web.mlsnet.com - 8/7/2008
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August 6 --- MLSNet.com: Wednesday night, Barcelona stepped onto the pitch at Giants Stadium against RBNY without two of the world's greatest attacking players, Lionel Messi and Ronaldinho. --- However, as they proved from the opening kickoff, Barca had more than enough firepower to beat the Red Bulls, winning 6-2 in a friendly in front of 38,152 at Giants Stadium...
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A Big One ! BARCA and RBNY clash at the Meadowlands
San Diego MLS Project —
Barca circus comes to town...
(PIC: Thierry Henry sings ..er SIGNS - for the kids, with uberfan/soccer investor Steve Nash looking on...)
Almost 40,000 showed up to the Meadowlands for a Wednesday night international friendly between FC Barcelona and the local MLS team New York Red Bulls. Although this was half of their weekend crowd the last time the 2 teams met here (in August 2006), it was a good showing...
Photo Credit: Rich Schultz- Soccer United Marketing / ...
TrueLife MashUp: Barca circus comes to town...
San Diego eXtreme Sports Coalition —
Barca circus comes to town...
(PIC: Thierry Henry sings ..er SIGNS - for the kids, with uberfan/soccer investor Steve Nash looking on...)
Almost 40,000 showed up to the Meadowlands for a Wednesday night international friendly between FC Barcelona and the local MLS team New York Red Bulls. Although this was half of their weekend crowd the last time the 2 teams met here (in August 2006), it was a good showing...
Photo Credit: Rich Schultz- Soccer United Marketing / ...
Match Recap and Video — FC BARCELONA v RBNY @ Giants Stadium
The World's Beautiful Game —
Almost 40,000 showed up to the Meadowlands for a Wednesday night international friendly between FC Barcelona and the local MLS team New York Red Bulls. This was the concluding match of the two-game Barca U.S. Tour, which is becoming a somewhat regular tradition…
After defeating Chivas of Guadalajara 5-2 in Chicago on Sunday, the Catalan giants did some similar damage to RBNY, with only a slightly different result … 6-2 !
This was accomplished even without Lionel Messi (who is in China in the middle of a legal struggle between his club and national teams), and the recently departed ...
In NYC: Barca circus comes to town
MLS Expansion And Development —
Barca circus comes to town...
(PIC: Thierry Henry sings ..er SIGNS - for the kids, with uberfan/soccer investor Steve Nash looking on...)
Almost 40,000 showed up to the Meadowlands for a Wednesday night ...
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