The New York Red Bulls have a long history of falling flat in big games, but Tuesday's CONCACAF Champions League elimination feels different
HARRISON, N.J. — Moral victories become tougher and tougher to enjoy, or even acknowledge, the more often real victories elude you.
That was certainly the feeling in the New York Red Bulls locker room after Tuesday's CONCACAF Champions League semifinal elimination at the hands of Chivas Guadalajara. The emotional toll taken by the Red Bulls' latest big-game flop wasn't softened by the fact they had just outplayed Chivas, the traditional Mexican powerhouse that had just secured its seventh final in three years.