He's seen a preseason game, and he's ready to go out on a limb:
From impressive rookies to quality international acquisitions, the 2010 Red Bulls have posted an undefeated preseason and are looking like a team that could surprise in MLS this season.
"Could surprise"? Um, Ives may want to meet the guy who wrote the second half of his post, who presumably knows what preseason results are worth, and helpfully points out:
The Red Bulls are still looking for a right back, forward, central defender and left midfielder.
So, they only have half of an attack, and half of a defense. I guess I shouldn't focus on "could" and more on "surprise," because that doesn't really mean they're going to be good. Just spectacularly bad in new and unexpected ways.
If Michael Lewis doesn't already have similarly unhinged appraisals of NY, then he soon will. Always entertaining.
Although I will admit that they certainly appear to have TFC's number.
-FS
I don't think Michael Lewis has an RSS feed, therefore he doesn't really exist to me. I had the opportunity to tell Ives in person once that his claims that he's not a homer fall flat, specifically because he kept claiming that Carlos Mendes was a good defender.
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