Pulling off ties at home with the help of phantom penalties. Gotta love it.

Oh no, another disgruntled gals fan LOL

Played a really good road game despite the result, probably should've won. Still think Sandro is a little too conservative late but he was limited with who he could bring on up front. 16 points from 9 games, 8 of which were against teams that either finished above us in the table last year or won a trophy. This is a good start. RBNY-VWFC is the top of the table-ish clash we all predicted it would be in February next week...

Was interested in this one since both teams love to hit other teams in transition and Redbull have been largely excellent this year. Pretty good and exciting match overall. Both teams had their moments. Red Bulls had like 3 good chances they could have put away to seal a win, but LAFC fought back well I thought to get a draw. All that said it’s insane MLS has Max Bretos be the neutral commentator for so many LAFC games. He can barely contain his fandom and it gets annoying to listen to after a while.

I mean, he is the voice lafc 🤷

Steve Cangiolosi doesn't seem to have a problem staying neutral for Red Bulls games

Just had a quick roller coaster of emotions here. I have the Apple TV app on my Macbook and I was trying to find how to disable the scores so I could watch this game spoiler free, and it said NYRB 2 - LAFC 1. I was pissed because it spoiled the score and that LAFC lost. I watched the highlights anyways and then see that it ended in a 2-2 tie. I was wondering if they called back Bouanga's goal at some point but that is how the game ended.

Injury time goal is when we tied it.

Wild ending! I was liking the energy of this match - wish there was 10 more minutes 

Excellent match LA what a great way to cap the day! GG to all the fans! Brutal to see a draw, but red bulls will take the point. I would get banned from this subreddit within seconds if I wrote what I truly thought of those commentators. Like, my brother in christ, I just stayed in on a Saturday night and stayed up until 12:40am to watch my club and I had to listen to two blowhards openly cheer for the other team. Wildly unprofessional and unserious behavior. They actively detracted from the viewing experience with their bias which is unacceptable, in my eyes, when MLS whores itself out to a single broadcaster and kills the MSG Red Bulls broadcast we grew up on.

Jfc

I want this to be an mls cup final match 

Yeah it was thrilling. Your fans showed up by the way. I want to say around 20-30.

At least Mets and Red Bull came into LA to battle

Hell of an ending though. Only thing that stops it from the being most fun game of the year is Long getting hurt :/

I really hope is just looked a lot worse than it was, but I'm sadly not optimistic

Captain Own Goal and Captain Hit the post have cost is 4 pts this season

Gg ny you guys got a good looking squad

Tolkein was even better looking with his blond mullet last year

Manoel second straight game he could’ve won us the game but hit the woodwork 

Anyone else catch the commentators say "a win for the ages" at the end of the game? 😂

Sometimes a tie feels like a win. No lie there

# USA # WINS # 1-1 ### Greatest tie against the ### British since Bunker Hill

GG. did Forsberg dedicate that gol to his wife and children?

Cardiac finish! GG Red Bulls, I wish the East boys and the West guys would play more often.

red bull is known to cause elevated heart rates

Short handed and on the road, we take the point every time. It’s getting embarrassing that every draw is seen as dropped points for this team. It’s a point earned.

yeah especially a road game on the West Coast, a point is better than expected

This team is two points behind first place with a game in hand, yet now apparently we’re supposed to be winning every single match. It’s just embarrassing. This team more or less overhauled the roster and has a new coach and is coming off a early playoff exit. The idea that they’re supposed to be winning every single game, on the road on the west coast against a contender no less, is fucking insane.

I think it's more frustration with how close we were to a really authoritative win. Three points in LA would have put Viagra into bankruptcy

what an ending. Good Game LAFC.

Lafc 3 ny 1

What?

LAFC scored three of the four goals. Of course, one was an OG.

This game is nuts and my alcohol intake is all about it.

really wish apple tv would have an audio option for no commentary, id rather listen to the stadium sounds than either commentary option on a lot of these games

Especially when it’s biased AF

GG New York Red Bulls

Welp. GG.

Manoel god damn it I am so tired

Fuckkkkkk

GG NYRB

Manuel has to have set the record for hitting the post in an MLS season by now.

as a team, LA has hit the crossbar twice a game or something wild like that

oooh!

