The New York Red Bulls are in their favorite house of horrors, RFK Stadium, tonight to take on arch-rival D.C. United (7:30pm, ESPN2). The last-place Red Bulls are in dire need of points, but finding some tonight will be difficult against a D.C. team that has had their number this year (and most years for that matter).

No Mac Kandji for the Red Bulls tonight, but Jorge Rojas is in the starting lineup as head coach Juan Carlos Osorio trots out an attacking lineup, with the hope of putting some pressure on D.C.

I will be providing commentary on the match throughout the evening so please feel free to follow along, and, as always, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.

Enjoy the action (lineups after the jump):

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FINAL– That's all for me. Time to catch up on some sleep. Feel free to share your thoughts on tonight's match in the comments section below. 

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FINAL– DC United 2, Red Bulls 0. D.C. moved the ball well and played with the style you're used to seeing. The Red Bulls played decently, but just never could finish and while the performance in a 3-5-2 was promising, tonight is still another shutout road loss to start a long road stretch. 

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93rd minute- GOAL DC. It's Jaime Moreno with the finish. Soft penalty, but the game was over anyway. DC UNited 2, Red Bulls 0.

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93rd minute– DC PENALTY. Conway called for fouling Gomez.

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91st minute– WoW. Kevin Goldthwaite got tackled on that free kick from Rojas but no call. Terrible.

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90th minute– Red Bulls had some chances here late, but it's been more of the same tonight. They just can't finish.

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87th minute– Good save from Wicks but Angel needs to bury that rather than trying to place it.

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86th- SAVE WICKS!!! Angel with the low shot but it's saved.

85th minute– Goldthwaite has a header go wide off a corner. Need to do better there.

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81st minute– Red Bulls free kick comes oh so close from Angel.

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74th minute– Conway saves a Pontius shot. DC knocking on the door here.

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71st minute– Red Bulls running out of time. Shame that they've played well but haven't created dangerous chances.

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64th minute– Emilio was replaced by Jaime Moreno, threw a fit on the sidelines, and was issued a red card. So it's still 11 v 11 but Emilio is now suspended for the next match and MLS fantasy owners who have Emilio are bashing their heads against the wall.

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63rd minute– Richard with a great chance but sends his shot wide. Rojas with a good pass to spring Richards.

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60th minute– Emilio comes in late on Goldthwaite, drawing a yellow in the process.

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59th minute– Game is getting a bit sloppy. Red Bulls getting close with their penetrating passes, but D.C. is still doing well to pick them off.

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56th minute– D.C. in control right now, though they've let the Red Bulls have more possession here lately.

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49th minute– SAVE CONWAY. Gomez nearly scores on the rebound. Stammler gets toasted by Gomez to start that play.

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49th minute– Gomez coming on as a sub is going to help D.C. control the midfield even more, or at least should.

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47th minute– I like the Zimmerman for Mendes sub. It makes the Red Bulls faster and Zimmerman looked good vs. D.C. United in the Open Cup.

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46th minute– We're back and Nick Zimmerman and Christian Gomez have come in.

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HALFTIME– D.C. United 1, Red Bulls 0. Quaranta's goal leads it. The Red Bulls weren't terrible, but needs to put a shot on goal and do something with the possession they're getting. 

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43rd Minute– Stammler finds Borman with a great ball but Borman can't get a good touch and doesn't get the shot off before being tackled by Wicks.

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42nd Minute– Red Bulls will be hoping to get into halftime down just one.

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37th Minute– Will the Red Bulls be able to recover? Their confidence is so low right now that I think this one gets ugly before we see an equalizer.

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36th Minute- GOAL DC UNITED!!! Santino Quaranta. Somebody lost Fred, who finds Quaranta on a late run in. Celades looks like he lost Fred.

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33rd Minute– Richards has looked good in spells, better than last week at this point.

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30th Minute– Red Bulls starting to put some pressure on now. better from them.

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29th Minute– I have to say that Rojas has looked good today. Very active and confident on the ball.

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27th Minute– Simms fouls Rojas again and gets the yellow card. Early card will effect how he plays.

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26th Minute– D.C. just doing a better job of keeping possession and passing well. Red Bulls have hit a lull.

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24th Minute– Much better stuff from the Red Bulls, but they still haven't tested Wicks.

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22nd Minute– Petke gets a touch on a dangerous ball, but can't get enough on it as Wicks makes the easy grab.

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19th Minute– Pontius nearly finds the net as D.C. looks dangerous on the counter yet again.

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18th Minute– D.C. passing well early despite the rain. Red Bulls just had a decent sequence but nothing comes of it.

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17th Minute– Neither team has taken charge here, things have hit a bit of a lull.

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11th Minute– D.C. has had better looks but I think the Red Bulls could do well in this 3-5-2.

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7th Minute– Petke with a poor clearance attempt. Doesn't look sharp early.

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6th Minute– Rojas is very active tonight. Clyde Simms has already begun with the fouling. Will the ref give an early yellow for persistent infringement?

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5th Minute– Rojas forced a shot from distance. He needs to look to pass rather than shoot there.

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4th Minute– Wallace is deployed in central midfield, with Pontius on the left flank.

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2nd Minute– Fred finds space on the wing and nearly sets up a goal early.

I'll say this, Jon Conway had better step up tonight. If he has a shaky night he's probably done as a starter.

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1st Minute– And we're off.

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PRE-GAME– It's a rainy and ugly day and early evening in DC, should make for a sloppy game.

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PRE-GAME– For those of you wondering, no, I'm no longer in Costa Rica. I arrived from San Jose about two hours ago and am watching tonight's match from the SBI compound in Jersey rather than RFK Stadium.

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PRE-GAME– The ESPN2 projected DC lineup has Pontius on the left flank and Wallace in central midfield. Not sure about that one. I could see the two swapping spots. I'll let you know what it is.

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PRE-GAME– Look for D.C. to go at Carlos Mendes, who isn't the fastest defender around.

The Jeremy Hall-Rodney Wallace should be fun to watch.

I am also curious to see where Chris Pontius is deployed. I have him in a deep midfield role because of how well he played there against New York in the U.S. Open Cup.

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PRE-GAME– Very gutsy lineup by Juan Carlos Osorio, and for me, he's put out the best possible lineup.

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PRE-GAME- Here is the D.C. United starting lineup:

—————–N’Silu———-Emilio———–

————————–Fred—————–

Pontius———————————Quaranta

————-Wallace——-Simms—————

Namoff————–Jakovic————Burch

———————-Wicks———————-

Bench: Kocic, Janicki, Gomez, Jacobson, McTavish, Khumalo, Moreno

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PRE-GAME: Here is the Red Bulls’ starting lineup:

————–Angel———Richards———-

———————–Roja———————-

Borman————————————-Hall

————Stammler–Celades—————

Goldthwaite——Petke————–Mendes

———————Conway——————-

BENCH- Cepero, Sassano, Smith, Wolyniec, Zimmerman, Ubiparipovic, Pietravallo