2 and 0, Baby!, Or: Maybe We Should Just Stop Now.

RBNY moved their unbeaten pre-season run to two whole games yesterday, with a 3-1 win over the KC Wizards. Though the Wiz were older than the Red Bulls’ previous victims they, too, crumbled before the awesome power of rookie Dane Richards. Well, they gave up a goal to him, at least. Also scoring for RBNY were Dave van den Bergh (who, like Richards, also got one against the U-17s) and Peter Philipakos, who put away a penalty he won and has made an awfully good start on trying to convince the club to sign his ass.

Reports from the game indicate the Red Bulls dominated the starter-heavy first half (full line-ups are after the jump, and there are some great photos here), which is good news indeed. Not surprisingly, Reyna is already playing a level above everyone around him, and Marvell Wynne — who apparently is looking phenomenal — even assisted from the touchline (!) on van den Bergh’s goal. Right: I say we pack it in right now while everyone is healthy and call ourselves champs. Hell, we’re scoring goals and haven’t lost, right? I don’t know about you, but I’m plenty satisfied with the season so far.

Since that pesky Bruce Arena probably won’t listen to me, though, it’s likely the team will face DC in about an hour, so please send any and all nasty thoughts about the Scum towards Bradenton.

[Image by Wembley]

Red Bulls Starting 11 (First Half):

Ronald Waterreus; Todd Dunivant, Carlos Mendes, Jeff Parke, Marvell Wynne; Seth Stammler, Dave van den Bergh, Dema Kovalenko, Claudio Reyna; Markus Schopp, Jozy Altidore

Red Bulls Starting 11 (Second Half):

Nick Rimando; Eric Denton, Hugh MacDonald, Marcel Mahouve, Joe Vide; Dane Richards, Blake Camp, Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Peter Philipakos; Jerrod Laventure, Randi Patterson

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