web.mlsnet.com - 9/26/2008
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A couple of teams who really need a victory to keep pace in the MLS Cup Playoffs race meet in an interconference battle when the New York Red Bulls play host to the Colorado Rapids.
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John Conway's 1000yd Stare Haunts My Dreams
The Offside Rules —
John Conway looks absolutely mental in this photo. It's the crazy eyes. It makes him look like he is quite prepared to do what Iron Mike Tyson would only threaten to do and literally eat your children. But hey, if that psycho-stare of his is enough to keep Colorado from putting 4 past them like last time, run with it. Hopefully a bit of crazy-keeper will offset the "No van den Bergh Effect" enough to help RBNY win the turf war. Image courstey of Red Bull New York and the Daily News.
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