Before the red card, prior to the goals scored down a man, and far in the rearview from a touching post-match reunion on Saturday night in Red Bull Arena, New York midfielder Alejandro Romero Gamarra went down in the seventh minute.
The challenge was ultimately innocuous, but it was what happened in the midst of the stoppage that was significant, for a Red Bulls side that prevailed on the night, 3-0.
During that break in play, while others stood still, Red Bulls left back Kemar Lawrence proactively ran toward and then down the sideline, to his head coach, Jesse Marsch, relaying to him what he saw from FC Dallas in the opening minutes.