About an hour before the Union’s recent game against the Montreal Impact, the Union’s public relations staff announced that Keegan Rosenberry would be out of action due to a hip injury.
Fans on social media promptly asked if Rosenberry had suffered it by sitting on the bench for too long.
Yes, it was a wisecrack, but there was an element of truth to it. After playing every minute of every regular season game in 2016, the 23-year-old right back has made just nine appearances this year, of which six were starts. His arrival as a substitute during Saturday’s 2-2 draw at San Jose broke a streak of 13 straight games without playing, dating back to May 17.