New York Red Bulls vs. Columbus Crew
MLS Cup 2008 (@ the HDC)
Sunday, November 23
3:30pmET on ABC, TeleFutura
After sneaking into the Cup playoffs through the backdoor, left open by DC United on the final regular season matchday, it looked like the New York Red Bulls would have yet another brief appearance in the postseason. But they managed the impossible and knocked out the defending Cup champion Houston Dynamo with a 3-0 thrashing. Then, with Alexi Lalas promising to shotgun a large can of Red Bull if New York upset Real Salt Lake, the soccer gods saw fit to turn a myriad of Salt Lake shots toward the woodwork and New York told Lalas, "Bottoms up, buttercup!" with a 1-0 win.
Now they're in the final, but in order to put a cherry on top of this improbable Cup sundae, they must beat the Supporters Shield Champion Columbus Crew, the #1 seed in the MLS Cup playoff and a club that scored 11 more goals than New York had points during the regular season. It's not only improbable; it would be the biggest upset in MLS history.
Can Cinderella pull it off? Or will the Crew play matador to these winged Red Bulls?
TYH's Prediction: NY 1-3 CLB
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