As MLS clubs evolve, road trips become even more regimented, all-encompassing endeavors – from meals to trainings to video and other forms of prep – that span from virtually sunrise to sunset. So, it is understandable that a day being killed at a terminal – in part because of a league-mandated limit on charter flights – not only seems miserable, but counterintuitive to the very evolution of Major League Soccer.
Tim Parker recognizes that inconsistency and put a voice to it Monday on Twitter, when he and his New York Red Bulls teammates endured several weather-related cancellations spanning over 12 hours while flying back commercial from Orlando International Airport, following their 1-0 win at Exploria Stadium the night before.