Red Bulls fans bring rocks, Ed Farnsworth doesn’t bring a banner, David Beckham and Geoff Cameron are out for the year, and UEFA Champions League resumes. Yep, it’s the daily news roundup. (And yep, I couldn’t find a good photo for today, so I gave you this.)
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US National Team roster picks
Thoughts on the US National Team Roster for the World Cup
UNC bolsters Reading United attack
Alex Dixon and Martin Murphy will join UNC teammates Billy Schuler and Scott Goodwin on the USL Premier Development League side Reading United AC. Reading host the Hampton Roads Piranhas for their May 8 season opener.
Empty seats: 15,619 fans at Red Bulls game
Where were all the New York Red Bulls fans at Saturday’s match with Philadelphia Union? Only 15,619 saw the game at the Red Bulls’ new stadium in New Jersey. We spin through that and some other MLS and U.S. soccer stories in today’s news roundup.
Independence 3-1 victory over Washington Freedom
The Independence move into third place in the WPS as Rodriguez, Falk and Sanderson put Philadelphia ahead of Washington in the team’s first win of the season.
The Union wrap: 2-1 loss to New York Red Bulls
Same Le Toux + same Seitz + same brain cramp = same result.
Unfortunately for the hundreds of SoBs and other supporters making their way to the gleaming Red Bull Arena for the first leg of the newly minted I-95 derby, this formula was all too apparent.