Tuesday Jess and I headed down to the city for the Rangers versus Jets game at MSG. Just a little something we did for her birthday Monday.
I broke in my new Jagr Rangers jersey that I promised I would wear as long as they weren’t playing Pittsburgh. As we figured the Rangers beat Winnipeg 3-0. Shockingly Winnipeg isn’t that bad this season for the fact that they threw themselves together and pretty much got rid of anything to do with the Thrashers at the start of the season.
The day finally came! Sadly it’s over already.
Tuesday Jess and I went down to the city to see the NY Rangers (her team) face the Pittsburgh Penguins (my team). Besides having to walk around in the rain, the night went very well. Smooth train ride down with a few beers, few more beers at a bar across from MSG, and then a few more beers while watching an awesome game.
Unfortunately somehow the Penguins lost. Don’t get it, makes no sense. Penguins lost 4-3.
Never had so much fun at a hockey game before. Helps when the other person is into it as much as you (if not more).
Well the Red Bulls lost 2-1 last night against LA. Could have sworn the game was Friday but oh well. LA advances on a 3-1 aggregate. Good job I guess Red Bulls, you made it to the same spot as last year.
LA now faces RSL for the West. Houston faces Kansas City for the East.
I’m rooting for Sporting Kansas City to win it, tired of those two big names in the West.
Sunday was the first game of a two game set against LA. I knew that it would be a lot tougher this time to beat them since their two key players were back and that we didn’t have Solli on defense. I will say that the Red Bulls played pretty well, just LA is a much stronger, more organized team. There is a reason they are on top every year.
Oh, almost forgot to mention that David Beckham is such a baby! Overpaid cry baby that got his way every time. I swear LA had the refs in their pocket too. Ask anyone that saw it and they will tell you.
On to game two in LA on Friday. Wish I had money to go.
Scoring Summary:
LA — Mike Magee 1 (David Beckham 1) 15
Misconduct Summary:
LA — Sean Franklin (caution; Reckless Foul) 40
NY — Thierry Henry (caution; Reckless Tackle) 44
NY — Rafa Marquez (ejection) 94
LA — Juninho (ejection) 94
Lineups:
LA Galaxy – Josh Saunders, A.J. DeLaGarza, Omar Gonzalez, Sean Franklin, Todd Dunivant, Mike Magee, David Beckham, Juninho, Landon Donovan, Robbie Keane (Chris Birchall 83), Chad Barrett (Adam Cristman 67).
Substitutes Not Used: Paolo Cardozo, Frankie Hejduk, Dasan Robinson, Michael Stephens, Donovan Ricketts.
New York Red Bulls – Frank Rost, Carlos Mendes, Stephen Keel, Tim Ream, Roy Miller, Dane Richards, Rafael Marquez, Teemu Tainio, Joel Lindpere, Luke Rodgers (Mehdi Ballouchy 80), Thierry Henry.
Substitutes Not Used: Juan Agudelo, Stephane Auvray, Dax McCarty, Bouna Coundoul.
Referee: Alex Prus
Referee’s Assistants: George Gansner; Eric Boria
4th Official: Mark Kadlecik
Attendance: 22,663
Time of Game: 1:53
Weather: Clear and 45 degrees
Here are the final standings of the regular season and the current playoff matchups.
First Leg
Second Leg
First Leg
Second Leg
We did it! We beat Philly 1-0 and secured out spot in the playoffs!
Despite the horrible seating situation where I had to stand for 15 fucking minutes before they moved people out of my seat because the stadium decided to cater to the opposing team and fuck over its own fans, it was a great game.
First home playoff game might be next weekend.
Scoring Summary:
NY — own goal (Faryd Mondragon) 8
Misconduct Summary:
NY — Teemu Tainio (caution; Reckless Foul) 29
PHI — Brian Carroll (caution; Reckless Tackle) 55
NY — Luke Rodgers (caution; Dissent) 66
Lineups:
Philadelphia Union – Faryd Mondragon, Sheanon Williams, Danny Califf, Carlos Valdes, Gabriel Farfan, Amobi Okugo (Freddy Adu 46), Zach Pfeffer (Danny Mwanga 46), Brian Carroll, Justin Mapp (Roger Torres 70), Sebastien Le Toux, Michael Farfan.
Substitutes Not Used: Jack McInerney, Stefani Miglioranzi, Kyle Nakazawa, Zac MacMath.
