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TIM Cahill turned on another stellar show but fellow Socceroo David Carney had a match to forget as their New York Red Bulls opened the MLS playoffs with a painful 2-2 draw.
Cahill scored the first goal - his 12th of the season - with a trademark header and he also assisted in the second to put his team 2-0 up inside 45 minutes of the first leg in their Eastern Conference semi-final series with Houston Dynamo.
But the Red Bulls, who led the points standings in both conferences in the regular season, had a horror second half and hosts Houston secured a draw with their second goal two minutes into injury time.
Unfortunately for left back Carney, it was his poor clearance in the 51st minute that started the comeback when Houston's Ricardo Clark latched onto the ball and skimmed a shot through the legs of Jamison Olave into the goal with keeper Luis Robles unsighted. Then Olave was shown a straight red card in the 65th minute for a challenge from behind on substitute Omar Cummings, leaving the Red Bulls to play with 10 men against a revitalised home side. It was Cummings who scored the equaliser from point blank range when Robles stopped but could not control a headed shot.
Cahill's goal came in the 22nd minute off a cross from superstar teammate Thierry Henry and he combined with Henry in setting up Eric Alexanders for the second Red Bulls goal.
"I thought we gave them confidence," said Red Bulls head coach Mike Petke.
"Obviously, with the deflection goal, the poor clearance on our part. The red card killed us. Those goals are our fault.
"It wasn't something created out of spectacular stuff. It was self-inflicted on us.
"The rule of thumb is on the road, if you get a tie and go home to your place and it's pretty much 0-0, its a good thing.
"But our guys are angry at the way that we allowed them back in the game."
The return leg of the series will be held on Thursday (AEST) at Red Bull Arena. AAP gc
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