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Discounting Cup Competition: #RedBullMonday #RedBullOut

 

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In the summer of 2011 New York’s original MLS club had yet to win a single legitimate trophy in its then 15-year history.  The ‘Curse of Caricola’ loomed large in those days and the fans were praying that they would taste some sort of success in the near future. 
 
In the middle of the MLS season, New York won it's opening round Open Cup match to reach the final eight.  On July 12, 2011, the unfortunately named New York Red Bulls traveled to Chicago to play the Fire in an Open Cup quarterfinal. The Fire were one of the league's worst teams that season. Winning the game would put NY within a game from just the third final in club history and within two wins of their first legitimate trophy.  It was all set up for one of those magical cup runs that NY fans had long dreamed for.
 
There was one major problem…only 14 players traveled (4 short of a full squad for those of you counting at home) and most of those were reserves.  Oh, and head coach Hans Backe decided to stay home too.  It wasn't an illness that sidelined the Swede, he just...decided not go.   In other words, New York was deliberately discounting a fantastic chance to win its first trophy in its tumultuous 15-year history.
 
Why on earth would any legitimate soccer club deliberately harm its chances at winning a major trophy, let alone one that hadn’t won a damn thing in its history? Apparently, there was a directive from Red Bull headquarters in Austria to ignore the Open Cup. “It's a nuisance”, the energy drink said. So Backe stayed home, as did top assistant Jan Halvor Halvorsen. The team of backups was coached by the combination of Carl Robinson (still a player!) and a guy who went by the name of Mike Petke.

 



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https://twitter.com/...532729937149952
 


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https://twitter.com/...532729937149952
 

As someone who was not around, can you elaborate on the meaning of this?

 

Thanks

 

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as a goal celebration against us he picked up a can of red bull and spat it out.  im sure there's video somewhere but i am a lazy piece of shit.



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As someone who was not around, can you elaborate on the meaning of this?
 
Thanks
#RedBullOut


In 2006, Esky scored a goal as a member of the Scum and ran over to the sidelines, grabbed a can of Red Bull, took a sip and spit it out in disgust. Karmas a bitch and Esky wore a headpiece for the rest of his career due to concussions.
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I think what Alecko was trying to say is that he was spitting out Red Bull Corporate bullshit. 

 

What he fails to understand is that by doing that as goal celebration, playing as such for an hated rival (and I'd have to think that he knows this, what with his Metro hash tag), it only comes off as you shitting on the opposition.



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as a goal celebration against us he picked up a can of red bull and spat it out.  im sure there's video somewhere but i am a lazy piece of shit.

Yet you are so close to RB HQ...



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as a goal celebration against us he picked up a can of red bull and spat it out.  im sure there's video somewhere but i am a lazy piece of shit.

 

https://www.youtube....h?v=fEEwOPlWi3g


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https://www.youtube....h?v=fEEwOPlWi3g

 

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I think what Alecko was trying to say is that he was spitting out Red Bull Corporate bullshit. 

 

What he fails to understand is that by doing that as goal celebration, playing as such for an hated rival (and I'd have to think that he knows this, what with his Metro hash tag), it only comes off as you shitting on the opposition.

I remember that game well.  He was doing both....as he shit on us quite often.

 

I was pissed that he scored but thought it was an awesome goal celebration.


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I think what Alecko was trying to say is that he was spitting out Red Bull Corporate bullshit. 

 

What he fails to understand is that by doing that as goal celebration, playing as such for an hated rival (and I'd have to think that he knows this, what with his Metro hash tag), it only comes off as you shitting on the opposition.

RBNY had just honored Alecko Eskandarian's father at a game a week before that incident too, which just goes to show you what a piece of shit he is.



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RBNY had just honored Alecko Eskandarian's father at a game a week before that incident too, which just goes to show you what a piece of shit he is.

Yeah, this.

 

Alecko is being opportunistic.  Fuck that dude.


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I remember that game well.  He was doing both....as he shit on us quite often.

 

I was pissed that he scored but thought it was an awesome goal celebration.

I thought it was pretty funny too.  You need a sense of humor to follow this team.


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Nice comments in the video on goal.com regarding upper management at Red Bull out of touch with the respect of Petke in MLS...   Let the smearing of the Red Bull name continue.

 

http://www.goal.com/...at-real?ICID=OP



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I always supported Alecko in doing what he did. Doesn't matter who he played for - guy's a Metro.






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