Wednesday’s U.S. Open Cup final isn’t just the biggest game of the Red Bulls’ season. It may be the biggest game they have ever played in any season.
Wednesday’s clash at Sporting KC (9 p.m., ESPN2) is a chance to erase the stigma of being the league’s only original club still without an MLS or U.S. Open Cup.
“At first I joined this club and I said ‘Yeah, I understand the fans that have been here since the beginning and had never lifted a trophy.’ But now that I’ve been here for 2 ½ years and gotten to know some of these fans, and the people that have worked for this club and gone this long without winning, I fully understand it,’’ captain Sacha Kljestan said.