The Major League Soccer playoffs are back on Wednesday and after some exciting matchups heading into the week, the New York Red Bulls will be taking on the Houston Dynamo at 8 pm from New Jersey, while the New England Revolution and Sporting Kansas City will be playing starting up at 9 pm from KC for the Eastern conference semifinals for the second leg.
Thierry Henry will obviously be one of the players to watch on Wednesday and the Red Bulls will be looking to take advantage after the first match went 2-2 and now the second leg will help decide things. The Red Bulls will be trying to come back into the match after allowing a rally to Houston after going up 2-0 and that could be devastating for the team, as they had the chance to take the early advantage and now they will be looking to try and once again be aggressive on Wednesday and goalkeeper Luis Robles said as much after the draw. The Red Bulls could have given themselves less room for error in the semifinals match and now they have no choice but to try and win out, while Sporting Kansas City and the New England Revolution will play at 9 pm after that first game starts up.
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Making matters even more devastating was the fact that Houston tied up the matchup in extra time and now the Red Bulls must find a way to get things back on track. The Bulls had to play man down and that is one reason why the comeback happened, but the team knows that now it must try and turn it around. The Dynamo have been playing well all playoffs and started off with a win against the Montreal Impact in the knockout round and that was an impressive performance for the team, as they won by three goals in a shutout and now they will have the chance to try and get past the top seed in the Red Bulls and after making that comeback in the first leg, they surely will have some confidence in the matchup.
The Revolution are in the playoffs for the first time in a few years and they took advantage early with a victory 2-1 against Kansas City, but now they must travel for the second leg and that could be a very tough test. The team was up 2-0 in the match before allowing a goal and now they have to play tough as they go into hostile territory with the lead and that could be a very tough matchup for the team. The match will be at Sporting Park and starts up at 9 pm and after those matchup's, the Western conference semifinals will go down and those should be very entertaining as well, as the Portland Timbers and Seattle Sounders have a matchup, as does the LA Galaxy.
The MLS Cup will be later in December and the conference finals will start up this coming weekend after the games shake out and both matchups should be very exciting. New England and Kansas City as well as New York and Houston play on Wednesday.