Noah starts off the show talking about the USMNT game at RBA over the past weekend. Sean and Noah then talk about the state of both teams as the season moves towards the half way point. The guys finish out the show by giving not so hopeful predictions for the upcoming games.
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The term bittersweet has been used quite a bit in describing Saturday’s match, and if you ask most RBNY fans they would agree. The bitter, Thierry Henry went down in the 22nd minute with a hamstring strain. The given estimate on Henry’s return is three to four weeks, but we will have a better estimate this week when the Red Bull’s get a full medical evaluation done. Now for the sweet, Henry scored an early goal in the seventh minute, on a great touch. The defense held on, and Ryan Meara played phenomenally to get his first career clean sheet. The match ended that way 1-0 Red Bull over the New England Revolution.
The defense may have not conceded any goals, but it had more to do with Meara’s job between the posts. A couple of times throughout the match the back line left him out to dry and he played like a veteran goalkeeper. The back line can’t completely be faulted, considering how green the line actually was Sunday. There was eleven total MLS starts between all four members. Also to be fair to them, in the second half it seemed as though the entire team was content to sit back and just defend the onslaught from New England.
Henry leaving with injury did eventually change the tempo of the match, and slowly but surely New England took control of the match. With Henry in the match New York was in full attack mode, and looked like they were going to make it a long day for the Revs. After the injury fans were treated to a game of “see how long the Red Bulls can hang onto a one goal lead.” The one player who seemed to know what was at stake and how to get it, was Dax McCarty.
Dax played like an interim captain, even though Holgersson received the armband after Thierry’s departure (I will get to this later). He came back and bailed out the back line consistently. He was also was trying to fire up the team throughout the second half. Dax was the man of the match followed closely by Ryan Meara.
Holgersson getting the armband was questionable in my opinion. As I thought about it yesterday, I decided that it was either more Backe love for Holgersson, or a brilliant move to try to force the center back to step up his game. I would like to believe it was the second option, but most likely it was the first.
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