BRADENTON, FL --
The New York Red Bulls and Kansas City Wizards battled to a 4-4 draw this morning in MLS Preseason action at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, FL.
Claudio Lopez gave Kansas City the lead in the 35th minute when he latched onto a Josh Wolff through ball and broke in alone on net, beating Danny Cepero with a left footed flick.
New York pulled even three minutes later. Jorge Rojas found Mike Petke on a free kick, and the veteran defender volleyed the ball past Boris Pardo. The Red Bulls carried the lead into the half following a Dominic Oduro tally in the 42nd minute. Oduro, who joined New York in an off-season trade with FC Dallas, headed home a Dane Richards cross for his first goal in a Red Bull uniform.
The Wizards found the back of the net twice in the first 15 minutes of the second half to take a 3-2 lead at the hour mark. Graham Zusi's 56th minute tally evened the score at 2 before Lopez's second marker of the morning gave Kansas City the lead at the hour mark.
Trialist Lionel St. Preux recorded a pair of unassisted goals (69th minute and 84th minute) to put New York back in front late in the match before Raushawn McKenzie finished off a Michael Kraus flick on from a Kevin Souter corner kick in the 89th minute to end the scoring.
The Red Bulls are now 0-1-1 in the 2009 preseason and continue their preseason camp in Bradenton through Feb. 14. The next scheduled scrimmage for New York is Feb. 13 against Toronto FC.
NEW YORK RED BULLS vs. KANSAS CITY WIZARDS
DATE: February 7, 2009 - IMG Academy, Bradenton, FL
Goals by Period 1 2 Tot
Kansas City 1 3 4
New York 2 2 4
Scoring Summary:
KC: Claudio Lopez (Josh Wolff, Matt Besler) 35
NY: Mike Petke (Jorge Rojas) 38
NY: Dominic Oduro (Dane Richards) 42
KC: Graham Zusi (Wolff, Davy Arnaud) 56
KC: Lopez (Wolff, Zusi) 60
NY: Lionel St. Preux (unassisted) 69
NY: St. Preux (unassisted) 84
KC: Raushwan McKenzie (Michael Kraus, Kevin Souter) 89
Disciplinary Summary:
NY: Jorge Rojas (caution; Delaying a Restart) 44th
KANSAS CITY WIZARDS - Boris Pardo (Chris Brown 46), Chance Myers (Matt Marquess 46), Matt Besler (Aaron Hohlbein 60), Jimmy Conrad (Rauwshan McKenzie 60), Jonathan Leathers (Myers 75), Kevin Souter (Michael Kraus 60), Lance Watson (Souter 75), Davy Arnaud (Kurt Morsink 60), Graham Zusi (Nelson Pizarro 60), Claudio Lopez (Adam Cristman 60), Josh Wolff (Abe Thompson 60).
NEW YORK RED BULLS First Half - Danny Cepero, Jerry Santil, Kevin Goldthwaite, Mike Petke, Tom Parratt, Dominic Oduro, Jorge Rojas, Saja Leigh, Jeremy Hall, Dane Richards, John Wolyniec.
NEW YORK RED BULLS Second Half - Jon Conway, Gordon Kljestan, Ryan Mirsky, Scott Palguta, Chris Leitch, Juan Pietravallo, Juan Manuel Perez Bernal, Sinisa Ubiparipovic, Nico Colaluca, David Roth, Lionel St. Preux.
