RED BULLS AT DC: PREGAME NOTES

Red Bulls Reader here, coming to you from RFK Stadium for tonight’s match vs. DC United. The team traveled down to our nation’s capital yesterday, whipping down the east coast on the Acela train. It is a pretty nice way to travel and is a pretty short trip.

Here are some pre-match notes:

- Claudio and Juan Pablo did not make the trip down to DC, as well as keeper Zach Thornton.

- Oscar Echeverry made the trip and will dress for the first time since injuring his knee in training over a month ago. His return could not have come at a better time with Angel out and Jozy having left for Spain.

- Here are the 18 that will dress for tonight’s match (starting 11 will be announced later): Conway, Patterson-Sewell, Goldthwaite, Boyens, Parke, Leitch, Borman, van den Bergh, Stammler, Richards, Sassano, Wolyniec, Mendes, Mesa, Echeverry, Ubiparipovic, Magee, Freeman.

- With his likely start tonight, Parke will pass Steve Jolley for sole possession of third place on the New York all-time games started list. He will trail only Tony Meola (125) and Mike Petke (129). He will also move within two of Jolley on the all-time games played list. Parke will appear in his 118th match tonight.

- Chris Megaloudis is not with the team after being called up to the Puerto Rican national team for their World Cup qualifying match against Honduras today. Puerto Rico dropped the first leg of the two leg series.

- This match also begins a stretch of five out of six MLS matches on the road, with the Chivas Guadalajara and at least one if not two US Open Cup matches mixed in, all on the road.