redbulls.theoffside.com - 10/25/2009
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When you looked up at the sky, and the puddles all over the floor, there was a certain irony in it all; as if even the God’s were crying over the 2009 season. And what weather could be more fitting for a Stadium that caused nothing but tears for the past 14 years? Surely, with a hungry ...
Red Bulls bid adieu to Giants Stadium
american11soccer.com 10/25/2009 — By Dylan Butler / MLSnet.com Staff E. RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- There was plenty of mixed emotions from New York Red Bulls players past and present about Giants Stadium closing its doors permanently to soccer. After 32 years of hosting some of the biggest names and games in the sport's history, Giants ...
The Metro/Red Bulls Giants Stadium Best-Of Mixtape
theoffsiderules.blogspot.com 29 days ago — For as bad a stadium as The Swamp could be, Giants Stadium was the backdrop for a few of the most outlandish goals you'll ever see. Mathis' marathon goal against Dallas, Woly's infamous upper 90 banger, and Youri Djorkaeff and Juan Pablo Angel's ...
Red Bulls Give Team Awards – And So Do I
redbulls.theoffside.com 10/26/2009 — Alrighty ladies and gents, while some may be writing about postseason plans with passionate pride, I will be doing my darndest to keep things interesting around here till March of 2010. And when a team isn’t in the playoffs (holla TFC, and San Jose!), the front office has to do the same. ...
The Last Soccer Match At Giants Stadium Ends On A Good Feeling
majorleaguesoccertalk.com 10/26/2009 —
On a cold and rainy night at the swamps of the Meadowlands, this was the final performance on the soccer side at Giants Stadium. Yes the season has been lost since the middle of June, but that doesn’t mean the club can’t try to play ...
Have Red Bull New York Done Something Right?!
avoidingthedrop.com 10/22/2009 — I’ll be the first to admit that I’ve taken any and every opportunity over the years (but especially this year) to heap more misery on the MetroStars/Red Bulls. I am a New Englander born and raised, and as such, this is part of my job description. However, much to my chagrin, the ...
Viral Vid: The Pitch Is Complete – Red Bull Arena
redbulls.theoffside.com 10/27/2009 —
Though the rain may have followed it’s way over from Giants Stadium to Red Bull Arena, and the sky was as gray as ever, it could not dampen nor cast a shadow on today’s accomplishment. Ladies and Gentlemen, say goodbye to plastic turf; the final piece of sod is in place, and ...
Goodbye Giants Stadium!
redbulls.theoffside.com 10/21/2009 — This is it.
October 24 will be the end of an era (error?) for New York soccer. Toronto FC will be the final opponent on that cursed rubber pitch that has haunted this franchise for 14 years now. Yes fans, the day has come. It is finally over.
No more unpredictable bounces. No more turf ...
'PHENOMENAL FOR EVERYONE' Angel on if Bulls ever signed Henry
bigapplesoccer.com 10/28/2009 — October 27, 2009 'PHENOMENAL FOR EVERYONE' Angel on if Bulls ever signed Henry HARRISON, N.J. -- Imagine the potential dynamic pairing up top: Juan Pablo Angel and Thierry Henry at Red Bull Arena. There have been reports emanating out of Spain that ...
Mike Petke Talks Breaking Records, 2009, And More
redbulls.theoffside.com 10/23/2009 — How many times have you heard a sports journo or commentator use the phrase “That kid’s got heart!” It is one of those cliches that stands the test of time, much like the classic “he gives one hundred and ten percent every play,” and the ever so popular “he ...
Grass Grows in ... Harrison, N.J., Part 2
goal.blogs.nytimes.com 10/28/2009 — Three days after saying their long goodbye (or was its good riddance) to Giants Stadium, the Red Bulls hosted on Tuesday an informal news conference as construction workers laid the final piece of sod at the team's new $200 stadium, Red Bull Arena, in ...
Season-long inconsistency burns TFC —
Major League Soccer News 10/25/2009
Toronto FC needed a win Saturday to keep alive its hopes of earning a first-ever playoff berth. Instead, TFC suffered its largest defeat in three years of MLS play, losing 5-0 to the New York Red Bulls -- the worst team in the league this season.
