Quotes For the Weekend

Some tidbits to carry you through the next 20 hours until the Red Bulls kick off against the Philadelphia Union.

First up, Hans Backe echoing his U.S. Open Cup sentiments from the off-season...

"Yes, we want to win the Cup this year,’’ said Backe, whose team enters the competition in the third round on May 29.

Next up, Erik Soler on the kind of ridiculous Alessandro Nesta rumors...

"Normally, I don’t comment, but all I can say is we have no deal with anybody," Solér told media after Friday’s practice. "No sign, no verbal, no nothing."

And finally, Backe on Thierry Henry who made his return to training Friday where he, according to MLSsoccer.com went "through agility drills and doing some ball work before getting stretched out by a trainer"...

"He looked quite OK," said Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe. "Probably you can think that, realistically, he could be back in the Chivas [USA] game on May 23 and the US Open Cup games."