Arena has his work cut out for him in NY
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Saw that US Coach Bruce Arena will be on the sidelines at Metrobull games starting August 12th. DCenters lays down the rules for his first MLS game back, against DC United. And it sparked this great Point-Counterpoint with Chris:
Oscar: New York Red Bulls - News - 07/18/2006\ Chris vS.: big shock there\ Oscar: now we learn what is stronger, da Bruce or Metrostink\ Chris vS.: you know red bulls will be the first team to shatter the salary cap\ Chris vS.: that said, the GM could land some overpriced turds\ Oscar: hopefully bruce has more power to change things there and doesn't butt heads with the owners\ Oscar: he needs the freedom to rebuild that organization from the ground up\ Chris vS.: it will be interesting to see; I think Red Bull wants to win but they also want some big names to lure fans into the stadium - perhaps they can have both but i doubt it\ Oscar: they need to start winning first\ Chris vS.: not necessarily\ Oscar: i think more fans left cause they were losers, not because they didn't have enough big names\ Chris vS.: there have been several sports franchises in history that have turned profits with losing records\ Oscar: that's different\ Oscar: RBNY won't be profitable as long as they play in Giants stadium\ Chris vS.: i think a lot of people will come out to see Ronaldo, Zidane, and Beckham\ Chris vS.: i think you are right about giants stadium; i just talked to a buddy of mine that lives in Brooklyn; he would go to more games if they were in the city\ Oscar: I guess new york is big enough that you'd have enough casual fans who'd come out to a handful of games if you have players of that stature\ Chris vS.: not only would they get fans but the would also get TV and sponsors which are sadly more important than fans****