One thing is for sure - when Juan Carlos Osorio set his sights on a tall centerback to man the Red Bulls defensive line, he wasn't kidding. I mean look at this picture - he sticks out like a mountain in a big blue shirt!

After the initial shock that came from being traded out of Toronto, Andrew Boyens has lived through an up, down and up again rollercoaster of a season.

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Amidst the hustle and bustle of the FIFA 09 release party, Matt Mbuta, the newly acquired right wing prospect for the Red Bulls, watched the gaming action on a huge 104 inch projection screen while sipping a glass of what seemed to be ginger ale. "I don't play video games.

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We are introducing a new feature we are calling "10 v 11" where MLSR writers will have ten random questions for eleven MLS players.

The first of those who fielded questions from us is New England's midfield general Shalrie Joseph.

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Last night, Thad at The Back Post posted this weeks player interviews with Herculez Gomez and Davy Arnaud. Have a listen. Continued great work by Thad to bring you these great interviews. Click to continue reading...

The big news out of the locker room this evening is that Ben Olsen has been named to the 18-man roster for tonight's game. Benny has been training for the last week and a half and is attempting to salvage the season after numerous ankle surgeries over the last nine months. His lone appearance of the season came on June 29, when United beat LA 4-1 and Ben came on as a 75th minute substitute.

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Isnt it just Red Bulls luck that the day Leo Messi is given the green light to rejoin his club team, it would be on the day that he is 1000000 miles from New York City? Of course . . .

Regardless, here we are, mere hours from the showdown.

In the meanwhile, I got a chance to meet and speak to the players of Barcelona, along with Fernando Fiore of Republica Deportiva fame, Chris Sullivan and Max Bretos (funny guys) and Barce President Laporta.

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Like an old friend you haven't seen for a few months it is invigorating to see that football is back (even if it is only the preseason). It would be nice though if we, the supporters, could actually get some coverage of the matches.

Once again No TV, No Radio and now Melbourne Victory seems to have dispensed with their text Updates. Click to continue reading...

Have you been missing Euro 2008 match previews, recaps, player interviews and historical tournament events? Well look no further UEFA.com magazine have it all and to prove it follow the latest installment on the exploits of Team Italia and Team Español. Game Day Spain vs. Italy topics include, Spain's 88 year wait for victory over Italy, Azzurri midfields Gennaro Gattuso and Andrea Pirlo Click to continue reading...

ESPN Deportes recently opened up the floor to questioning with our ailing forward Juan Pablo Angel.

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For the rest of you, here are some excerpts of note:

About Red Bulls and the USA. . . .

Why did you go to MLS?

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A six year contract with the second place team in all of La Liga?

Jozy, as always, you are doing us proud.

So the final chapter to this prelude is over. And here comes the excitement!

For the many Red Bull fans, USMNT followers, and soccer lovers throughout our great nation - thank you.

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So here we are, the final part of this trilogy. What have I learned so far? Well, Hunter is a straight shooter who isnt shy about giving an opinion - a refreshing change from the cookie cutter responses athletes usually give to dance around questions. I mean, how many times can you hear "Well, I do it for the team" or "The only thing that matters is winning"?

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Welcome back.

So while I was conducting this interview, there were kids sitting all around, doing homework, reading, minding their own business, and sporting their local Colleges gear.

The guy pictured here with Freeman? Well, meet Morris.. As I was conducting the interview, Morris was deep into some textbook and papers.

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Hey guys and gals,

I had a chance to grab some Starbucks coffee with Red Bulls right back Hunter Freeman. We spoke, drank coffee, had a caffeine stroke (well, at least I did) and overall, had a good time. We pretty much covered everything there was to cover - ...

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A reader sent this in to me (Thanks Kenny).

It looks as if last week, we were linked on the Red Bulls official blog for our David Roth interview - Tuesdays links - and I didnt even realize it!

Good looks for the email brother.

And good looks to Red Bulls ...

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