Feb. 5, 2009 A QUICK LOOK: Osorio talks about the trialists Bradenton, Fla. -- Red Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio gave quick assessments about the trialists practicing with the team during pre-season training camp. He would not talk about their chances of making the team because the Florida camp has another week. Saja Leigh, Ghana, defensive midfielder -- "A player that was recommended to us from a good coach [who is] a good friend of Des [McAleenan, goalkeeping coach]. He does his coaching in the Middle East. Recommended Saja as a good defensive midfielder. I can see he is a good player, gets good tackles in and regains possessions and can hit the ball quite well." Ryan Mirsky, SMU defender -- "We identified him at the combine. Good in the air as as a center back. Right footed. again a good competiive player. Tom Parrett, former Mother of the South defender -- "Right fullback in Scotland. Has some experience. He is aggressive, strong and good in the tackle, too." Juan Manuel, midfielder -- "Left sided midfielder . . .strong winger. Played in Hungary last season. FC Tatabanya (coached by former MetroStars coach Octavio Zambrano). Mexican-American. Good ability on the ball. Quick. Sort of like a sharp player." Carlos Gutierrez, Colombian midfielder -- "Just doing pre-season with us. Played in Colombia. Experienced player. Midfielder. hard-working player. Has won a few titles with Nacional in Colombia. Good utility player. Jerry Saintil, Seton Hall defender-midfielder --"Left-footed. Can play as an anchor man. Can play as a defensive midfielder. we are looking at him as a possible left back. We are in the early days of discovering him, putting him through certain sessions and see if he can play in that position." Lionel Saint Preux, a forward who played for Haiti during World Cup qualifying -- "I spotted him on that Caribbean tournament [Digicel Cup in Jamaica] after that season was over. Haitian National Team. Good striker. Quite aware what is around about him. Quick feet. Strong, good ability on the ball." Nico Colaluca, former Colorado Rapids midfielder -- "Richie [Williams, assistant coach] recommended me. Richie had seen enough of him. Wide player on the right side. Short quick and good ability on the ball." Mohammed Mashriqi, LIU midfielder -- "According to some people in the New York area, good talented player that for some reason never made it. We're giving him a chance. He has good ability on the ball. He's almost like a playmaker." Source: BigAppleSoccer
In the 4-4 Tie with Kansas City Wizards ... NYRed Bull Lionel St Preux score two goals and miss another Feb. 7, 2009 FIT TO BE TIED: Red Bulls, Wizards play to 4-4 draw Bradenton, Fla. -- The Red Bulls and Kansas City Wizards battled to a 4-4 tie in MLS pre-season action at the IMG Academy on Saturday morning. Haitin trialist Lionel St. Preux scored a pair of second-half goals for the Red Bulls. Claudio Lopez gave Kansas City the lead in the 35th minute when he latched onto a Josh Wolff through ball and broke in alone on net, beating goalkeeper Danny Cepero with a left-footed flick. The Red Bulls equalized three minutes later. Jorge Rojas found Mike Petke on a free kick and the veteran defender volleyed the ball past keeper Boris Pardo. The Red Bulls carried the lead into the half following a Dominic Oduro goal in the 42nd minute. Oduro, who joined the club in an off-season trade that sent midfielder Dave van den Bergh to FC Dallas, headed home a Dane Richards cross for his first goal in a Red Bull uniform. The Wizards found the back of the net twice in the first 15 minutes of the second half to take a 3-2 lead at the hour mark. Graham Zusi's 56th-minute goal evened the score at 2-2 before Lopez's second score of the match gave Kansas City the lead four minutes later. Preux recorded a pair of unassisted goals (69th minute and 84th minute) to put the Red Bulls in front late in the match before Raushawn McKenzie finished off a Michael Kraus flick on from a Kevin Souter corner kick in the 89th minute to end the scoring. The Red Bulls are in the pres-eason and continue their preseason camp in Bradenton through Feb. 14. Their next scheduled scrimmage is Feb. 13 against Toronto FC. Scoring Summary: KC: Claudio Lopez (Josh Wolff, Matt Besler) 35 NY: Mike Petke (Jorge Rojas) 38 NY: Dominic Oduro (Dane Richards) 42 KC: Graham Zusi (Wolff, Davy Arnaud) 56 KC: Lopez (Wolff, Zusi) 60 NY: Lionel St. Preux (unassisted) 69 NY: St. Preux (unassisted) 84 KC: Raushwan McKenzie (Michael Kraus, Kevin Souter) 89 Disciplinary Summary: NY: Jorge Rojas (caution; Delaying a Restart) 44th KANSAS CITY WIZARDS: Boris Pardo (Chris Brown, 46), Chance Myers (Matt Marquess, 46), Matt Besler (Aaron Hohlbein, 60), Jimmy Conrad (Rauwshan McKenzie, 60), Jonathan Leathers (Myers, 75), Kevin Souter (Michael Kraus, 60), Lance Watson (Souter, 75), Davy Arnaud (Kurt Morsink, 60), Graham Zusi (Nelson Pizarro, 60), Claudio Lopez (Adam Cristman, 60), Josh Wolff (Abe Thompson, 60). RED BULLS (First half): Danny Cepero, Jerry Santil, Kevin Goldthwaite, Mike Petke, Tom Parratt, Dominic Oduro, Jorge Rojas, Saja Leigh, Jeremy Hall, Dane Richards, John Wolyniec. RED BULLS (second half): Jon Conway, Gordon Kljestan, Ryan Mirsky, Scott Palguta, Chris Leitch, Juan Pietravallo, Juan Manuel Perez Bernal, Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Nico Colaluca, David Roth, Lionel St. Preux. Source: BigAppleSoccer
INCOMING:Lionel Saint-Preux to Red Bull New York? Haitian International striker/midfielder Lionel Saint-Preux is on trial with Red Bull New York in hopes of signing on with the squad. The 23 year old attacker has been on the books of Haiti's Zenith Cap Haitien since 2006 and is regarded as one of his nations most promising players. Red Bull coach Juan Carlos Osorio spotted Saint-Preux during the 2008 Carribbean Championships and invited the player to Red Bull pre-season camp. So far Saint-Preux has impressed, scoring twice in todays 4-4 tie against the Kansas City Wizards.
Another Haitian Born Player in NYRed Bull Camp ...MidFielder Jerry Saintil who play College Soccer at Seton Hall University Jerry Saintil # 6 Midfielder - MF Height: 6-0 Weight: 170 Sophomore Previous Experience Hometown East Orange, N.J./East Orange/Kean Courtesy: Seton Hall Athletic Communications Release: 06/10/2008 2007: Played in 15 games for Kean University, starting 10 times...Totaled eight points on three goals and two assists...Recorded 29 shots, 11 of which were on goal. High School/Personal: First Team All-Area selection by the Star-Ledger as a senior...Second Team North II Sectional All-State...Named Third Team All-Essex County as a junior...Member of the PDA Vieira club team...Born in Haiti.