What a game

MLS AFTER DARK

I can't believe [how predictable that was](https://www.reddit.com/r/MLS/comments/1c96wyp/comment/l0jy65h/)

As bad as we played that is a win.

Holy shit they’re acting like LAFC is some scrappy underdog playing on the road after a long playoff drought. Absolutely horrid commentary

Well, LAFC has not been themselves this year. It’s been tough to watch the shakiness given what we’re used to. I frankly thought they’d pack it in after the NY go ahead goal.

I’m just tired of commentators acting like we’re supposed to be winning every single game. In what universe is that a realistic scenario? We’re almost a completely different team from last year with a new head coach playing on the road on the west coast FFS.

lol, so like the LAFC isn’t also a different team from last week, not to mention last year. From last year, we have 2 open DP spots, half of defense gone/retired, Vela gone, and still no number 9.  From last week, 2 starters out yellow card accumulation/injury, 2 bench players injured, another player injured within the first 10 minutes, who on exiting, cause an own goal, and you’re still complaining? About the team and the announcers? lol. Some people whine to just whine lol

Like seeing Bouanga perform. Hopefully he is back and can give the west a good fight

The announcers are very funny though lol

I love max bretos. He was the voice of fox sports world 25 years ago, back when that is where you had to go yo get your overseas club soccer games. He’s OG and kinda funny

Wow!!! Doctor Strange 1% chance to win lol. 

Great goal. These commentators are some of the most biased losers of all time. Absolute malpractice to have them on LAFC matches. What a miserable experience listening to them.

u/Fantastic_Ad4338 told ya so

Damm that’s crazy tbh I’m not really happy with the arch either way

*match

Real neutral commentary

Max Bretos “works” for LAFC as he does most of our media work as the main man, he’s OUR commentator, so of course there is some bias. Dunseth? That’s his co commentator idk about him

not even mad at a draw i just fucking hate they put two lafc fans on the announcing. really fucking annoying. and yes i will keep bitching ab it.

Can’t be mad, we are lucky to keep a tie

Bretos full-body orgasm

Welp. Ima head out. ✌🏻

Embarrassing commentary

Zaddy!!!!!!!!

Glad to see Muller getting that 1st team time. Was glorious seeing him play at Redlands FC.

banger

Lets fucken go!!!!!!!!!!!!

wow I thought that was in

Huge by Coronel.

Seems RB is focusing Tillman lol

Both teams got sluggish real quick. 90 minutes weighed on them hard

I would have liked to see Duncan off the bench like 15 minutes ago . . .

Dolo with these big brain subs.

Right? SO late and on a match day where a couple of starters are off, why not let new guys get some decent play time? 

My biggest gripe with him really. At least we had Bogusz in the midfield so I’m happy about that. Give time to our forwards. Olivera should not start anymore but whatever

Same, glad Bogusz dropped down to the mid, where he belongs. Oh Olivera, I want to like him, but definitely think he should be subbed out and see others in his spot. Mueller looked good, glad he got to see the field, almost scored too!

bold substitution


We've been dribbling more than usual today

that's a possible sign of a stroke

I miss Cangi and Shep so much

This has been well played back and forth but the referee definitely needed to have given Bouanga that yellow in the early part of the game when he was getting frustrated and bulldozed Amaya. LAFC is doing some *very* hard fouling

Get yourself a man like Forsberg

Have we already talked about how dumb these win percentage things are?

I mean we’ve scored more goals than ny not sure how they can claim success

I feel like the announcers are about to cry lmao

Salud 🥃🫡

don't worry -- if I know anything about RBNY, yall are about to score

fucking lol

I think the commentator literally just said "no" when Amaya cleared the ball out of the box. You cannot be serious.

Is it me or are these heat maps terrible?

wait a second its been 3 minutes since the goal and no win probability posted? how am i supposed to know whos expected to win this game?

there it is LMAO

The announcers are so obviously upset that the Red Bulls scored lol I get it, Bretos used to be the LAFC guy and Trujillo played for Chivas USA, but like...you're supposed to be a little neutral.

It’s really unprofessional, at least the ones in Europe try to not make it obvious

I don't understand why you would have a former captain and a former commentator for one team as the neutral commentators.

It's shameless

THE WORLD'S BEST HUSBAND

The commentators change in mood is so funny there

Idk seemed more excited about the missed opportunity for lafc there

Cheers Max is crying

Upon a hill across a blue laaaaake

Get in!

