Well it is not often players or coaches come up with “smack”. But we might have a bit coming out of New York from the Red Bulls Dane Richards who played at San Jacinto College .
Richards is certainly grasping at motivation by saying the following about the Dynamo on artificial surface:
“That’s the good thing. They don’t like turf. Personally, I am going to try and run that left back to the ground because he don’t like the turf,” Dane Richards New York Red Bulls midfielder to Soccer by Ives.
Anytime players speak out like this it certainly can provide motivation for the opposition. In fact many coaches cringe when players say things like this. Locker room material, you bet. Now Richards went on to say that Brian Ching also doesn’t like the artificial turf.
WELL NO KIDDING DANE, FIND ME A PLAYER IN MLS THAT LIKES PLAYING ON ASTROTURF INCLUDING YOUR RED BULL TEAMMATES…..please. This may be a shot at riling up the defending champions but this could clearly back-fire.
Or maybe it just smacks of the Red Bull desperation with Seth Stammler, Jon Conway and Jeff Parke all out with injury and or suspension.
Lets face it, the Red Bulls were “gifted” the playoffs just like Houston was gifted “the Dynamo” but there is no doubt that Richards, Mike Magee, Dave Van Den Berg and Juan Pablo Angel must step up from an attacking perspective.
You better score goals New York because you are heading back to HTown………By the way, Richards it seems is shouting out to Wade Barrett……Richards , the Jamaican international did have one of his better games against the Dynamo during the regular season 3-0 win by the Red Bulls scoring a goal.
Not sure it was wise to call out the defending champions but we will see! Thoughts NY, thoughts Houston?
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“Dane Richards” hes a nobody, who cares what he has to say.if it would have been angel then it could have been something else but this guy its a joke….go orange
I’d like to thank Dane Richards for giving the Dynamo backline more motivation. They usually don’t need any but the Dynamo are very good at taking real or perceived slights and using it constructively for motivation (not like Khano Smith exacting “revenge” by getting suspended for most of the playoffs).
I was expecting the Dynamo to be especially motivated for this game anyway, but with this outburst, expect an even better effort.