Midfielder Tranquillo Barnetta worked out for the second straight day for the Union and he hopes that his bothersome knee won't keep him out of Saturday's key Major League Soccer game against the host New York Red Bulls.
Barnetta announced Tuesday that he would return to play in Switzerland when his contract with the Union expires after this season. He missed a 1-1 draw at Toronto last week with the injury.
"It was good," Barnetta said about the last two days of working out. "I still have to take day by day and see how it goes.