What a blast that game was. We were so clearly better for nearly the entire match. Red Bulls play a great team brand of soccer, but the talent gap between the two teams was stark.
Thought pretty much everyone played well. Maxi was great, Taty was awesome, Tinnerholm was all over the place, Mitrita was superb. Heber's goal was one of the nicest we'll score all year. Backheel nutmeg. Insane.
Mata lost his head again, which is kind of a theme for him in big games. He's probably the one guy I do not trust in a big game at all. Kid just can't keep his cool. That said, I understand the red card by the letter of the law, but when Murillo doesn't even react to it, not sure that's the right call. We got VAR'ed.
Great atmosphere at the Stadium. Felt like with all the negative energy around here, we needed a night like that.
Last thing: Listen, it's great that ESPN had so many games this week that they went so far down their depth chart. You can't have BOTH Red Bulls MSG announcers on the national broadcast. If you wanted to have one of Shep or Cangialosi calling it, fine. No issue with that. But to have both of them is ridiculous. Red Bulls fans would have been rightfully furious had Joe and Ian called the game. It's fine to have Cangialosi do the game, but to have both of them is a really bad look for ESPN.
Thought pretty much everyone played well. Maxi was great, Taty was awesome, Tinnerholm was all over the place, Mitrita was superb. Heber's goal was one of the nicest we'll score all year. Backheel nutmeg. Insane.
Mata lost his head again, which is kind of a theme for him in big games. He's probably the one guy I do not trust in a big game at all. Kid just can't keep his cool. That said, I understand the red card by the letter of the law, but when Murillo doesn't even react to it, not sure that's the right call. We got VAR'ed.
Great atmosphere at the Stadium. Felt like with all the negative energy around here, we needed a night like that.
Last thing: Listen, it's great that ESPN had so many games this week that they went so far down their depth chart. You can't have BOTH Red Bulls MSG announcers on the national broadcast. If you wanted to have one of Shep or Cangialosi calling it, fine. No issue with that. But to have both of them is ridiculous. Red Bulls fans would have been rightfully furious had Joe and Ian called the game. It's fine to have Cangialosi do the game, but to have both of them is a really bad look for ESPN.
