Red Bulls look to break out vs. New England

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11/02/2007 - Foxborough, MA (Sportsbook Betting Lines) - The New York Red Bulls and New England Revolution will square off in the second leg of their Eastern Conference Semifinal Series at Gillette Stadium on Saturday to decide who hosts the Major League Soccer Eastern Conference final on Thursday.

This comes after the teams battled to a scoreless draw in the first leg at Giants Stadium last Saturday.

"Personally, it's very frustrating," New York's Jozy Altidore said of not scoring a goal in the first leg. "I thought we controlled the flow of the game. They had bits and pieces in the second half. Still, we came out pretty well, and personally, it's a little disappointing, but we did well enough and we didn't lose. It's a do or die game now in New England. The way they played, the demeanor, the way they were moving the ball around, they weren't trying to go for it at all so you could tell that from the beginning, but credit them, they did what they had to do."

Third-seeded New York faces long odds, with the second-seeded Revolution a playoff tested team that is tough to beat at home. Since Gillette Stadium opened in 2002, the Revs are 6-0-3 in MLS playoff matches there and haven't lost a home playoff game since 1997. They will be gunning for their fifth- straight appearance in the Eastern final.

"If we don't win at home, we don't deserve to go through (to the conference finals)," New England defender Jay Heaps said.

Add that to the lack of playoff success of the Red Bulls - four straight first-round exits - and New York fans are less than optimistic about their team's chances.

"We're confident," Revolution midfielder Steve Ralston told The Boston Globe. "We've been in this situation before and we know how to get it done. We just need to go home and win. We'll be the aggressors.

If the Red Bulls are going to advance, they will need more production from their midfield than in the first leg. The team has the talent up front in MVP candidate Juan Pablo Angel and Jozy Altidore, among others, but if they don't get good services they will be neutralized again.

Saturday's fixture doesn't figure to be as tight as the first leg, as New England will more than likely open up the offense, as it is known to do at home, and count on its talented offensive players to outscore New York.

"It's the reason you position yourself, to get that second game at home," Revs goalkeeper Matt Reis said. "We always seem to play more attacking soccer at home."

The Revs will count on its talented strikers, Taylor Twellman and Pat Noonan, to spearhead that attack.

The winner of the total goals series will host fourth-seeded Chicago - which knocked off No. 1 seed D.C. United on Thursday - for the right to represent the East in the MLS Cup Championship. The Fire have already let it be known who they would rather play, hoping to get some revenge on New England for knocking them out of the playoffs last season.

"I personally kind of want to play New England (in the conference final)," Fire forward Chad Barrett said. "Exact a little revenge (after the Fire were knocked out of the playoffs by the Revs in penalty kicks last season). I wasn't in the game last year so we'll see."

"I think we will do well, regardless of what team we play," Fire attacker Chris Rolfe said. "Obviously it would be nice to play New England because they knocked us out last year and they knocked us my first year, too. So it would be good to get some revenge on them."

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