US Open Cup qualifying: New York Red Bulls cruise past shorthanded Revolution
Posted on 13. May, 2010 by Josh Hakala in 2010, 2010 USOC Qualifying, MLS, Qualification
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New England Revolution 0:3 New York Red Bulls Red Bull Arena – Harrison, NJ Recaps: MLSsoccer.com | BigAppleSoccer.com | NJ.com |
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The New York Red Bulls have moved within a game of a berth in the Lamar Hunt US Open Cup with a 3-0 win over the New England Revolution. On a cold night at Red Bull Arena, John Wolyniec scored two goals and Sinisa Ubiparipovic added another as New York advanced to the final game of Major League Soccer’s qualifying tournament.
With the win, the Red Bulls will host the Colorado Rapids in a “Win & You’re In” match on May 26 at Red Bull Arena. Kick off is scheduled for 8 p.m. In the other half of the bracket, DC United will host Real Salt Lake on June 2 to fill the 8th and final MLS entry.
The New England Revolution, already missing several key players due to injury, traveled to Harrison, NJ with only 14 players, and one of them was a goalkeeper. New York fielded a relatively strong starting 11, and it took 35 minutes for them to finally break through the Revs defense. Brian Nielsen slotted a through ball in behind the New England backline to the feet of last round’s hero Conor Chinn, who dribbled in one-on-one with goalkeeper Bob Shuttleworth, who was making his professional debut. Chinn fired a shot which was stopped by Shuttleworth, but the rebound fell to Wolyniec who had his shot blocked, only to have the ball end up at his feet again, and on the second attempt, he put it into the back of the net.
Tony Tchani (23) of the New York Red Bulls battles for the ball against Joseph Niouky (23) of the New England Revolution. | Photo: RBNY/Getty Images
In the 62nd minute, the Red Bulls would add another off a set piece and, once again, it was Nielsen setting the table. The Danish youth international took a free kick just outside the penalty area, but rather than striking it on goal, he laid off a short pass to Ubiparipovic, who blasted a low shot past Shuttleworth to make it 2-0.
Nielsen contributed to the third goal just two minutes later when his shot from the top of the box was spilled by the goalkeeper. Once again, Wolyniec was there to clean up the mess for his second goal of the match.
The New York defense, led by Greg Sutton in goal, held New England without a goal for the remainder of the match. The loss means the Revolution will not participate in the Open Cup for the first time since 2002, snapping a string of seven consecutive appearances.
The Red Bulls have taken part in Open Cup qualifying three of the last four years (2007, 2009, 2010) and have advanced to the final game of qualifying every time. However, in their two previous attempts, they’ve fallen short of making the tournament, losing to the Los Angeles Galaxy 2-0 in 2007 and getting eliminated by DC United last year, 5-3.
Scoring Summary
NY – John Wolyniec (unassisted) 36
NY – Sinisa Ubiparipovic (Nielsen) 62
NY – John Wolyniec (unassisted) 64
Lineups
New England: Bob Shuttleworth, Marko Perovic, Zak Boggs, Seth Sinovic (Khano Smith), Chris Tierney, Nico Colaluca, Pat Phelan, Joseph Niouky, Kenny Mansally, Kheli Dube, Zack Schilawski
New York: Greg Sutton, Chris Albright (Irving Garcia), Carlos Mendes, Andrew Boyens, Danleigh Borman, Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Jeremy Hall, Tony Tchani (Luke Sassano), Brian Nielsen, John Wolyniec (Juan Agudelo), Conor Chinn
Post-game interviews (NewYorkRedBulls.com)
I’m a Revs fan so I was sad to watch it go down like that, but I can’t say that I’m surprised. All the big names on the team are out on injuries and they consistently don’t take enough players to matches. 3-0 is depressing, but I was more or less expecting a result like that.