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				<title><![CDATA[Crew down Red Bulls 1-0 in 2008 MLS Cup rematch]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By CRAIG MERZ
STATS MLS Correspondent

COLUMBUS, Ohio (STATS) - If New York can find a way to stop Chad
Marshall and Guillermo Barros Schelotto, the Red Bulls might be
able to beat Columbus.

Marshall, the 2008 MLS Defender of the Year, scored off a corner
kick by Schelotto, the league MVP last season, in the 45th
minute for a 1-0 win in Crew Stadium on Saturday in a rematch of
the 2008 MLS Cup.

In that match, Marshall also scored off a Schelotto corner kick
in the 53rd minute for the winner during a 3-1 victory.

If Marshall's goal Saturday wasn't enough of a reminder of the
title game for the Red Bulls, the Crew players and coaches
received their championship rings prior to the match.

"We don't want have a bad performance after something like
that," Marshall said. "It was good to get the three points at
home and put on a good show for the fans."

Columbus (5-3-7) has won four straight at Crew Stadium after
opening the season with three draws and is tied with Toronto FC
for second place in the Eastern Conference, one point behind
D.C. United.

The Crew has not lost in 18 home games (13-0-5), including two
playoffs wins, since June 8, 2008.

New York (2-12-4) is going in the opposite direction. The Red
Bulls extended their MLS-record, regular-season road winless to
22 matches (0-16-6) and is 0-7-2 in its last nine overall.

The Red Bulls, who won two playoff matches on the road to reach
the MLS Cup final, have been outscored 17-1 while going 0-9-1 on
the road this season and are last in the Eastern Conference.

"Obviously, the two away wins were big ones so we can take
something away from that but certainly you read it and go, 'Holy
cow,' " New York midfielder Seth Stammler said about the 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 match was scoreless until Columbus converted the second of
back-to back corner kicks. Marshall scored his second of the
goal of the season and Guillermo Barros Schelotto had his third
assist.

On the first try, Schelotto sent the ball to the head of Steven
Lenhart 8 yards off goal. His flick was on target but defender
Sinisa Ubiparipovic, who had entered for minutes earlier when
Carlos Mendes injured his hip, headed the attempt over the
crossbar.

Schelotto came back with another service that Marshall got his
head on by going over New York forward Kano Smith from 10 yards.
Goalkeeper Danny Cepero was screened by Eddie Gaven and could
not stop the shot.

"That was huge for us before halftime," Crew coach Robert
Warzycha said. "One goal was enough for us to win. We are
happy."

The Red Bulls have allowed a league-high nine goals in the last
15 minutes of the first half and many have come right before the
break.

"Those are times when teams usually let their guard down," New
York forward John Wolyniec said. "It's a tough time to take a
goal. It seems like we've been doing that to ourselves a lot
this season. We put in a good effort in the second half and got
some chances but it's really hard when you take a goal like that
to rally the troops."

New York's best chance came in the 57th minute when Jorge Rojas'
deflected shot hit the crossbar. Crew goalkeeper William Hesmer
made one save in his return from missing nine games due to knee
and back injuries.

"That was perfect," he said of the defensive effort. "We design
it to give them a limited amount of chances."]]></description>
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				<title><![CDATA[Red Bulls-Crew Preview]]></title>
				<description><![CDATA[By NICOLINO DIBENEDETTO
STATS Writer

New York (2-11-4) at Columbus (4-3-7), 7:30 p.m. EDT

Just six months ago, the New York Red Bulls used a pair of
stunning road victories to reach their first MLS Cup final. They
haven't posted a win as the visitor since.

The Red Bulls seek to end the longest regular-season road
winless streak in MLS history Saturday night when they meet the
Columbus Crew for the first time since losing the championship
to them.

New York (2-11-4) finished the 2008 regular season 10-11-9, just
good enough to qualify for the final wild-card playoff spot. The
club capitalized by eliminating two-time reigning MLS champion
Houston 4-1 on aggregate due to a surprising 3-0 road win in the
second leg on Nov. 9.

The Red Bulls' success continued six days later with a 1-0 win
at Salt Lake in the West final, before seeing their improbable
run halted in a 3-1 loss to Columbus (4-3-7) in the Cup final on
Nov. 23.

Despite those two key playoff victories, New York is enduring a
league-record 21-game road winless streak during the regular
season, dating back to a 2-1 victory over Los Angeles on May 10,
2008.

Since then, the Bulls are 0-15-6 away from Giants Stadium,
getting outscored 40-10. They've been outscored 16-1 in nine
road games (0-8-1) this season.

Their dismal streak continued Wednesday, when they lost 2-0 at
Toronto to remain at a league-low 10 points.

"The stats tell you that we have not won on the road. But in the
playoffs we beat Real Salt Lake away from home and probably most
importantly Houston away from home. So I disagree," said Red
Bulls coach Juan Carlos Osorio, who has a 1-16-7 road record in
two seasons with New York.

"I tell my players we are capable of winning away from home and
hopefully we will change it soon."

Overall, the Red Bulls have gone eight games without a victory
(0-6-2) since beating San Jose 4-1 on May 8. It's their longest
winless stretch since an MLS-record 12-game losing streak July
4-Sept. 5, 1999, en route to the worst finish in league history
at 15 points.

New York may be without forward Juan Pablo Angel, who is listed
as questionable with a right quadriceps contusion. The forward
has a team-high five goals, but has only found the back of the
net once in the last five games. He has four goals in five
meetings with Columbus.

The Red Bulls went 2-1-0 against the Crew in last year's regular
season, with the lone defeat coming at Columbus, a 3-1 loss
Sept. 18. They're 0-3-1 in their last four visits.

The Crew had a nine-game unbeaten streak snapped last Saturday,
losing 2-1 at Dallas after giving up a pair of goals in the
final 10 minutes. They conceded the eventual game-winner on a
penalty kick by Kenny Cooper with three minutes to play.

"At some point we have to lose a game," Crew coach Robert
Warzycha said. "I think in the second half we dropped too much.
Obviously, we don't want to lose on a penalty kick."

Columbus is expected to have defender and captain Frankie Hejduk
back in the lineup after he missed five games with a groin
injury suffered in a 1-all tie at Los Angeles on May 17.

"I'm ready to go. I've had a good week of training. I'm ready to
get that game feeling back and get off the sideline," Hejduk
told the Crew's official Web site.]]></description>
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