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From Last Word on Soccer, by Kevin Drastura The New York Red Bulls have traded captain and defensive midfielder Dax McCarty to the Chicago Fire. The Red Bulls announced Monday evening that they have sent McCarty to Chicago in exchange for $400,000 in General Allocation Money. Joining the Red Bulls in 2011, McCarty was a […] READ MORE
From Last Word on Soccer, by Roy Emanuel The 2016 season for the New York Red Bulls was one that featured twists and turns unlike many in their history. Highs and lows were aplenty, but a familiar frustration in the MLS Cup playoffs once again reared its ugly head to finish off a promising season. […] READ MORE
From Last Word on Soccer, by Matt Pollard (September 30, 2016) – Happy fall internet! This week on Last Word SC Radio, we talk to Mark Turner of the Back Chat Show and Joe Goldstein of Raising Bulls in a full break down of the USL Playoffs. Last Word SC: USL Playoff Preview (Mark Turner, […] READ MORE
Raising Bulls 31 August 2016 This week on Raising Bulls, Bill Twomey returns from the abyss to discuss a weekend full of questions. Did we see the first hiccup in the implementation of VAR? After we recorded the episode, news of FC Cincinnati‘s goal keeper Mitch Hildebrandt had his red card rescinded. VAR had decreed […] READ MORE
The New York Red Bulls II took to the field looking to extend their lead on the USL Eastern Conference taking on FC Cincinnati. Cincinnati was looking to make up ground against second place Louisville FC by scalping the Red Bulls at home. Things got off to a rocky start for the visitors thanks to video […] READ MORE
Raising Bulls 28 August 2016 This week on Raising Bulls, Joe and Anthony discuss the huge, but maybe just a bit ugly, win over Louisville City FC on the weekend. The win puts NYRBII three points clear of Louisville with a massive two games in hand over their conference rivals. Also, the guys preview the midweek […] READ MORE
The New York Red Bulls and the injury list have been joined at the hip all season in 2016. Obviously, that hip is bruised and may miss 2-3 weeks. Sunday night’s encounter in Los Angeles left more players finding time on the sidelines, as defenders Connor Lade and Damien Perrinelle will be missing extended time. Lade’s […] READ MORE
In this week’s episode, Bill returns to talk about the destruction of Harrisburg City Islanders two weeks ago, and to help preview the game against Orlando City B Friday night. This is the most Bill has ever spoken on an episode of Raising Bulls, ever! Lastly, we touch on and give our support to Konrad […] READ MORE
In this week’s episode, the guys discuss a huge win against FC Cincinnati and the somewhat surprising flop against the Charleston Battery. While the lineup may have been geared towards getting players rest, the result stings to a team that had a hugely impressive undefeated streak come to an end. Luckily, their main competition for […] READ MORE
In this week’s episode, a midweek game kept us from having a guest, but we made the most of it by soliciting some fan questions. Most amazingly, Anthony and I actually agreed on a number of things this week. It is most definitely a sign of the apocalypse. We also break down the results against FC […] READ MORE
Joseph has been an avid soccer fan since birth and has been writing about all things Red Bull since 2009. His main area of focus is statistical analysis.