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| MLS: New York Red Bulls v DC United – live! | MLS: New York Red Bulls v DC United – live! |
| (34 minutes later) | |
| 4.55pm ET20:55 | |
| I’m actually supposed to be covering the basketball too. No idea what happens if there’s a massive shock/ a polar bear eats a Kansas player while I’m writing about this game. Actually, no offence to today’s game, but I’d probably just start writing about the bear if a freak ursine attack were to take place. | |
| 4.52pm ET20:52 | |
| Past games in this ground (which bear no relation to today’s game because they were played, in the main, by completely different players): five draws, 13 NYRB wins, 13 DC United wins. | |
| Oh, and it looks like Duke just won in the basketball. | |
| 4.36pm ET20:36 | |
| Meanwhile, the Guardian’s very own Graham Parker is at Red Bull Arena. To report on the atmosphere. And Tacos. And football. But mainly the tacos: | |
| @tom_lutz At Red Bull Arena, scientific survey tells me it's packed, according to lines at press catering. OOH, TACOS! (not looked outside) | |
| @tom_lutz more news as we get it on how many media leave seats in front of Barcelona v Real on press box TVs at RBA | |
| Ah, yes. There is also a small derby taking place in Spain today. You can follow it here. But we’ve got Bradley Wright-Phillips and they’ve got some no-hoper called Lionel Messi, so you know who to follow. SPOILER ALERT: Barcelona are winning. FURTHER SPOILERS: Lionel Messi is better than BWP. Just. Hang on, Ronaldo’s just equalised I think. I am not doing a liveblog of a liveblog. Sometimes I think there’s too much liveblogging (this from the man who commissioned a liveblog of the NBA All-Star celebrity game). | |
| Updated at 4.38pm ET | |
| 4.25pm ET20:25 | 4.25pm ET20:25 |
| We also have the DC United team. DC helpfully write their team out – much easier for the lazy journalist to copy and paste – rather than put it in a stupid, fancy graphic (I’m looking at your Red Bulls). | We also have the DC United team. DC helpfully write their team out – much easier for the lazy journalist to copy and paste – rather than put it in a stupid, fancy graphic (I’m looking at your Red Bulls). |
| #DCU Starters: Hamid, Korb, Birnbaum, Boswell, Franklin, Rolfe, Arnaud, Kitchen, DeLeon, Pontius, Arrieta #NYvDC | #DCU Starters: Hamid, Korb, Birnbaum, Boswell, Franklin, Rolfe, Arnaud, Kitchen, DeLeon, Pontius, Arrieta #NYvDC |
| 4.23pm ET20:23 | 4.23pm ET20:23 |
| Afternoon! And we have some teams: | Afternoon! And we have some teams: |
| The Red Bulls starting lineup and bench vs @dcunited. #NYvDC #RBNY pic.twitter.com/QUTA6g6ixM | The Red Bulls starting lineup and bench vs @dcunited. #NYvDC #RBNY pic.twitter.com/QUTA6g6ixM |
| And more importantly, a message for anyone who was thinking of drinking 10 bottles of vodka before heading down to today’s game: | And more importantly, a message for anyone who was thinking of drinking 10 bottles of vodka before heading down to today’s game: |
| A hale & hearty season to all! Please remember to drink responsibly. http://t.co/ffxAbrRv5r #ResponsibleRedBulls pic.twitter.com/t4jb7xszUN | A hale & hearty season to all! Please remember to drink responsibly. http://t.co/ffxAbrRv5r #ResponsibleRedBulls pic.twitter.com/t4jb7xszUN |
| If there’s one man you shouldn’t be giving booze to today it’s Red Bulls captain and minor character in Flash Gordon, Dax McCarty. Partly because he’s a professional athlete about to play in a game, and partly because he’s looking for a fight already. | If there’s one man you shouldn’t be giving booze to today it’s Red Bulls captain and minor character in Flash Gordon, Dax McCarty. Partly because he’s a professional athlete about to play in a game, and partly because he’s looking for a fight already. |
| “We have a history with DC United,” McCarty told MLS.com. “We have no history with New York City FC. It’s exciting to talk about and it’s exciting to think about looking towards the future in terms of us playing at Yankee Stadium and them coming to Red Bull Arena. You can feel the excitement building towards that, but whenever it’s DC United, there’s almost an excitement in the hatred towards each other because it’s mutual.” | “We have a history with DC United,” McCarty told MLS.com. “We have no history with New York City FC. It’s exciting to talk about and it’s exciting to think about looking towards the future in terms of us playing at Yankee Stadium and them coming to Red Bull Arena. You can feel the excitement building towards that, but whenever it’s DC United, there’s almost an excitement in the hatred towards each other because it’s mutual.” |
