When Jim Curtin returned from a cross country flight following a 1-1 draw against Vancouver last Sunday, no one could have predicted the week that was in store for the 39-year-old head coach. What Curtin knew was that he had two matches at home against FC Cincinnati and New England with an opportunity to take first place in the Eastern Conference table.
Curtin surely began to gameplan using players he figured would be returning to the squad. After a strong training session Tuesday afternoon, Curtin and his staff quickly had to make a change with left back Kai Wagner receiving an additional one-game suspension for his red card back on April 20.