RED BULLS OPEN CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ACTION IN TRINIDAD: The New York Red Bulls will take a break from MLS Regular Season action when they compete in their first CONCACAF Champions League tournament when they take on W Connection Thursday night at 8:00 PM ET at Ramjohn Stadium in Marabella, Trinidad and Tobago in the first leg of a two-leg, home-and-home preliminary round series.The Red Bulls qualified for the 2009-10 CONCACAF Champions League after they were a finalist in the 2008 MLS Cup. The winner of the two-game aggregate goals series will qualify for Group D in the Group Stage, where they face Pumas UNAM (Mexico), Comunicaciones of Guatemala and the winner of the Liberia (Costa Rica) and Real Espana (Honduras) series. W Connection, which qualified for the Champions League after winning the Caribbean Football Union Championship in 2009 by defeated the Puerto Rico Islanders, 2-1 in the final, is currently in fourth in the Trinidad and Tobago Professional League with 18 pts. (5-3-3 record). Forward Jonathan Frias leads W Connection in scoring with four goals. Last season, W Connection, coached by Stuart Charles Fevrier, finished in second place with a 22-6-4 record (59 pts.).
New York has played W Connection once on March 18, 2005 - a 1-0 win in preseason action.
Forward Sergio Galvan Rey was the lone goalscorer in that match.
TICKET DETAILS FOR W CONNECTION MATCH: Red Bull New York announced ticket details for the Red Bulls' 2009 CONCACAF Champions League Preliminary Round home leg against W Connection of Trinidad & Tobago on Aug. 5 at 8:00 PM ET at Giants Stadium.
Tickets for the home leg are included in 2009 Red Bulls Members' full-season ticket packages. Red Bulls Members can use the "Game A" ticket in their season ticket book for the match. Non-planholders may purchase a Family Pack, which includes four tickets and four Red Bulls t-shirts, for $64.95. The Family Pack is on sale through the Red Bulls' office and website, www.newyorkredbulls.com. Individual tickets for the Red Bulls-W Connection game are also on sale through Ticketmaster and are priced at $20 each. Groups of 15 or more will be able to buy tickets through the Red Bulls' office for $15 each. For more information, call the Red Bulls at 1.877.RBSOCCER.
FOLLOW CHAMPIONS LEAGUE ACTION ON RBR: The Red Bulls will be providing exclusive interviews and news for the team's trip to Trinidad and Tobago for their CONCACAF Champions League match against W Connection on Red Bulls Reader (www.redbullsreader.com), the team's official blog.
ANGEL ONE AWAY: Red Bulls forward Juan Pablo Angel, a finalist for the 2007 Major League Soccer Most Valuable Player Award, scored his team-high seventh goal in New York's 3-1 loss to the Los Angeles Galaxy on July 16. Angel is now in sole possession of second place for goals scored in regular season matches - just one goal shy of tying Giovanni Savarese's team record. He has a 0.60 goals per game average, which is tops in club history. Angel is two goals away from the record for goals scored in all competitions.
GOALS (Regular Season)
PLAYER GP GOALS
1. Giovanni Savarese 85 41
T-2. Juan Pablo Angel 67 40
3. Clint Mathis 93 39
4. Amado Guevara 103 32
5. John Wolyniec 133 25
GOALS (All Competitions)
PLAYER GOALS
1. Clint Mathis 45
2. Giovanni Savarese 44
3. Juan Pablo Angel 43
4. Amado Guevara 38
5. John Wolyniec 30
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