| “They’re ahead of us in the standings,” McCarty added. “I don’t care how early it is, whenever they’re above us in the standings that always pisses me off. We’re looking forward to the game; it’s going to be no different. We expect a great crowd and we expect a very competitive game.” | “They’re ahead of us in the standings,” McCarty added. “I don’t care how early it is, whenever they’re above us in the standings that always pisses me off. We’re looking forward to the game; it’s going to be no different. We expect a great crowd and we expect a very competitive game.” |
| True. Mutual hatred is the best type of hatred, Dax. Some of the best wars in the world have been caused by mutual hatred. It’s the kind of gory stuff you don’t get when it’s one-sided. | True. Mutual hatred is the best type of hatred, Dax. Some of the best wars in the world have been caused by mutual hatred. It’s the kind of gory stuff you don’t get when it’s one-sided. |
| 4.06pm ET20:06 | 4.06pm ET20:06 |
| Tom will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Richard Whittall’s preview: | Tom will be here shortly. In the meantime, here’s Richard Whittall’s preview: |
| This is the big derby match of the weekend, with DC United travelling to Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, to face head coach Jesse Marsch’s team. DC haven’t had the best record there, with their last away win in the MLS regular season against the Red Bulls coming way back in 2011. Of course the 2014 Eastern Conference semi-finals will be on United’s mind, having been knocked out by New York despite finishing first in the East last year. | This is the big derby match of the weekend, with DC United travelling to Red Bull Arena in Harrison, New Jersey, to face head coach Jesse Marsch’s team. DC haven’t had the best record there, with their last away win in the MLS regular season against the Red Bulls coming way back in 2011. Of course the 2014 Eastern Conference semi-finals will be on United’s mind, having been knocked out by New York despite finishing first in the East last year. |
| We don’t know much about either team yet this season. DC put in a fairly straightforward performance in frigid temperatures against Montreal two weeks ago in a 1-0 win, their only MLS match so far this season. The one sad bit of news coming out of the club involves US international Eddie Johnson, with DC United coach Ben Olsen hinting that a heart ailment may put not only the 30-year-old’s entire 2015 season in doubt, but the rest of his career. Meanwhile Luis Silva is still not travelling with the team, but the familiar line up from 2014 will be in show – Perry Kitchen, Chris Pontius, Nick DeLeon and Chris Rolfe will all likely start. | We don’t know much about either team yet this season. DC put in a fairly straightforward performance in frigid temperatures against Montreal two weeks ago in a 1-0 win, their only MLS match so far this season. The one sad bit of news coming out of the club involves US international Eddie Johnson, with DC United coach Ben Olsen hinting that a heart ailment may put not only the 30-year-old’s entire 2015 season in doubt, but the rest of his career. Meanwhile Luis Silva is still not travelling with the team, but the familiar line up from 2014 will be in show – Perry Kitchen, Chris Pontius, Nick DeLeon and Chris Rolfe will all likely start. |
| As for New York, who recently sacked their technical director Ricardo Campos, this will provide another opportunity to see how the club is faring under new management and some new faces, including Sacha Kljestan in the hole, Brazilian Felipe Martins and Mike Brella. French defender Ronald Zubar is still questionable with a possible hamstring injury. Their last match was a 1-1 draw with Sporting KC, but the pressure will be on for a convincing win against their archrivals to the south. | As for New York, who recently sacked their technical director Ricardo Campos, this will provide another opportunity to see how the club is faring under new management and some new faces, including Sacha Kljestan in the hole, Brazilian Felipe Martins and Mike Brella. French defender Ronald Zubar is still questionable with a possible hamstring injury. Their last match was a 1-1 draw with Sporting KC, but the pressure will be on for a convincing win against their archrivals to the south. |