Former Red Bull reserve player Sainey Touray torched New York with a thrilling brace, leading his City Islanders to an impressive 3-1 victory at Skyline Sports Complex in Harrisburg. The victory knocked New York out of the US Open Cup competition.
Harrisburg got on the board first on a brilliant feed by Brian Ombiji into the box that found Touray. The striker headed home the opportunity to give his team the lead in the 13th minute. The Red Bulls were shell-shocked heading into the lockerroom at halftime but came out a more inspired bunch. A flurry in the 59th minute saw Connor Lade nail his second US Open Cup goal to tie the match.
In overtime, Harrisburg played a fearless style and took the game to New York. The Red Bulls were caught off guard by Sainey Touray’s second notch of the night. Lucky Mkosana’s goal in the 118th minute sealed their fate. With that, another US Open Cup was put in the books and New York found itself once again on the losing end.
There are plenty of things you can take from this match and once again, format restricts me to five. Here are your lessons learned:
Embarrasing
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RB players didn’t get it done – your right no excuses.
Dominated possession but had little inside the 18. Harrisburg played a great organized TEAM game..
The no call hand ball was laughably bad but RB should not have had to rely on that.
Would have been nice to have Hurtzog (or at least have Henry – he couldn’t put in 10 minutes at the end?)
They did dominate but the attack died down on the attacking third as you said. Without Richards, Roy Miller, Thierry Henry … the attack just lacked creativity and bite. Still, no excuses.
Arteaga is useless. Recall Hertzog from Wilmington and give them Jhonny.
A certain boss at EOS has been high on Arteaga for a while. Any change of opinion Dave?
Considering how many “no excuses” I read in the article and comments, there sure were excuses aplenty offered. How about, “You got beat.” Have a little class and give credit. The Islanders were playing their 7th game in 20 days, including 120 minutes to beat the Revs one week earlier with a tough league match in between. Ekra, Welker and Touray have been dinged up. Excuses are for losers. Oops, that’s right. 17 years, NO CUPS.
Hey man, facts are facts. This entire piece nails NY and does make mention HCI played a smart tea game but come-on how many chances did rbny eat it? All credit to ya, but red bull slipped
Right, Red Bull ate it. They created some chances- some great saves by Noble, great blocks and bothers by defenders. Also, some great counter chances by City, like the one right before half. And half a dozen more narrowly off side. Like I posted, you got beat, not, you were unlucky. We get that, that’s why we have a League Championship and Red Bull does not. Before you bust on the USL, check out that Orlando City Lions that beat City in OT for last year’s title. Orlando’s got the best scalp for the USL when they beat Newcastle United of the EPL, who played their full team just like Red Bull did. You had possession, City had more goals. That’s just another way to play.
Harrisburg beat us. PERIOD. I don’t read the articles as excuses – its lessons learned. Keep in mind its a RB blog not a neutral review of the game.
I agree that Harrisburg had more dangerous chances than RB. They came from the counter but were more dangerous. I thought to myself during the game – here it goes RB has 80% possession (or something like that) and loses. Ugh. For RB fans this is the worst of a disappointing 2011 campaign rearing its ugly head – have the better of the game (or even dominate) and tie/lose. RB has no Cup but does have the record for ties in the MLS (fittingly that record is tied)
That NE game is probably one of the most shocking results ever – not that Harrisburg beat NE but to go down 3 goals in OT and come back!!! More impressive than the Man City – QPR game. I can’t think of a more impressive comeback.
I hope Harrisburg wins the US Open Cup this year. (Besides what better excuse then we lost to a great team who put together a fantastic run! )
:-)
Obviously, Ryan is more rational than other RB fans. I didn’t say City is a better team, or even that we would win a 3-leg series. But Bill Becher is a great coach who had a great plan for this game, as usual, and City has more heart and fight in them than most teams, RB included, as witnessed by their win over the Revs.
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I just saw the video on ny red bull website of the handball in the first OT period. WOW, that was one of the most blatant hand balls I have ever seen and how the ref and the sideline judge did not see it is a disgrace. What about the fourth sideline ref? That was highway robbery at its finest.
1. NY Red Bulls should not even let this team score, so HC deserve some credit to put themselves up 2 to 1.
2. But..with a 2 to 1 lead HC’s defender deliberately handed the ball preventing a goal scoring opportunitity. The result should have been a PK and a red card for the HC defender. NYRB could have tied the game and then played the next 22 minutes up a man.