RED BULLS VS. CHICAGO RUNNING COMMENTARY

90+ minute: Full time. 5-1 Chicago. Check back later for post match video.

89th minute: A header by Goldthwaite off a Freeman corner goes over.

88th minute: Another Angel header right at Busch.

85th minute: With Chicago still defending well, time is running very short for NY to make the comeback that seems too far off.

79th minute: NY sub: Sinisia for Reyna.

78th minute: Chicago sub: Woolard for Barrett

74th minute: A counter from NY gets a shot to Angel, but its right at Busch.

73rd minute: Goal NY! Altidore heads one past Busch from Hunter on a corner.

71st minute: Chicago sub: Frankowski for Mapp.

71st minute: A long ball from Goldtwaite to Angel's head is saved.

68th minute: Off the restart, Angel's header goes wide.

67th minute: A scuffle in front of the Fire net away from the ball. Soumare with Angel, then Altidore gets involved. Yellows to Soumare and Angel.

64th minute: Fire sub, King for Rolfe.

62nd minute: 5-0 Fire. Blanco's corner is headed off the post. Sageras puts the rebound home.

60th minute: Goal Fire. Barrett heads one under Conway from right in front of the net. Assists to Mapp and Blanco. 4-0 Chicago. Not good.

54th minute: Blanco puts it past Conway for a 3-0 lead. Magee and Altidore for Mendes and Richards.

53rd minute: PK called on a foul on Boyens in the box.

50th minute: Freeman plays a entry pass to Angel's head, but its wide.

48th minute: Cross from Blanco to the back post finds Rolfe wide open. Another diagonal ball for Chicago. 2-0 Fire.

46th minute: Doesn't look like changes for either side.

HALFTIME: Chicago has been focusing on their left on offense with the Red Bulls focusing on their right. Should be interesting to see what adjustments are made at halftime. Magee and Altidore are warming up for NY.

45+ minute: Halftime. 1-0 Chicago.

45th minute: 2 minutes of added time.

44th minute: A nice feed from Hunter to Richards earns a corner, but no threat.

41st minute: Chicago is content to send in long balls. NY is beginning to string together passes and get more productive crosses.

40th minute: From Goldthwaite, a turnaround by Borman goes just wide. Almost 3 in 3 games for the rookie.

39th minute: On a restart, Parke gets his head on the Reyna cross, but it goes wide.

32nd minute: NY is starting to settle in defensively, but is still have trouble stringing passes together on offense. With a 1-0 lead, does Chicago start to lag back a bit?

29th minute: Reyna's cross to Reyna goes wide. Segares is frustrating Richards on the right flank. That was his first good cross.

27th minute: Most of the Fire diagonals have come to the right side of the NY defense, leaving Golfthwaite with not much to do on the left side.

23rd minute: Corner for Chicago on another diagonal ball. Blanco plays it short and its well defended by Reyna.

21st minute: Angel with a shot from the top of the area, but its wide. First semi-chance for NY.

20th minute: Blanco wanted a penalty against Parke, but the call is not made. He is not happy. New York is not holding possession well so far.

19th minute: The Fire has come out with great intensity, and the Red Bulls are looking to try and match it with mixed results so far.

13th minute: New York looks to have a lack of focus on the defensive side. A Goldtwaite turnover to Rolfe almost leads to a goal from Blanco. Chicago is attacking with diagonal balls, something the Red Bulls had defended well to this point in the season.

7th minute: Blanco finds Barrett with a diagonal in the area. Easy finish. Goal Chicago.

7th minute: Nice diagonal ball leads to a shot from inside the area, but not on frame for the Fire.

4th minute: Some good counters from the Fire, and some not so collected defense by the Red Bulls so far.

2nd minute: Correction on that, its Boyens in the back, Parke on the right and Goldthwaite on the left.

1st minute: Looks like a diamond in the back, with Mendes at the top and Parke at the back.

1st minute: And we're off...

PRE-GAME: The lineup looks a little different, don't you think? That was the way it was listed on the official lineup, though we think that Angel might be the lone striker up top with Borman and Richards on the flanks and Parke or Mendes marking Blanco in the midfield. A strong effort on defending Mr. White is certainly a key to the match this afternoon. And a fantastic Memorial Day it is!

PRE-GAME- Here's the Fire's lineup:

-----------------Barrett-------------------

Mapp-----------Blanco-------------Rolfe

------------Conde----Pause-------------

Segares-Gutierrez---Soumare--Prideaux

-----------------Busch--------------------

PRE-GAME- And for the Red Bulls, the lineup is listed as this:

-------------Angel---------Sassano----------------

Borman------------Reyna---------------Richards

---------------------Mendes------------------------

Goldthwaite--Parke----Boyens--------Freeman

--------------------Conway-------------------------

PRE-GAME: RBR had a chance to get down on the pitch about an hour ago, and the turf is already pretty hot. Should be interesting to see if this effects play at all as the turf will only get hotter as the day progresses. Makes you wonder what it will be like on the field in the dog days of August.