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Angel to make debut for Red Bulls against Rapids

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05/13/2007 - East Rutherford, NJ (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - Sunday's contest between Red Bull New York and the Colorado Rapids at Giants Stadium figures to be a slugfest. Both teams sit near the top of their respective conferences while coming off disappointing outings in their most recent league fixtures.

New York sits in second place in the Eastern Conference despite going undefeated in its first five games. It gave some points away last weekend when it couldn't hold onto a 3-1 lead at Real Salt Lake. The last-placed team managed two goals in the closing minutes to earn a draw with the resurgent Red Bulls.

"Obviously the last 5-6 minutes of the game were a complete disaster, but I think for the most part we played pretty well," New York coach Bruce Arena said. "I don't even remember when we scored. In the last five minutes they scored three goals. It was a poor job of managing the game."

New York should get a big boost to its club on Sunday, with designated player Juan Pablo Angel scheduled to make his first Major League Soccer start. He scored a goal in his MLS debut this past Tuesday in a U.S. Open Cup qualifying loss to Los Angeles.

"For his first game with us, I like what I saw," Arena said of Tuesday's contest."He got a goal, got a number of goal-scoring opportunities. It was pretty good. He had some other chances."

"I felt good, and the most important thing now is having more regularity," Angel said. "We have an important game coming up against Colorado at home. It will be my debut at home, and I hope to be better than I was (Tuesday)."

Colorado sits in second in the Western Conference table after FC Dallas's win over Kansas City on Saturday night. It is coming off a 1-1 tie with RSL at home in the second edition of the Rocky Mountain Cup - the regular season series between the two Western Conference teams. The teams traded own-goals in the contest, the first MLS game in history to end 1-1 on two own goals.

"In the first half we didn't play well, simple as that," Colorado coach Fernando Clavijo said. "The second half we moved better. We sent people forward, we attacked. We were playing too conservatively in the first half."

Colorado is hurting on its backline with defenders Brandon Prideaux (right knee meniscus) and Ugo Ihemelu (left knee tendinitis) out. Ihemelu could play Sunday, but the artificial surface at Giants Stadium could force him to wait one more game for his comeback.

The Rapids have gotten strong, physical play out of midfielders Pablo Mastroeni - who has been playing central defense the past couple games - and Kyle Beckerman to make up for the injuries in the back.

"I'm starting to find out in my time here that a lot of teams don't like us," said Colorado forward Herculez Gomez, who joined the team in an offseason trade. "We've got guys who love playing under that type of pressure - Pablo, Kyle, they love getting under the opponents' skin, and I love helping them. I don't really have to run my mouth, but my play will help them."

After Sunday's fixture, Colorado will be back in action May 19 when it hosts Kansas City. New York will be back on the pitch on the 19th as well when it hosts Columbus.

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