New York Red Bulls @ DC Scum Wed-August 29, 2012-8pm [R]

Game will be on Galavisison! That was one ugly game last night but getting a point on the road vs KC was a good result. Brain fart by the Bulls D almost cost us but luckily Kamara scored for both teams. Not sure if Lloyd Sam will play vs DC... but I know barring injury Titi will be playing.

I think we need to go back to the 4-1-3-2 lineup, that lineup suits our team the best. I don't want to see Lade play in the defense, I don't want to see Dax play up the pitch and keep him primarily as a destroyer..

I like this lineup

If Barklage isn't starting this one then something has to be going on, I assumed he'd be ready for at least some second half minutes against KC. A backline of Conde-Pearce-Holgersson-Barklage might not offer much going forward, but with Dax and Tainio in front of them there's no reason we should concede anything.

Wait, this game is really only on Galavision? Is that a Spanish channel? How exactly does this work out for those of us who don't get the channel?

I've got MLS Live but that's about as useful as tits on a bull when it comes to watching a game live. Please tell me I will be able to watch this game outside of a shitty stream online.

When I get home I'm going to check, but on the RBNY site it only lists Galavision for this one while it lists MSG for future games. Hopefully it's just a dumb error on my part or the web site.

Ok, so it is on MSG+ as well, crisis averted. Sorry for the false alarms but I regret nothing.

I agree. I really hope Barklage is good to go and that they just want to be cautious with him. I wouldn't mind seeing Pearce and Conde swap places but we'll see if Conde can adjust. Lade or Lindpere of the left wing. Doesn't really matter to me.

Still this is a big game. Hopefully Henry can give us that offensive boost. Would make me very happy to go into RFK and get the win. Must defeat the scum. DC has hit a rough patch in the summer and Columbus and Montreal are on their heels. I would love to beat them and push them down the table and be in jeopardy of missing the playoffs.

We will be VERY lucky to get a point in this one. The usual story, we just dont play well on the road. ESPECIALLY with our 'starters'.

The D played a little better against KC this week (still left guys open a bunch of times open for headers). Hoping for some contunued improvement here.

Obviously Backe has just been saving His Secret Weapon for this very game, which is why he did not play him at all against KC.

Of course I am talking about our man Mr. Barklage who will hopefully pull some more crazy ninja goals out of his ass for this game. I'm really hoping he gets some time in, especially against his old team once again. I think I remember reading a DC fan saying that the thing that upset him the most about Barklage's game at RBA against DC was that Barklage would probably score no other goals this season. This is possible, but it would be absolutely awesome for him to assert himself all over them once again.

I didn't see MSG listed on the Red Bulls website...They only had Galavision... but on my DirecTV guide it has the game on MSG+

I like this line-up but I am not sold on Solli... Le Toux hasn't been great either (I do miss Dane BTW...he is going to Burnley in the Champions league next season) Tainio must sit...let Dax be the D-mid. To be honest I would rather have Lade out wide left then Conde and have Conde play in the middle with Pearce and sit the Statue..

You are forgetting one thing, Marquez will be on the line-up and possible Lloyd too... So, change that line-up....

DC has improve since that game and we have to prove if we are or not a champion team just yet....

Marquez is in Mexico getting treatment for his calf, we won't see him for at least another couple of weeks. I do hope we see Sam at least as a sub, neither Solli or Le Toux have impressed much on the wings.

Agreed... Rafa is collecting a lot of $ for doing nothing!

Doesn't matter to me. When he is away from the team it's a good thing. As for the machine thing I think it's just a matter of convenience for him because he doesn't mind spending time down in Mexico and he can get this rehab thing done.

Happens all the time man, international players pretty commonly go back to their home country to recover if its a long term injury. Helps the players mentally I guess, certainly no sign of a conspiracy.

There's no way it was ever just 3 weeks, the guy would take a few weeks off to let his calf heal and still couldn't go more than 90 minutes without aggravating it. I know they said that originally, but they either didn't believe it in the first place or just never really updated the fans on the new prognosis.