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Oft-injured midfielder Claudio Reyna is leading the inaugural Soccer-Source poll for New York Red Bulls Least Valuable Player Award by a comfortable margin. At the time of this writing, Reyna had received 40 of 103 votes, corresponding to 38.83%, with 20 days of voting left (subject to extension should RB somehow win a playoff round or two. Yeah, I know, won't happen, but I need to put that in just in case). There is a dead heat for second place, with Chris Leitch and Markus Schopp tied with 17 votes (16.5%) each, followed by Kevin Goldthwaite with 16 votes (15.53%) and Ronald Waterreus with ... Read Full Story

It's been a long season and while the New York Red Bulls have admittedly not done very well recently, I believe Bruce Arena has the team poised for a playoff run that will (gasp!) surpass the normal "one and done" post-season routine its fans have grown accustomed to. Where is this blasphemous talk coming from? I'll tell you: First, the team is finally healthy. Kovalenko, Mendes, Altidore and Freeman have all missed time with injuries this season, which has had deleterious effects on the team's play. Its defense in particular has been completely ineffective as a result of injuries (and questionable personnel decisions; I'll ... Read Full Story

With the Red Bulls season now officially over, I will turn attention back to the Least Valuable Player poll this site has been running. There is obviously no need to extend the vote, so I will close it Monday morning, Nov. 5. That leaves a little over 24 hours to vote if you haven't done so already. As discussed , the LVP is up to each voter to define him- or herself. You are encouraged to do so by commenting on this post. Last time we glanced at the vote tally, Claudio Reyna was leading by a wide margin . That remains the case, ... Read Full Story

In an effort to draw more comments to this site, I am starting two contests that reward the top commentator. Anybody who comments on this site will be eligible (with certain exceptions) to win a pair of New York Red Bulls playoff tickets (for Saturday night, Oct. 27 versus the New England Revolution). The start of the contests begin as this post is published and will end Wednesday, Oct. 24 at 1pm (leaving enough time for me to mail you the tickets) at which point I will make a post with the winners. Anybody not related to me is eligible. More details below. One ... Read Full Story

So say our friends at MetroFanatic.com. Read their explanation here. I'm not sure this is a major victory for Red Bull, as more teams make the MLS playoffs than not. But hey, RB fans haven't had much (or anything) to celebrate in some time, so let's make the best of it. Read Full Story