For the third week in a row, the New York Red Bulls announced an eleventh-hour scratch from their expected starting lineup.
Shortly before lineups were announced in Seattle on March 19, RBNY let it be known Kemar Lawrence wasn't with the team. Just before the team-sheet was revealed for the Red Bulls' game against Real Salt Lake on March 25, it was announced that Mike Grella had been sidelined by injury.
The latest installment of the club's newest tradition: Fredrik Gulbrandsen was held out of the squad to play Houston Dynamo on April 1, due to a decision characterized as "precautionary" in RBNY's official announcement.