Dead Man Walking: Time to Unload Marquez

The Red Bulls Need to Cut Their Losses on MarquezWhen news broke following the Real Salt Lake home match that Rafa Marquez had made disparaging comments about the play of his teammates - Tim Ream in particular - there were some fans who were quick to jump to the Mexican's defense. Ream did have an awful game, they argued, and Rafa was only stating an uncomfortable truth: the Rookie of the Year candidate we saw last year has been nowhere to be found since this summer's Gold Cup fiasco.

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