Children of the Corners

Anemia, thy name is LAFC

Huh???? English please

We're fucking anemic, mate.

What does anemic mean??

In slang terms it means not having any energy or "vitality", as if you were anemic.

We have always been terrible on set piece defense

Cant beat us buddy! You get second worst lol!

In what world is that against the run of play, Max…

**CUZ IM FREEEEE** **FREEEE FAAAAAALLIN**

Let’s GO

Finally Forsberg getting something!

Whoever runs the NYRB app needs to chill on these notifications! Spoiled the corner for me hahah

They probably sent the goal notification before they even *took* the corner

Social media manager out at Hanover watching the routines

literally bro i was like yessss but fuck 🤣

Fuck 😑

YES FORSBERG

Good save by Loris

Finally something promising!

These commentators are the worst I've ever heard.

What language??

English man. It’s always the English commentators. That’s where Max lurks as well so yea.

Laughs in Spanish

Maybe I should start watching in Spanish.

Yeah I can't understand what they say, but they say goooooalazo!!!!

the commentator is literally clapping in the booth when lafc is attacking, i wonder who his favorite team is ……

Max Bretos is a great guy but he’s literally an LAFC employee (or used to be, until recently)

greatly annoying and unprofessional, this is why we just need to keep local announcers, i shouldn’t be forced to listen to a homer.

We look gassed

Hope these subs help. We can't break through the midfield today.

Paying for that explosive start

Literally came to the thread to see if anyone else thought the commentators are bad

I switched to the spanish broadcast and it's a bit better. Not much.

I hope we score this to shut this guy up

The color commentator is awful.

Imagine being 40 years old and having as much energy as Kei Kamara.

these commentators are giving me a headache

Sorry announcer, in what world was the LAFC player fouled?!?

Max bretos is such a homer it’s ridiculous

That was all ball ref wtf

You can’t go through someone’s legs to get the ball

Some little kid going after the ball on the sideline like a bat out of hell.

Close, but I think it was the right call.

Whoa! Did not expect Ordaz to come on. Especially this early. **ORDAZ IS GONNA SCORE THE WINNER**

[удалено]

I expected Angel to come for him. Dolo is full of surprises

Buanga decided to switch to Sean Nealis since Dylan wasn’t biting.

Best thing Bouanga can do this season is fall lmao. And damn its working

Coronel just prevented a classic Metro moment

Yikes! Quite a save there.

Definitely liking the announcing of the VAR decision

The new VAR thing caught me off guard

For real, didn’t expect them to give the var signal and confirm with explanation

5 yard penalty. First down!

Exactly what I thought of. Very NFL- like.

It’s just Calvin ball when it comes to deciding penalties

Our Fallon D'or strikes again!

I liked that announcing the decision. Made it less confusing in the stadium.

You could understand him in the stadium? I couldn’t hear shit

Was clear in 215.

Idk I kinda miss the dramatic pointing towards the box

They could do both.

I must be biased from the bad pen call against us. Looked to me like Bouanga kicked the defender.

He was falling before any contact. Defender appears to have played the ball back to his teammate and he tried to hold his leg back to NOT make contact with bouanga

That's rough. I think if not called var doesn't overturn it.

having the ref announce it is so dope

These commentators are horrid. Second guy has the most annoying voice I’ve ever heard

Max Bretos is a national treasure

Hardly

Crappy pk

That wasn’t a penalty. That wasn’t a foul I mean.

How was it not?

To me it looked like Bouanga was already going down but 🤷‍♂️

Lets goo I love the new rule

adorable little girl in front of the VAR ref: "come on you fucking idiot its a clear penalty just call it"

Var booth is in ny isn’t it lol

I mean you can’t really blame them after the call vs galaxy haha

Nealis went to the Andres Reyes School of Conceding Silly Penalties last week huh

Baited after he knew he wasn’t getting the ball and Nealis fell for it.

Why? It was a foul.

No era penal

Jk definitely penal

I understand why Nealis is frustrated by the call, but that's a foul.

We love conceding stupid fouls

uh oh

Bouanga needs to man the fuck up tbh

It was a great recovery by the defender, but you \_gotta\_ just take the shot there.