Did the two goals come after the 11 subs were made?

Some other details:

According to observers, Nolly made a mess of the first NY goal, coming out on a bouncing ball, chesting it, failing to secure control and allowing Altidore to take it away.

On the second goal, long ball springs Red Bulls player who gets behind the defense for putaway.

Moose sat out with minor hamstring ailment.

No calls for "Jay Nolly Now!"?

I am not concerned. United won 1 - 0 during the part of the match that counted. That is pretty good considering the form RBNY have been in during their first two preseason matches and considering the caliber of the RBNY midfield is as good as DC will see most of the season.

Question for Steve: I go to baseball spring training in Florida every year, and it always attracts a ton of fans and (more important) press coverage. Has the MLS thought of marketing packages for fans to come down for a soccer version of spring training? Logisitically, it's be tougher in that teams do play every day like in baseball, but they could have enough teams in an area to have games on most days and fans could watch practices and attend soccer talks with managers/players/execs/etc. in the evening. This would make it easier, too, for the press to cover it if there was a lot of activity in one place.

Dave, plenty of people go down for Spring Training. I've gone down the last three years and had a blast. I'm bummed I'm missing it this year but I'm sure I'll be back next year.

Dave, plenty of people go down to Spring Training. I've been the last three years, bummed I can't make it this year. Looking forward to next year.

Most teams aren't in one place for more than a week or two, so it would be very difficult to put together a comprehensive travel package. Maybe someday...

I'm surprised individual teams haven't done so, though. For example, "Come to Tampa/St. Pete/Bradenton for a week of DCU training sessions and exhibitions, hotel discounts, beach access, etc."

You'd have to check with DCU's marketing dept.

Didn't there used to be a preseason tournament or mini-league or something like that years ago?

What was the Red Bulls lineup?

2-1?
Gross.
Even if it is meaningless...

I just noticed in the game report on the DC United site that Nolly arrived the night before the game, had to take his physical the next day, and didn't arrive at the scrimmage until the 25th minute. He then started the 2nd half. I'd cut the guy some slack in these circumstances.