New York Red Bulls @ Portland Su-June 19, 2011 at 10 PM Eastern - Game Thread [R]

You're right. We should ignore those nonsensical rantings.

 

Referee: Ricardo SALAZAR
MLS Career Stats: 133 games, 3.5 Y/g, 40 R
Including Playoffs: 141 games, 3.5 Y/g, 40 R
MLS 2011: 9 games, 2.3 Y/g, 2 R
Assistant Referees: Peter MANIKOWSKI and Claudio BADEA
Fourth Official: Armando VILLARREAL

All-time Portland matches with Salazar as referee:

Code:

3/19/2011
Colorado Rapids 3 - 1 Portland Timbers
YELLOW: C. Casey
RED: NONE

4/14/2011
Portland Timbers 4 - 2 Chicago Fire
YELLOW: G. Segares, C. Gibbs, K. Alhassan, J. Hall, J. Jewsbury, D. Chaves
RED: NONE


OVERALL RECORD: 1-1-0
1.500 PPG

All-time New York matches with Salazar as referee:

Code:

8/25/2001
Miami Fusion 2 - 3 MetroStars
YELLOW: C. Henderson, R. Williams, M. Petke, O. Perez, C. Llamosa
RED: NONE

6/26/2002
MetroStars 0 - 1 Colorado Rapids
YELLOW: R. Kotschau
RED: P. Mastroeni

9/5/2002
Dallas Burn 1 - 3 MetroStars
YELLOW: O. Pareja
RED: NONE

4/12/2003
MetroStars 0 - 1 Columbus Crew
YELLOW: R. Clark, B. Maisonneuve
RED: NONE

7/26/2003
Colorado Rapids 1 - 0 MetroStars
YELLOW: J. Spencer, W. Hart, J. Wolyniec, R. Williams, A. Guevara, S. Trembly
RED: A. Guevara (2CT)

6/19/2004
MetroStars 2 - 1 Los Angeles Galaxy
YELLOW: M. Saragosa, A. Herzog
RED: NONE

9/4/2004
Kansas City Wizards 1 - 0 MetroStars
YELLOW: T. Graham, N. Garcia, F. Taylor, J. Conrad, T. Regan
RED: NONE

10/9/2004
MetroStars 1 - 1 Columbus Crew
YELLOW: B. Maisonneuve, D. Szetela, T. Regan
RED: NONE

4/30/2005
Colorado Rapids 1 - 3 MetroStars
YELLOW: J. Cannon, A. Nkong, M. Lisi, E. Denton
RED: NONE

6/25/2005
New England Revolution 4 - 2 MetroStars
YELLOW: S. Stammler, C. Leitch, A. Guevara
RED: NONE

5/24/2006
Red Bull New York 1 - 2 FC Dallas
YELLOW: T. Graham, J. Philippe Peguero
RED: NONE

7/19/2006
Columbus Crew 0 - 2 Red Bull New York
YELLOW: J. Retiz, D. O'Rourke
RED: NONE

9/20/2006
Red Bull New York 0 - 2 New England Revolution
YELLOW: M. Wynne, D. Kovalenko
RED: NONE

10/14/2006
Red Bull New York 3 - 2 Kansas City Wizards
YELLOW: M. Schopp, D. Arnaud
RED: N. Garcia (SFP)

5/5/2007
Real Salt Lake 3 - 3 Red Bull New York
YELLOW: E. Pope, J. Cunningham, H. Freeman
RED: NONE

8/22/2007
D.C. United 3 - 1 Red Bull New York
YELLOW: M. Burch, Fred, D. Richards
RED: NONE

4/19/2008
Red Bull New York 1 - 1 New England Revolution
YELLOW: K. Goldthwaite, A. Igwe, S. Ubiparipovic
RED: M. Castro (SFP)

5/25/2008
Red Bull New York 1 - 5 Chicago Fire
YELLOW: J. Pablo Angel, B. Soumare
RED: NONE

7/27/2008
San Jose Earthquakes 1 - 1 Red Bull New York
YELLOW: C. Mendes, K. Goldthwaite, R. Cochrane
RED: NONE

4/18/2009
Red Bull New York 2 - 0 Real Salt Lake
YELLOW: D. Richards, R. Russell, J. Morales
RED: J. Hall (SFP)

5/30/2009
Red Bull New York 2 - 3 Colorado Rapids
YELLOW: S. Palguta, M. Pickens, K. Goldthwaite, J. Pablo Angel, D. Borman
RED: NONE

6/27/2009
Columbus Crew 1 - 0 Red Bull New York
YELLOW: G. Barros Schelotto, B. Carroll, S. Stammler
RED: NONE

8/30/2009
Red Bull New York 1 - 0 Columbus Crew
YELLOW: E. Brunner, E. Ekpo, D. Borman, S. Ubiparipovic, C. Johnson, F. Hejduk
RED: NONE

6/26/2010
Kansas City Wizards 0 - 3 Red Bull New York
YELLOW: J. Conrad, J. Lindpere, G. Zusi
RED: D. Arnaud (SFP)

08/11/2010
Red Bull New York 1 - 0 Toronto FC
YELLOW: J. de Guzman, Mista
RED: NONE

