New York hopes to snap losing skid at Dallas
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07/03/2009 -
Frisco, TX (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Red Bull New York ends a tough seven-match streak
Saturday night at FC Dallas, hoping to snap a nine-game winless skid and a road
losing stretch that dates back to last season.
New York (2-12-4) contests its sixth road match in its last seven games against
Dallas, and with an 0-9-1 record away from Giants Stadium this season - and 22
straight regular season road losses - could still struggle again in a clash vs.
another one of the worst teams in MLS.
FC Dallas (3-7-5) has lost just once in its last seven games, but are still in
need of more points as it tries to overcome a poor start to the season. Dallas
has just four more points than New York.
New York hasn't won since May 8, and has scored just one goal - while allowing
17 - on the road this season.
"Certainly you read it and go, Holy cow," New York's Seth Stammler said about
the road losing streak. "We treat road games with the same importance as home
games so it's not like we're doing something strategically to let that happen."
The Red Bulls lost to the Columbus Crew last week, 1-0, in a rematch of the MLS
Cup. Crew defender Chad Marshall scored the only goal late in the first half.
New York has allowed a league-high nine goals in the last 15 minutes of a half.
"If it happened once it wouldn't be that big a deal but we've been talking
about it for the last couple of weeks because we continue to do it," Stammler
said. "That's how it's been the last two months. Stupid mistakes defensively
and we give up goals and then we're not converting our chances. We've got to
step up and take care of our responsibilities."
New York was without forward and leading scorer Juan Pablo Angel last week, as
well as defender Kevin Goldwaithe. Forward Macoumba Kandji and Dane Richards
were on the bench, but neither played.
Goldthwaite is ruled out this week, along with fellow defender Carlos Mendes.
Angel and Kandji are questionable, and Richards and Alfredo Pacheco are playing
in the Gold Cup for Jamaica and El Salvador, respectively.
The Red Bulls acquired veteran MLS goalie Bouna Coundoul earlier this week -
and released Jon Conway - and hope he can make a difference in the back.
"With our past experiences it seems players come to this club and it takes a
little more if not much more to play here," New York coach Juan Carlos Osorio
said. "But, hopefully Bouna can sustain what is needed to play for the Red
Bulls and hopefully he will do well."
If New York can snap its road woes this weekend, it plays six of its next seven
at home, starting on July 16 when Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder David Beckham
returns to MLS from his loan deal with Italy's AC Milan.
Dallas is coming off a 1-1 draw with the Colorado Rapids, but is also dealing
with injuries and losses to the Gold Cup.
Most notably, striker Kenny Cooper and his team-high seven goals will be with
the U.S., and coach Schellas Hyndman is still not positive what changes he will
make.
"It really does [leave] not only an offensive void for everything Kenny brings
plus the experience," Hyndman said.
Second-year forward Brek Shea, who has one assist in seven games, could replace
Cooper in the lineup, or Hyndman could turn to veteran Jeff Cunningham.
"I think [Shea] is ready [to play a full 90] but whether he will or he won't,
we don't know," Hyndman said.
Defenders Steve Purdy and Daniel Torres, and midfielders Alvaro Sanchez and
Marcelo Saragosa are out this week, and Ray Burse will make his 10th straight
start in place of usual No. 1 goalie Dario Sala - who is still recovering from
a knee injury.
"He started a little shaky in the first four or five games," Sala said of
Burse. "Then, he made a transition. He started to do better in Houston when we
lost 1-0 there. And from there, he picked it up and has been doing well."
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