After a confident build-up to Saturday’s derby, the New York Red Bulls came up well short in a 2-0 loss to rivals New York City FC. OaM editor Ben Cork offers a couple or three things to think about as Gerhard Struber’s team enters the international break with many of the same question marks they’ve had throughout 2022...
Set piece second ball breakdowns continue to haunt Red Bulls
The derby disaster on Saturday was brought upon by breakdowns in set piece defending — first a flicked-on back post finish by Alexander Callens and a Nicolas Acevedo finish that came on a second ball after the initial corner kick had been stopped.