The Philadelphia Union take on the New York Red Bulls today in a key Eastern Conference showdown at PPL Park (12:30pm, ESPN2).
The Red Bulls are riding a three-match winning streak, with three straight shutouts, and will look to stifle a Union offense that has struggled to score goals all season.
SBI will be providing live commentary on today's match so please feel free to follow along with us. As always, you are welcome to share your own thoughts and opinions in the comments section below.
Enjoy the action (Today's commentary is after the jump):
Just like players are reviewed, the official who red-carded Adu needs to be reviewed and suspended.
“You don’t send off the lone price of admission player.”
This is one of the most absurd soccer related comments I’ve ever heard. The rules aren’t different for different players.
Great call on that one, buddy!
But you know what they say, great teams find ways to win even when they don’t play well. Not saying NY is a great team, but…
F Rafa
(nice pass to Cooper though. only thing he can still do)
He is looking lazy and sloppy. He is just not putting the effort in to sharpen up his game and is too arrogant to notice that everyone thinks he looks like a clown on the pitch.
4 awful games – 12 points. I think that tells us more about the other teams than about RB. This high backline + poor possession not ending the attacks and losing the ball = getting killed by hoofing teams.
Some excellent individual performances from NY… Meara, Cooper in particular.
I think the Red Bulls are this year’s Columbus, though. They have eked out a lot of ugly wins and had a good measure of luck. The cracks are going to show and there is going to be a hard fall, even if it occurs in the 1st round of the playoffs.
The list of Eastern teams that are going to have their number is growing weekly.
Another solid outing for Meara. He is a looking a much better prospect than Zac McGaffe. Not sure why McMath gets all the hype.
Is there something wrong with Richards? This is the third or fourth time that I have seen NYRB this season and he looks remarkablely less dangerous than he has in the past.
Also, what do Philly fans think of Daniel? Was this a particularly poor showing from him or was this representative of what he has to offer?
I was thinking the same thing. He has been terrible in decision making and marking, and not at all because he has aged and lost a step. Hs temper makes himalliability as well.
How did Rafa Marquez ever get in Barca’s starting lineup? Of course, the team has done much better since they let him go.
That’s how it looked to me as well.
God, that was a red-cardable dive?! I agree it was probably a dive, but I feel pretty strongly that the standard of proof should be higher when a player is sitting on a yellow, and even more so when that player is worth watching.
God help us when the league is losing its artists, and filling up with more Jesse Marsch coaches, and Brian Carroll type players.
Let’s remember – we are still at the stage that next to no one is watching on TV.
NYRB could use Tim Ream, oh wait…
I dont think that was a second yellow for Adu: there was no embellishment, no play acting, no exaggeration, no looking for a PK. It was just as likely he lost his balance as it was he dived.
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Disclaimer: I’m a Rapids fan. Just watching Survival Sunday.
Refereeing decisions should be dictated by who people are paying to see? A dive’s a dive.
#MLSReffing got this one right. Dives in the box are unacceptable and tarnish the game. This was a dive in the box.
No questions on his first yellow either.
C’mon referee. In the 2 steps forward, 2 steps back dance that is MLS, why do the refs always have to be part of the 2 steps back. You don’t send off the lone price of admission player.
#MLSReffing
Union playing with 10 men, but I don’t think there’s any question they’ll win.
Taylor and Adrienne saying “no call, let them play.” Seemed like a pretty blatant dive to me. Pulled the foot back like there was contact and went straight to the ground.
And MLS refs go ahead and ruin another game. I’m going to watch the nba now.
Wow, Freddy Adu sent off for a dive in the box and his second yellow. Right call.
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I thought the ref was having a solid match up until that point.
As crazy as this sounds, Adu is very underrated. He’s killing it out there.
I’d switch Freddy over to the left, load up the box and enjoy him having his way with Barklage.
Water is also wet 🙂
Yeah, it doesn’t make much sense at all.
You want Adu closer to the net, he’s got a heck of a shot and distributes.
Both of these formations don’t make much sense. Ballouchy at forward?? god help us. And don’t get me started on why Philly keeps refusing to play Adu in the middle attacking role.
What kind of lineup is that? Adu has a wide forward?
Adu has a lot of skills and strengths, but winger speed is not one of them. He needs to be sitting in the middle.
This game is going to suck after what just went down.