In NYC: Barca circus comes to town
Barca circus comes to town...
(PIC: Thierry Henry sings ..er SIGNS - for the kids, with uberfan/soccer investor Steve Nash looking on...)
Almost 40,000 showed up to the Meadowlands for a Wednesday night international friendly between FC Barcelona and the local MLS team New York Red Bulls. Although this was half of their weekend crowd the last time the 2 teams met here (in August 2006), it was a good showing...
Photo Credit: Rich Schultz- Soccer United Marketing / MLS
This was the concluding match of the two-game Barca U.S. Tour, which is becoming a somewhat regular tradition. After defeating Chivas of Guadalajara 5-2 in Chicago on Sunday, the Catalan giants did some similar damage to RBNY, with only a slightly different result ... 6-2 ! This was accomplished even without Lionel Messi (who is in China in the middle of a legal struggle between his club and national teams), and the recently departed Ronaldinho (who signed with AC Milan last month).
from MLSNet,
"...As they proved from the opening kickoff, Barcelona had more than enough firepower to beat the Red Bulls, winning 6-2 in a friendly in front of 38,152 at Giants Stadium. No Messi? No problem. The La Liga powerhouse still had Thierry Henry, Samuel Eto'o, who struck for a first-half brace, and Xavi Hernandez, who had a goal and two assists in a spectacular opening 45 minutes..."
Read the complete MLSNet.com Match Report here
VIDEO - Official match highlights from ESPN, (6:14 min.)
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