We all know professional sports is a business and at times the business of professional sports leads to some tough decisions. New York Red Bulls fans haven’t really been allowed to forget that in recent seasons, as the club has made a succession of decisions that saw fan favorites cast aside. The latest of those decisions: Dax McCarty sent to the Chicago Fire in a trade so abrupt it caught even the former RBNY captain by surprise.
“It was a tough thing to do from an emotional standpoint, but a thing we were clear on as an organization that we needed to do,” said Jesse Marsch to reporters after RBNY’s training session on Thursday, April 27.