In a week where the Tri-State Area appears to have begun the annual shift between its gray and frozen season to its slightly-less-gray and muggy season, local soccer fans will be hoping the rising temperatures correspond with some more heat on the field.
The New York Red Bulls currently sit 4th in Major League Soccer and 2nd in its Eastern Conference — and have done it all without recording a win at home in the season’s opening month and change. The team has a perfect record on the road after routs in San Jose and Toronto were followed by a snatch-and-grab win off a late own goal in New England last weekend.