Red Bulls 1 – 0 Carolina Railhawks

By: Dave Martinez | March 28th, 2008

Always nice to go into a season with a win.

I just watched the replay. For you guys. So I hope you appreciate it.

First off, Claudio Reyna was the man of the match, hands down.

And he did it within a strange line up . . . check this out:

——-Altidore——-Echeverry—–

Borman——-Reyna———Sassano

———VDB——Ubiparipovic—–

Goldthwaite—–Parke——-Leitch

—————Conway————–

Reyna, within the first 25 minutes, had two blasts at goal that nearly went in, and that enthusiasm continued the rest of the game. He was involved in either every important build up, or as the finisher himself. Great game for any doubters out there – give him a shot.

Van Den Bergh put a BLAST up high for the only goal. The feed was from Parke with a header. And his play was also very controlling and strong.

Goldthwaite almost scored on his own team first half. But I cant pick on em – a good effort tonite all around from Goldie – especially in the second half. He was even excellent at times out there. I call it like I see it . . .

Sassano showed, on many occasions, that what he lacks in speed, especially in comparison with Dane Richards, he makes up for it in his crosses. Give and take I suppose.

And Echeverry looked so cold out there. His touch was weak, his aim was way off – It makes the case for a Francis Doe to have stayed on (at least he was clutch). May I even say that Chris Megaloudis (local Queens product) looked more dangerous at times than Ech had. Oscar needs to get acclimated and fast – the MLS season tends to sneak up on ya and leave just the same.

By the way . . . Mega . . . I am rooting for ya pal.

This is a nice warm up for a long season, and a good confidence booster as well.

Lets hope the results carry.