In the first training session since the New York Red Bulls let Lloyd Sam go to D.C. United, head coach Jesse Marsch inevitably faced questions about the decision to offload a player who was considered one of the first team's core starters as recently as last month.
Sam is a popular player, and Marsch said the sort of nice things that a long-term (four seasons counts as long term on a team whose longest-tenured player - Dax McCarty - joined the squad in 2011) and successful servant of the club deserves.