New York Red Bulls coach Jesse Marsch, speaking with the bewilderment of a man still shaken by a chance encounter with forces he still doesn’t quite comprehend, provided the quote that might as well be Major League Soccer’s official tagline.
“It was a weird game, in many ways,” Marsch said of his team’s thrilling victory over Houston on Saturday night that featured 39 combined shots, seven goals and three hamstring injuries, and he might have even been selling the absurdity short.
Red Bulls Gonzalo Veron, Ronald Zubar and Gideon Baah all hobbled off the field injured, Felipe scored the game-tying goal in the 77th minute and the winner six minutes later and New York abandoned Seattle in the basement of the league standings.