“The toughest thing is I had a coach who lost faith in what I could do, and that’s never happened to me before. That was the hardest thing. Every athlete goes through a period where they don’t play. No one’s immune to it, and I certainly don’t want to think I’m immune to it. That was the toughest thing, Bruce just losing faith in me. … I told him I don’t have an interest in coming back unless I’m starting.”
— Red Bull keeper Tony Meola, who was benched in favor of keeper Jon Conway by Coach Bruce Arena. (Star-Ledger)