There was a play that happened at the 60 minute mark of the 0-0 draw between DC United and the New York Red Bulls over the weekend that helps decode a lot about the latter team’s attacking approach this season.
Ball-spraying midfielder Dru Yearwood, sitting deep as one of the spare Red Bulls back to defend on an attacking set piece, collected a ball cleared from the initial play with plenty of time to pick out a pass upfield as both teams regrouped. Recently-introduced substitute striker Patryk Klimala, debuting a new bleached-blonde haircut to perhaps make his forward runs more visible to teammates, made a clever diagonal cut between the shifting muck of DC players scrambling their lines back together that left him free on the near side of the penalty area.