Welcome to Tactical Sips, a semi-regular pre-match post featuring taurine-spiked breakdowns of the upcoming game.
The New York Red Bulls fell to D.C. United, 1-0, ending the upswing of positivity and returning to the cold ground of reality. The match-in-hand remains…in hand, which could prove to be the team’s salvation on Decision Day – everyone’s favorite day after Thanksgiving and Doris. The chances of playoff qualification remain reasonable, but the next stumble could prove fatal. As Doctor Livesey told Billy Bones, “One glass of rum won’t kill you, but if you take one, you’ll take another and another, and I stake my wig if you don’t break off short, you’ll die.