The New York Red Bulls finally had a good start for a change on Saturday night - but another minor mishap derailed yet another sound performance as DC United earned a 1-1 draw in Harrison.
Dru Yearwood put New York ahead with an emphatic strike in the opening minutes before an inadvertent Sean Nealis handball allowed DC to equalize through an Ola Kamara penalty. The Red Bulls hold at 11th place in the Eastern Conference, though with multiple games in hand on most teams.
It was midfield musical chairs from Gerhard Struber ahead of a condensed fixture list over coming weeks; Dru Yearwood returned to the starting lineup and Cristian Casseres returned to the squad on the bench after long layoffs.