New York Red Bulls Defeat FC Dallas 2-0 in Preseason Opener
by M.L. Conroy on Feb 7, 2012 3:54 PM EST
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The New York Red Bulls got their 2012 preseason schedule off to a positive start in Cancun, Mexico today, defeating FC Dallas 2-0. A first half goal from Kenny Cooper and a late second half penalty from Corey Hertzog accounted for the scoring, while Ryan Meara and Jeremy Vuolo combined to keep a clean sheet. Without a live stream to follow, fans had to rely on sporadic updates from the Red Bulls official Twitter feed. FC Dallas hit the post once in the second half, but were unable to find a breakthrough, before Hertzog put the margin beyond reach near the final whistle.
The Red Bulls took the pitch missing a number key players, including Thierry Henry (on loan to Arsenal), Juan Agudelo (recovering from an ankle knock) Luke Rodgers (in visa limbo) and Wilman Conde (who just joined camp on Monday). The first half saw Hans Backe field his strongest available lineup, but it was all change after halftime, as a reserves and trialists got a chance to shine. Interestingly, Meara got the start in goal ahead of Vuolo. That may be indicative of Backe's preference at this time, or it may mean nothing at all.
The Red Bulls resume their preseason slate of games on Friday with a friendly against Atlante, before returning to the States.
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1-0!!
The Red Bulls’ long road to glory/crushing disappointment begins anew!
Staff Writer at Once a Metro. Yankees/Giants/Rangers/Fulham
Vuolo/Meara
Hard to say why Meara got the start. It could be Backe’s preference, as you said, or it’s could go the other way – I might put the keeper I’m more concerned about behind the more solid starting back four and test a stronger keeper with a reserve-level back line. All that matters to me is that they shut out Dallas.
Any word on what the FCD lineup looked like?
FC Dallas
From the match recap on newyorkredbulls.com…
First half: Kevin Hartman (GK), Zach Loyd, Ugo Ihemelu, Hernan Pertuz*, Jair Benitez, Andrew Jacobson, Ricardo Villar, Fabian Castillo, Scott Sealy*, Brek Shea, Blas Perez
Second half: Chris Seitz (GK), Kleyner Bejarano*, Matt Hedges, Christian Ibeagha*, Scott Gordon, Bruno Guarda, Bobby Warshaw, Rodolfo Espinoza* (Andrew Wiedeman 81’), Bryan Leyva, Nicolas Gianni* (Moises Hernandez 81’), Ulises Mendivic*
*Trialist
Staff Writer at Once a Metro. Yankees/Giants/Rangers/Fulham
Soler
Soler on The Extratime Radio podcast yesterday seemed to hint that Meara will be the no 1. He talked him up big and compared his draft to Ream’s (saying that when he drafted Ream no one believed it and then look how far he came – suggesting the same will be true for this kid). Then again, remember how much they talked up Lassiter last year? But, he was very positive and complimentary of Maera.
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