MLS Wild Card Round Playoff Matchday: FC Dallas vs New York Red Bulls
by Daniel Robertson on Oct 26, 2011 1:28 AM CDT
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Coming to you live from Tucumcari,NM(When I planned this vacation, FCD was in the Supporter's Shield race and we didn't even know that there would be a mid-week Wild Card round. Poor timing to say the least). The MLS playoffs have arrived. Tonight FC Dallas hosts the New York Red Bulls in the first MLS Wild Card round game with the winner advancing to face Sporting KC in a 2-legged Eastern Conference Semifinal. This season, FCD drew New York 2-2 at Red Bull Arena in a game where Thierry Henry scored a brilliant equalizer late. Dallas fell to NYRB 1-0 in Frisco during the middle of their historic scoreless run.
Game Notes
No Luke Rodgers The biggest absence for either team will be NYRB's english forward Luke Rodgers. The stocky striker seems to be at the heart of every Red Bulls win and he scored the game winner in the 1-0 defeat of Dallas in September. It looks like it will be Henry and Agudelo up top for New York.
Everyone rested and available Most of the starters were rested this past weekend and the ones that played pretty much took the weekend off anyways. I've read quotes from Brek Shea saying that he's ready to go and rejuvenated while Marvin Chavez always gives you a ton on the outside wings.
Up against World Series Tomorrow's 8PM kickoff(FSC) will be going directly up against World Series Game 6, the potentially championship-clinching game for the little Rangers. While those that read this site probably won't be swayed by that, it's an unfortunate problem for a game that needs an intimidating atmosphere.
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Key to the game
Play hard, all out and win. That's pretty much all that matters for the rest of the season.
Referee
REFEREE: Ricardo Salazar.
SAR (bench): Craig Lowry; JAR (opposite): Peter Manikowski;
4th: Edvin Jurisevic
Prediction
This is a really tough one to get a feel for. Dallas has been very up and down over the past month, but I can't bet on New York without Luke Rodgers. They've won just 1 game this season that he hasn't played in and I think the Henry-Marquez duo can do more to hurt New York than help many times. Dallas wins this one. Please.
2-1 FC Dallas
Go FCD!
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Your vaca dude! Thanks for tossing up some light reading on game day!
by Timothy Winning Voyles on Oct 26, 2011 9:07 AM CDT reply actions
Tucumcari?
What are you doing in Tucumcari? We got stuck there for a few days when our car broke down on a family vacation… nothing to do in that podunk town.
tucumcari
Just where we stopped last night on our way to taos. It was a podunk town but the route 66 stuff was cool
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by Daniel Robertson on Oct 26, 2011 1:34 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I’ll be stuck at work tonight so I can relate.
FC Dallas on all cylinders would hammer this team. Unfortunately like you say, we’ve seen a very up and down over the last couple of months. I don’t think it’s possible to predict who will win tonight, but it won’t surprise me all that much if NYRB does. Disappoint yes, surprise no.
by Alexander Wolfe on Oct 26, 2011 10:30 AM CDT reply actions
The biggest absence for either team will be NYRB’s english forward Luke Rodgers.
Ever heard of a little Colombian by the name of David Ferreira?
by luetchy on Oct 26, 2011 1:57 PM CDT reply actions 1 recs
Ya
I mean he’s been out the whole season. I meant the biggest absence who has been a part of things this year.
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by Daniel Robertson on Oct 26, 2011 7:40 PM CDT up reply actions
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