MLS Red Bull New York

Red Bulls lose 3-2 to Rapids

Published on May 30, 2009 under Major League Soccer (MLS)
Red Bull New York News Release


EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ (May 30, 2009) - A pair of Conor Casey goals helped give the Colorado Rapids a 3-2 win over the New York Red Bulls at Giants Stadium on Saturday night. With the loss, the Red Bulls (2-7-3, 9 pts.) dropped their second-straight game and completed a four-game homestand, while the Rapids improved to 4-2-4 (16 pts.). Juan Pablo Angel and Danleigh Borman scored for New York.

New York had a great opportunity to go ahead less than a minute in. Defender Alfredo Pacheco received the ball on the left wing and hit a cross that bounced to Angel, whose ensuing shot was punched away from goalkeeper Matt Pickens. Less than 10 minutes later, Dane Richards got free in the penalty box and tried to find Angel with a low cross, but the Rapids were able to clear.

The Rapids took the lead in the 25th minute. Mehdi Ballouchy slid the ball to Colin Clark on the left wing, and he swung a cross to the back post that was headed in by Casey for his seventh goal of the season. Casey came close to putting the Rapids up, 2-0, in the 39th minute. Clark received the ball on the wing and curled in a ball to Casey and he nodded it over the crossbar.

New York equalized moments before halftime. Seth Stammler passed the ball to Angel and he flicked it to Richards. Richards turned past Cory Gibbs and was able to face goal before Gibbs took him down in the penalty box. Referee Ricardo Salazar pointed to the penalty spot and Angel stepped up to score his team-leading fourth goal of the season. It was the Red Bulls' first penalty kick goal of the year.

Casey gave the Rapids the lead again three minutes into the second half. After a battle for the ball deep in the Red Bulls' defensive end, Jordan Harvey was able to get free and cut it back to Omar Cummings, who floated it to Casey. The forward rose up and knocked it in past New York goalkeeper Jon Conway from close range.

The visitors extended their lead 12 minutes later. Cummings took the ball and made a run on the top right corner of the penalty box and was tripped up by Red Bulls midfielder Albert Celades. Salazar again pointed to the penalty spot and Ballouchy converted it to give Colorado a 3-1 advantage.

The Red Bulls pressed to get back in the game. In the 69th minute, Stammler freed himself from his man and headed a Borman corner kick wide. Four minutes later, Borman was able to score his first goal of the season and put the Red Bulls within a goal. An Angel free kick was punched away by Pickens and Borman was able to get to the ball first and knock in the rebound.

In the third minute of stoppage time, the Red Bulls had a chance to tie the game when Luke Sassano hit a long ball that was knocked on by John Wolyniec to Macoumba Kandji, but his shot was blocked away.

The Red Bulls hit the road for a three-game swing, starting on Thursday when they travel to RFK Stadium to take on D.C. United at 7:00 PM ET (TV: ESPN2, ESPN Deportes; Radio: WADO 1280 AM). New York's next home match is on June 20, when it faces Seattle Sounders FC at 7:30 PM ET at Giants Stadium (TV: MSG; Radio: WADO 1280 AM). For tickets, call the Red Bulls at 1.877.RBSOCCER or log onto www.newyorkredbulls.com.

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