lose one, win one

Image via Wikipediaon the heels of the new york red bulls losing jeff parke to seattle in the expansion draft comes news that the man parke almost caught on most games played all-time for new york (mike petke) is coming back to new york for the 2009 season.

petke might be the person who most comes to mind to fans of the club when you talk about new york players, the others being cleetus and angel. petke was a stalwart of the early metrostars and has seemingly only gotten better and more experienced as a defender while he's been away.

with a back line that is in dire need of solidification and leadership, petke could be the answer. not only have we lost parke, but cichero was also waived (no surprise there). i don't know what other personnel changes are on the way, but the addition of petke in the back can only be good for the club.

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