Forward Juan Pablo Angel scored 12 goals in his last 15 regular season and has been one of the hottest players in the League. Angel, who had 14 goals in the regular season, led the Eastern Conference in goals. Angel finished fourth in goals in MLS, behind Los Angeles’ Landon Donovan (20), FC Dallas’ Kenny Cooper (18) and Los Angeles’ Edson Buddle (15). In all competitions, Angel has tallied 14 goals in his last 18 games and scored in four of his last five.

On Sunday, Nov. 9, Angel scored his second postseason goal of 2008 and of his career, converting a penalty kick after Ricardo Clark handled the ball in the box en route to the Red Bulls’ 3-0 win over Houston in the team’s second leg win. A week before, Angel scored the Red Bulls’ only goal in their 1-1 draw against Houston. The goal was Angel’s first in three career playoff games. Last season, in the second game of the Red Bulls’ series against New England, Angel was forced to leave the game after sustaining a concussion.
 
Since joining the Red Bulls last season, Angel has scored at a historic rate, as he has found the back of the net 33 times in 47 regular season games played for New York.  That works out to a 0.702 strike rate for the Colombian international, a number that is the best all-time for the New York franchise (minimum of 35 games played).  Players with strike rates over .400 are listed.
 
Rank    Name                               Goals            Games          Strike Rate
1. Juan Pablo Angel             33                   47                         0.702
2.  Giovanni Savarese               41                        85                         0.482
3.         Clint Mathis                       39                        93                         0.419
4.         Adolfo Valencia                   21                        48                         0.438
5.         Rodrigo Faria                       20                        49                         0.408
6.         Alex Comas                         15                        37                         0.405
            Jozy Altidore                       15                        37                         0.405
 
Angel is racing up New York’s all-time goals scored list. Entering this season (his first full season with the organization), Angel ranked seventh all-time, but has steadily climbed the list this season and surpassed Amado Guevara for sole possession of third place. (Players with 20 or more goals scored in a New York uniform listed).
 
Rank    Name                                             Goals                 GP
1.                 Giovanni Savarese                          41                 85
2.                 Clint Mathis                                   39                 93
3.                Juan Pablo Angel                       33                 47
4.              Amado Guevara                         32                 103
5.                 John Wolyniec                             24                 119
6.                 Mike Magee                                 23                 130
7.                 Adolfo Valencia                              21                 48
8.         Rodrigo Faria                                 20        49

Angel is also second in Red Bulls history in multi-goal games after his two-goal performance against Columbus on Oct. 18, surpassing Clint Mathis.

Rank        Name        Multi-Goal Games
1.        Giovanni Savarese                10
2.        Juan Pablo Angel                7
3.        Clint Mathis                6