Image via Wikipediaon the heels of the new york red bulls losing jeff parke to seattle in the expansion draft comes news that the man parke almost caught on most games played all-time for new york (mike petke) is coming back to new york for the 2009 season.

petke might be the person who most comes to mind to fans of the club when you talk about new york players, the others being cleetus and angel. Click to continue reading...

Image by Getty Images via Daylifeit was an bad way to go after such a great season, but jeff parke is no longer a new york red bull any more.

this season saw parke move up in more ways than one: he is right at the top in the number of games played for the new york club ever (second all-time), and he became a regular starter and dependable central defender. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediait took me a few days to write about the mls cup final between the new york red bulls and the columbus crew. let's be honest: for a new york fan, it was a heartbreaker.

after a cinderella-run (on the road) through the playoffs, we were poised to knock off the best team in mls this year. Click to continue reading...

if you wanted some evidence that the new york red bulls actually had a following in our fair city, check out this video of soccer-bar-extraordinary nevada smith's on saturday night as fans packed the bar to celebrate the victory. about 1:40 in is when the ref calls the game and the place erupts.

wow, i wish i could have been there. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediamiracle of miracles, we're going to the cup. the new york red bulls have made it to the mls cup final. the new york red bulls have made it to the mls cup final.

i'm still a bit in shock this morning. i was on pins and needles during last night's game, especially when we apparently decided in the 63rd minute to get into a defensive shell. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediahere's a 5 minute video with the highlights from sunday's new york red bulls game against the houston dynamo - now being called the greatest upset in mls playoff history.

btw, it's in spanish, but who really cares? the red bulls look great, and soccer always sounds better when the announcers are speaking spanish. Click to continue reading...

Image by eschipul via Flickrthe unexpected has happened! for the first time in 8 years, the new york red bulls have advanced through the first round and will play in the conference finals this saturday. are our playoff woes finally over? the next game will tell. but let's take a look at sunday's game. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediared bulls reader posted the fan appreciation video that was played at the end of the red bulls' last regular season home game against columbus on october 18.

it's great to see the club recognizing its fans, because its their support that makes going to the games so much fun. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediathe red bulls are heading down texas way this weekend to face the houston dynamo in the second leg of their playoff series. after a heart-breaking late goal tied the game at giants stadium, the red bulls go into houston needing to win outright to advance to the next round. here's what i think they need to do:

1. play aggressively.

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Image by eschipul via Flickrwell, after wiggling our way into the playoffs one more time, the new york red bulls ended up with a 1-1 tie with the houston dynamo in the first game of the playoff series. and it was a crushing tie.

after a scoreless first half that saw the red bulls playing some rather sloppy soccer (though the defense did keep houston's weapons out of our net), red bull fans were rewarded early in the second half on a gorgeous header from angel. Click to continue reading...

well, my friends, i didn't watch the new york red bulls's last game of the season against the chicago fire (i've got a really good excuse), but it sounds like i didn't miss much. a 5-2 drubbing is not a good way to end the season, much less a good way to enter the post-season.

as it happens, our loss left us not in control of our own destiny, and in dc united's hands. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediasaturday night was good to the new york red bulls, and like obama, we're keeping hope alive with a 3-1 win over the columbus crew.

of course, much of the accolades goes to our superstar and the man who always seems to be there when we need him: juan pablo angel.

the first half felt directionless, and we felt flat. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediagoing into the game against real salt lake (at their new stadium), the new york red bulls were coming off 3 straight losses, and the real possibility that we were going to lose our hold on our wildcard spot. we didn't do much to improve the situation.

the 1-1 tie we ended with left us three points ahead of dc united, which is somewhere we don't want to be. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediato be honest, we didn't play a bad game (at least in the second half). what we did was let toronto take advantage of three ugly mistakes - and not capitalize on any of our own chances.

we came into this game against the last-ranked team in the east - a team we've already played twice, and beat the last encounter. Click to continue reading...

Image via Wikipediasomehow we played a "pretty much need to win this one" game at home (where we've been nearly 100% this year) and scored 4 goals - and lost. at the end of the night, it was colorado rapids 6, new york red bulls 4. and most of our collapse happened in the last five minutes of each half. Click to continue reading...