Last week, shortly before kicking off the first leg of their Eastern Conference Semifinal series against Columbus Crew, the New York Red Bulls announced they’d be without Aurelien Collin for - most likely - the duration of their 2018 MLS playoffs.
Collin is one of six players on RBNY’s injury list: Vincent Bezecourt, Kyle Duncan, Ben Mines, Tommy Redding, and Florian Valot are also banged up and expected to play no part in whatever remains of RBNY’s season.
But for a team with a relatively long injury list (by contrast, Columbus’ only significant reported injury is to former RBNY hero Mike Grella), the Red Bulls don’t really have much of a problem with injuries.