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MetroFanatic goes to Media Day - MetroStars / Red Bull New York - Major League Soccer
MetroFanatic goes to Media Day - MetroStars / Red Bull New York - Major League Soccer
March 25, 2008 Usually, media day is full of important announcements. Not this time. A short speech from Marc de Grandpre, a couple of words from Juan Carlos Osorio, and that was that, before the floor was opened for interviews. So, for the seventh straight year, we stuck our microphone into the faces of Metro players and hoped to get something interesting. Jozy Altidore Jeff Parke Jon Conway ...
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The Kissing Bandit Came Back For It News
du Nord — ... new left midfielder Mauricio Castro who will get the start in game 1 due to Khano Smith being with his Bermuda national team for World Cup qualifying. Castro last played for Hispano in his native Honduras. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ RED BULL NEW YORK The Red Bulls have finally signed forward Oscar Echeverry the forward from Atletico Nacional in his native Colombia. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ MetroFanatic has some great stuff for us from NYRB media day - interviews with 13 players and 1 team exec. Excellent. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ...

Exclusive Red Bulls Interviews from Metrofanatic
The Offside Rules — ... The NY soccer O.G.'s at Metrofanatic were there though and they got a slew of exclusive interviews with various Red Bull's and some guy called Jeff Agoos. Great stuff from one of the stalwart MLS-centric sites on the net. ...

Red Bulls: Expanding Coverage, Brunner, Oscar, and a call for depth.
Center Holds It — ... cover. Center Holds It was just issued their first press credential (solely based on the merit of this blog)…yep, for a blog, which means I will be getting my ass to and from Giants Stadium to join Ives, Nat, and many others in bringing New York Red Bulls info to everyone. Hopefully, we have some Red Bulls fans on here. Expect quotes, live blogs, developments, etc. Couple - by now - well known tidbits from today’s news: - Check out Metrofanatic’s coverage of RBNY’s Media Day. I especially enjoy ...

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