Speaking to reporters at the New York Red Bulls Training Facility on Friday, May 18, Jesse Marsch was in a contemplative mood, at least on the subject of Gideon Baah.
The defender is on the season-ending injury list, ruling him out of playing for RBNY in MLS for the whole of 2017. At the time his status was revealed, a spokesperson for the league told Once A Metro they were not aware of any loophole or mechanism for reversing the designation: season-ending is season-ending in MLS.
Somewhat confoundingly, Baah has been regularly sighted in videos and images of RBNY training, suggesting he is closer to season-beginning mode than his season-ending injury designation might suggest.