Lately around The Five Burroughs, all you hear about is "The Super Bowl Champion New York Giants" or "Tim Tebow and Mark Sanchez." Rarely do you hear about the New York Red Bulls.
The Red Bulls, lead by French international Thierry Henry, are in 2nd place in the MLS Eastern Conference standings with 7 games left on the schedule. New York holds a record of (13-7-7) in Major League Soccer and are coming off of a 2-2 draw against D.C. United. 30 year old Colombian defenseman Wilman Conde came up with A MISSILE of a goal from 5 feet outside of the box to the top right corner of the net to level the game at 2-2. The Red Bulls are unbeaten in the past 4 matches and are creeping up to Kansas City in the Eastern Conference points totals.
The Red Bulls lost their star rookie goalkeeper Ryan Meara when he underwent arthroscopic hip surgery. Meara is expected to miss the rest of the season. He set the MLS Rookie Shutout Record with 321 minutes, winning 5 straight matches with The Red Bulls from April 28th to May 19th.
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