9/4/2010
Real Salt Lake 1 - 0 Red Bull New York
YELLOW: T. Tchani, D. Borman, J. Olave, S. Stammler
RED: NONE

9/24/2010
Los Angeles Galaxy 0 - 2 Red Bull New York
YELLOW: A.J. DeLaGarza, Y. Marshall, D. Beckham
RED: NONE

4/2/2011
Red Bull New York 1 - 1 Houston Dynamo
YELLOW: C. Weaver
RED: NONE


OVERALL RECORD: 11-12-5
1.357 PPG

 

I can't help myself. Here is Metz's ideal starting line up during this stretch also considering that Ream and Agudelo would be gone for the Gold Cup

Chinn---Henry

Jeremy Hall--Ubi Tchani Irving Garcia


Borman-----Keel ---Mendes------- Sassano


Sutton

I don't know what the Red Bulls were thinking instead we have

-----------------Henry----Rodgers

Lindpere- De Rosario---------Tainio--------Ballouchy

Miller-------Keel-----------Mendes-----------Solli

-------------------Sutton

 

With Portland's losing streak, our unbeaten streak, the missing and/or injured players on our roster, and the coast to coast travel involved, I think we'll either win or lose spectacularly.

I hope that Henry leads the team again, and this time shoots instead of trusting his team mates to make the simple shots. If Henry had not passed last week, we'd have won 4-1 (at least, in my fantasy world.)

Anyway, I actually don't think we'll get a tie here. I think the game will be one sided. I hope it is our side that comes to play.

MLS Pregame Rant: Portland Timbers vs. New York Red Bulls

Do you believe?

 

If we don't question his rantings than this board becomes quieter than it already is...

Jesus Christ it's a ghost town in here.

 

That's OK for you that want to live in the smoke of you dope, with illusion of a team that don't exist....

 

Great rant as usual Jim. Loved the Monty Python reference.

 

Yeah, just like we are forced to rely on Irving Garcia, Conor Chinn, and Giorgi Chirgadze this year.

 

With them was gone Hall and Tchani and 100 more in all this 16 years....For that infatuation with names and Europe....

 

I'm calling it. Solli's going to rebound from his little rough patch tomorrow and have a great game.

 

Sure hope so, Wallace is good attacking from the back and Alhassan is dangerous with the ball at his feet as well.

 

I still don't believe that this team is the all time best and if we stop and think that we have the biggest names players around and with the bigest Europe roster today (8) I have my doubts that the RBNY is one of the beast five team in the MLS and for the money they are spending that is a disgrace.....

 

One of my commentaries when someone here say that this team was pure "Magic" and I answer him, that he only have to come and see how many thread are open in this forum and how many post the official game thread make for game, that they was down to a third of what was drawing the Metros and even the RBNY circa 2008, 07 and 06....

 

We need to win games like this. It's not a matter of points, but of character. We may be able to lose this game with no impact to our seasonal outcome, but we need to start rebuilding our confidence and winning attitude. I'm very disappointed with the lack of energy I've seen in the games lately. At very least, we need to win this one for me. I don't want June to be another May, I want it to be like the second half of April!

Yep, I think this is a must win.

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This week's rant: Portland vs NY.

 

We are top 2 or 3. La, NY and Philly as I see it will all have a chance at champ game. I see us in it. It's a long year and we have the horses. If healthy the Cup is ours.

 

Hmmmmmmm...

1.-La with 34pts 18games

2.-Dallas...28pts

3.-RSL......22pts 1 game on hand

4.-PHi.......22pts wit one more win (6)

5.-NYRB.....22pts

And because the rest of the team have been playing bad not because NYRB have playing good...That's the fact...

 

Right - but all we need for home throughout the playoffs is to come first in the east, which is different that winning the Supporters Shield (which I do not think will happen)

and I think RBNY is the best team in the East and should come in first if they can play to their potential and get past this really tough stretch within shouting distance of first

 

And for what, to go out by the big door in the first round, big deal.....

 

Now, you know I'm not a hater, metz, but according to MLS rules, NYRB would be 3rd at the time of your list because of the better goal differencial.

Which would mean they were indeed third.

Which means that the post you were replying to was correct.
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This week's rant: Portland vs NY.

 

No matter what the rules that you apply say, no body can ignore that RSL have one game to play over us and the way they are playing the big probability is that they will win that game and if is Philly they are playing much better than us, so the probable to happen here is that they only can go up, circumstances that are not the same at the RBNY for a moment...The rules can't see ahead but we can and estimate at the same time the perspectives ahead of us that what can happen and that is a fact that no rule can fight....
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Philly lost against Vancouver. Don't know why you think that makes them better than a team that tied Vancouver without many of our starters.

And RSL has had 2 wins in 11 matches since mid-April. That's not impressive to me, but I guess you have a different standard. And I certainly don't think that guarantees any points.

The probability that you make bullshit up as you go along looks pretty high.

 

I think having DeRo back to anchor the center will make a huge difference.
Now Richards will be back for the next game hopefully.

 

See, what is the logical that because Rafa is back will be a different thing, last year we make 75% 0f our points in the first half when Rafa wasn't here and this year he hasn't been a big factor in the winning games of the RBNY....