New York Red Bulls – Frank Rost, Jan Gunnar Solli, Stephen Keel, Tim Ream, Roy Miller, Dax McCarty, Rafael Marquez, Teemu Tainio, Joel Lindpere, Luke Rodgers (Juan Agudelo 89), Dane Richards.
Substitutes Not Used: Stephane Auvray, Mehdi Ballouchy, Corey Hertzog, Matt Kassel, Carlos Mendes, Bouna Coundoul.
Referee: Mark Geiger
Referee’s Assistants: -Eric Proctor; Daniel Belleau
4th Official: Drew Fischer
Time of Game: 1:50
Weather: Partly Cloudy-and-59-degrees
Attendance: 25,044
Holy crap we won! 2-0 baby! After the way RBNY has been playing I didn’t think we would beat the best team in the league, let alone a shutout! Way to go Red Bulls! Kicking it up a notch when needed to ensure we get to the playoffs. We’re in the 9th spot now and only 2 points away from being out of the wild card and into a guaranteed playoff spot. Nice.
Scoring Summary:
NY — Luke Rodgers 9 (unassisted) 32
NY — Thierry Henry 14 (Rafael Marquez 5) 59
Misconduct Summary:
LA — Frankie Hejduk (caution; Reckless Foul) 13
NY — Joel Lindpere (caution; Handball) 34
LA — A.J. DeLaGarza (caution; Reckless Foul) 47+
Lineups:
LA Galaxy – Donovan Ricketts, Frankie Hejduk (Bryan Jordan 46), Omar Gonzalez, A.J. DeLaGarza, Todd Dunivant, Michael Stephens, David Beckham, Juninho (Adam Cristman 71), Paolo Cardozo, Miguel Lopez (Hector Jimenez 65), Chad Barrett.
Substitutes Not Used: Dan Keat, Jovan Kirovski, Dasan Robinson, Josh Saunders.
New York Red Bulls – Frank Rost, Jan Gunnar Solli, Stephen Keel, Tim Ream, Roy Miller, Dane Richards (Mehdi Ballouchy 89), Rafael Marquez (Dax McCarty 82), Teemu Tainio, Joel Lindpere, Luke Rodgers, Thierry Henry.
Substitutes Not Used: Juan Agudelo, Stephane Auvray, Carlos Mendes, Alex Horwath.
Referee: Jair Marrufo
Referee’s Assistants: Corey Rockwell; Frank Anderson
4th Official: Jose Carlos Rivero
Time of Game: 1:52
Weather: Partly Cloudy and 63 degrees
Attendance: 25,186
Well just as I predicted we lost. It was a horrible 3-0 after only 20 minutes!! Figured we would at least have had a chance to tie but nope, just got crushed.
So now we are out of the playoffs as Portland tied their game giving them a point above us. Saturday we face Portland at home so that is a vital game to win, and hopefully they can do it.
Scoring Summary:
RSL — Alvaro Saborio 9 (Andy Williams 1) 7
RSL — Fabian Espindola 8 (unassisted) 11
RSL — Fabian Espindola 9 (Collen Warner 5, Alvaro Saborio 3) 21
NY — Joel Lindpere 7 (Rafael Marquez 4) 69
Misconduct Summary:
NY — Luke Rodgers (caution; Reckless Foul) 47+
Lineups:
Real Salt Lake — Nick Rimando, Robbie Russell, Jamison Olave, Nat Borchers, Chris Schuler, Andy Williams (Arturo Alvarez 68), Yordany Alvarez, Collen Warner (Luis Gil 77), Will Johnson, Alvaro Saborio (Jean Alexandre 83), Fabian Espindola.
Substitutes Not Used: Paulo Araujo Jr., Ned Grabavoy, Blake Wagner, Tim Melia.
New York Red Bulls — Frank Rost, Jan Gunnar Solli, Rafael Marquez, Tim Ream, Chris Albright (Carlos Mendes 15), Dane Richards, Dax McCarty, Teemu Tainio (Brian Nielsen 86), Joel Lindpere, Luke Rodgers (Juan Agudelo 54), Thierry Henry.
Substitutes Not Used: Stephane Auvray, Mehdi Ballouchy, Stephen Keel, Bouna Coundoul.
Referee: Jorge Gonzalez
Referee’s Assistants: Greg Barkey; Claudio Badea
4th Official: Andrew Chapin
Time of Game: 1:51
Weather: Rain and 68 degrees
Attendance: 14,266
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