Image via Wikipediawhat started off with a bit of promise in columbus ended with the wheels seemingly coming off the new york red bulls on thursday night.
the 3-1 loss against the league-leading crew stopped our potential roll up the eastern standings. the only saving grace of the week was that dc united got trounced by the galaxy and we retained our two-point lead for fourth place.
right out of the gates, columbus came attacking, even without the services of skeletor. and while we admirably fought back, we seemed a bit off our game most of the first half. we created several chances, and angel's brilliant set piece gave us an early lead.
but it could not stomp on columbus' spirit, as they scored right before and right after the half. it speaks to our defensive woes that hedjuk was the crew's leading scorer. our crosses were off, our midfield seemed to sag, and our defense never really got themselves in shape.
a late red card on goldthwaite on a stupid stupid kick put the punctuation on the evening. at that point we were down by two goals with just a few minutes remaining. it was a foul of frustration, but he should have known better.
the loss of dvb definitely affected us, but it was the positioning of magee again as the central attacking midfielder that seemed to derail us. he has excelled in the striker spot, but can't seem to generate the necessary fire we need out of the middle.
richards was flummoxed most of the game, and columbus made decisive runs into and through our back line.
we get 10 days before our next tilt at home (thank god) against colorado, and hopefully that will be enough time for us to get ourselves back on track. we're not out of the hunt yet in the least, but we lost a golden opportunity on the road to take a whack at the best team in mls right now.
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