Summary: With less than a month left in the MLS regular season suddenly emerging at the precisely the right moment is a New York Red Bulls team that finds itself in first overall with 52 points, heading into the a key weekend of clashes as several teams look set to chase playoffs berths and seedings that will largely seal their fate in 2013. Helping us take a deeper look at this question and the Eastern Conference, in particular, is MSG commentator and voice of the New York Red Bulls Steve Cangialosi for his second appearance on the show, to examine the importance of what Tim Cahill did in Seattle and how the emotional and competitive nature of this New York squad continues to get shaped by its first year head coach Mike Petke and how the pieces do appear to be coming together rather quickly and precisely at the right time. Now we begin to look for even deeper trends too as Thierry Henry and Jamison Olave are now just beginning to round into playoff form and we begin to ask the serious questions which, quite frankly, did not seem possible a month ago. Can New York take its first significant step toward MLS silverware in a Supporters Shield or even an MLS Cup and have they finally eclipsed Kansas City in the Eastern Conference as the favorite with just three matches left to go in the regular season. These questions seem more and more appropriate, even after the sordid history of the franchise, but these seem far different times and this evolution could not come at a better time as New England is set to come to its own terms over a playoff berth this weekend in New Jersey.
