Wednesday, August 3, 2011

2002- Metrostars v NE Revolution


2002.07.20 Giants Stadium - MetroStars v NE Revolution

The MetroStars continued their dominance over the Revolution winning a 7-goal thriller, 4-3...
Former Revolution player Andy Williams scored the 1st goal in the 25th minute, blasting an unstoppable right-footed drive into the top left corner of the goal, in the 25th minute of play...In the 34th minute Mamdou Diallo scored on a penalty kick...

In the 41st minute Williams took a corner kick, which was cleared by the Revolution defense right to Brad Davis who shot from 20-yards out to give the Metros a 3-0 lead...
In the 43rd minute Taylor Twellman received a ball from Alex Pineda Chacon, and was able to place the ball past Tim Howard....3-1...

At the start of the second-half, Diallo caught NE keeper Juergen Sommer off guard with a shot from the right corner of the box...The 4-1 lead would only last minutes as New England produced two goals within a 4-minute time period... Steve Raltson, MLS assist leader, blasted a 20-yard left-footed shot into the top left corner, followed by Hernandez taking a 35-yard one-bounce shot that skipped past Tim Howard's right hand...time ran out before New England could even the score...

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