NEW YORK RED BULLS vs HOUSTON DYNAMO RED BULL ARENA, Harrison, N.J. May 9, 2012 (WEEK 10, MLS Game #86) 7 p.m. ET (MSG; FS-SW+/Multimedios) The New York Red Bulls put their two-game winning streak on the line when they return home to entertain the Houston Dynamo on Wednesday evening at Red Bull Arena. The Red Bulls are coming off back-to-back 1-0 victories, last weekend winning at the LA Galaxy. The Dynamo are concluding their season-opening seven-game road swing, their last match a 3-2 loss at D.C. United two weekends ago. REFEREE: Sorin Stoica. SAR (bench): Kermit Quisenberry; JAR (opposite): Paul Scott; 4th: Hilario Grajeda MLS Career: First game. INJURY REPORT: NEW YORK RED BULLS -- OUT: MF Teemu Tainio (R knee sprain); FW Thierry Henry (R hamstring strain); FW Jose Angulo (R knee sprain); DF Stephen Keel (back strain); DF Roy Miller (L knee effusion); DF Wilman Conde (L groin strain); PROBABLE: FW Juan Agudelo (L knee surgery recovery); DF Jan Gunnar Solli (L calf strain) … HOUSTON DYNAMO -- OUT: FW Brian Ownby (L elbow dislocation); FW Colin Rolfe (R hamstring strain) INTERNATIONAL ABSENCES: none SUSPENDED: none WARNINGS: SUSPENDED NEXT YELLOW CARD: none SUSPENDED AFTER TWO YELLOW CARDS: NY: Dane Richards HEAD-TO-HEAD ALL-TIME (12 meetings): Red Bulls 3 wins, 14 goals … Dynamo 2 wins, 14 goals … Ties 7 AT NEW YORK (6 meetings): Red Bulls 3 wins, 9 goals … Dynamo 0 wins, 4 goals … Ties 3 RETURN MATCHES: 8/3: Houston Dynamo vs. New York Red Bulls, 7 p.m. CT (NBC SN); 8/10: New York Red Bulls vs. Houston Dynamo, 8 p.m. ET (NBC SN) LAST YEAR (MLS): 4/2: NY 1, HOU 1 (Richards 47 – Weaver 50) 5/21: HOU 2, NY 2 (Davis 12; Koke 82 – Richards 1; Ballouchy 90) The Dynamo haven’t defeated New York since a 1-0 win May 31, 2008. The Red Bulls have won three of the nine league and MLS Cup meetings since, with six draws (including the last three meetings). The teams have played to draws in their last three league meetings in Houston. But the Red Bulls will close out their Robertson Stadium history having never a regular-season game there (0-2-4) – though they did win the second leg of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series in 2008. The Dynamo have never won at New York, with three wins and four draws in seven league and MLS Cup meetings all-time. Coaches record: Hans Backe v HOU: P4 W1 L0 D3 … Dominic Kinnear vs. NY: P17 W5 L4 D8 NEW YORK RED BULLS The New York Red Bulls ground out a second consecutive 1-0 triumph, this time knocking off the LA Galaxy on Saturday evening at The Home Depot Center. The Red Bulls are in third place in the Eastern Conference, with 16 points from 9 games. LAST MATCH The game’s only goal came after 19 minutes. Jan Gunnar Solli carried the ball down the left flank and slipped a pass inside to Joel Lindpere, who burst through midfield untracked. With Galaxy defenders collapsing around him, Lindpere knocked the ball through a crowd and past goalkeeper Bill Gaudette. Red Bulls goalkeeper Ryan Meara was credited with four saves in recording a second consecutive shutout. Red Bulls head coach Hans Backe made one change to the team that held on for a 1-0 victory against the New England Revolution. Jan Gunnar Solli came into the team in place of Thierry Henry. NEW YORK RED BULLS (4-1-4-1): Ryan Meara - Brandon Barklage, Tyler Ruthven, Markus Holgersson, Connor Lade - Dax McCarty - Dane Richards, Mehdi Ballouchy (Victor Palsson 77), Joel Lindpere, Jan Gunnar Solli (Juan Agudelo 82) - Kenny Cooper. TEAM NEWS Backe did not change his back four, which had a combined 23 games of MLS experience entering the New England match – now the first of back-to-back 1-0 shutouts.
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