The New York Red Bulls - as has been repeated often during the team's disastrous season-opening run of six losses in its opening seven games - have been afflicted by an injury crisis with an unusual focus on the squad's center backs.
Damien Perrinelle was injured last season, and is not expected to be fit until early summer...at least. Ronald Zubar (injury-prone as a Red Bull) and new-signing Gideon Baah showed unexpected chemistry and mutual understanding by pulling up lame in the same match - on Macrh 19 against Houston Dynamo.