HARRISON, N.J. – Jesse Marsch was surely asleep, but perhaps the ruckus in Harrison woke him up. While it was the wee hours of Thursday morning in Leipzig, Germany, Brian White basked in the glow of a 55th minute, match-winning goal on Wednesday night in Red Bull Arena.
White was one part of the bigger picture, a changed line-up for New York: one disgruntled player who had logged more minutes in the World Cup than he did in Major League Soccer, another making his first MLS start and two appearing in their inaugural match with the first team, along with a couple other non-regulars.