GOLDEN GAUDETTE
Though Ryan Meara has been the story of the season, journeyman Bill Gaudette has certainly proven to be a reliable acquisition for New York.
Gaudette, who has an uncanny resemblance to pro wrestler Bill Goldberg, has been stellar over four appearances. He has earned a pair of shutouts during the teams daunting three game homestand and was equally big Saturday night against Montreal.
Sure, the Red Bulls did not manage to earn points on the road, but that is no reflection on him. Were it not for a pair of stellar, point blank 1 v 1 saves in the first half, this game would have been put away a long time ago.
New York has long flirted with the acquisition of the Puerto Rican keeper and are likely happy they took him on when they did.
Excllent piece. Agree with Henry. This is good in the end. Nice little wake up call just before two extremely important games against Houston. Hopefully, the Dynamo come in overly confident next week. (just a heads up and not trying to nitpick, but Dax didn’t get a red. He’s out for yellow card accumulation)
Amazing. I had edited that earlier .. or at least I thought I did! Thanks for the catch Allen!
you also for got to add there worst of D needs to be fixed if they plan on a win for the MLS Cup cleary this team can’t stop anyone from scoreing
Lesson 6 the season is not over. Once healthy this team will be a juggernaut.
I think so too, I hope so, BUT, what if they never get 100 percent healthy? All teams are rarely 100 percent.
Team def snakebit but law of averages says they have to get healthy sometime right?
I hope so. Seems like DJ Solli was pretty healthy in that recording studio. Can NYRB STOP promoting that shit. So embarrassing.
See my post from earlier. Besides those points, maybe the best team really is LAG. They went on the road, to FCD, without Donovan, without Beckham, used the 2 Brasilians in the midfield, and put a professional 90 minutes in and walked away 1 to 0. That is what you expect from NYRB v. Montreal and we did not. So, my worries are, will the team ever stop using the excuse of injuries, different line-ups, etc. Such lame excuses. What about a 4-4-2-1…Cooper up top, Henry left, Le Toux right. Cahill and McCarty. Lade and Solli. Back four, Hogie, Conde, Pearce, Barklage. DMART, design the line-up. I know Dax is out next game, so maybe put TT if healthy, or go with Lindpere?
Does anyone know if D.J. Solli has ever heard of Niall Quinns Disco Pants or Cheer Up Peter Reid?
I hate Nassi Syssi. I knew he was going to score…they sent him right over to DJ Solli and said spin his record round.
Dave I am impressed you had 5 things to take from that game. I thought it was just one to ignore and say delayed exhaustion from the week before. Hopefully the team can take from it we need to work and fight in every game. Has Solli played a worse game as a Red Bull?
Any of the other games shown that night were more interesting to watch than the Red Bull game (LA / Olympics Brazil-NZ US-Columbia)
The biggest lesson learned: Solli should NOT play right back.