The addition of the French center back has been key in RBNY’s turnaround.
At the start of the season the New York Red Bulls encountered a health crisis in defense. Already without Damien Perrinelle until at least midseason as he continues to rehab a knee injury, would lose their opening day center back pairing (Gideon Baah and Ronald Zubar) for a lengthy time due to hamstring injuries. Forced to shuffle the deck, head coach Jesse Marsch had to rely on Karl Quimette, a sub who make frequent appearances for New York’s USL team and a rotating cast of outside backs forced into emergency duty in the center of the backline; Kemar Lawrence, Chris Duvall and Connor Lade.