Week 33:Sunday, October 26 […]
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What They're Saying: Peguy Luyindula
“When you’re a soccer player in France, people and family come to you with weird ideas for what to do with your money.” — PeguyLuyindula, the New York Red Bulls’ French midfielder on the music TV channel he started in France. (Metro)
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What They're Saying: Mike Petke
“The steam that this picked up in the last 24 hours has been, to me, ridiculous. I put the selection process, as the coach, which, last time I checked, I make the decisions and I’m allowed tomake the decisions, the selection process for tonight’s game went as this: I want to put the 11 players […]
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Report: Thierry Henry might stay with Red Bulls
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] A day after he said New York Red Bulls star Thierry Henry won’t re-sign with the MLS club with which he isthe final year of a five-year contract, Gerard Houllier, the head of global soccer for Red Bull, told the website L’Equipe.fr that no decision has been made about Henry’s future. The Web […]
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What They're Saying: Thierry Henry
“If you see him, ask him. That’s it. Ask him when you see him.” — New York Red Bulls star Thierry Henry when asked to comment on remarks byEuropean-based Red Bull executive Gerard Houllier in the French press that Henry would not return to the Red Bulls in 2015. (On Saturday morning, Houllierbacktracked, saying that […]
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Thierry Henry won't return, according to Red Bulls boss
[MLS SPOTLIGHT] Gerard Houllier, the head of global soccer for Red Bull, told the website L’Equipe.fr that he isn’t sure if Thierry Henrywill retire after the 2014 MLS season but he won’t re-sign with the New York Red Bulls with whom he is the final year of a five-year contract. New York Schedule (3 home, […]