HARRISON, N.J. — The Red Bulls trained at Red Bull Arena instead of Montclair State University on Tuesday, but Thierry Henry and Rafael Marquez declined to speak with the news media, and Coach Hans Backe said he had yet to see the play on which Henry drew a red card last Saturday.

Most of the people in this business at one time believed that readers did not much care for how reporters went about their business. That changed with the Internet, where people “Like” a lot of stuff and cannot seem to get enough information.

Which brings us to the Red Bulls’ first training sessions since Saturday’s 2-0 loss to Sporting Kansas City at Livestrong Sporting Park. It was the first opportunity for reporters to speak with Thierry Henry, who drew a straight red card in the video below:

Besides simply being curious about what Henry, Coach Hans Backe, anybody had to say about the play, no key figures from the club had spoken about the play that led to Henry’s suspension for Thursday’s final regular-season game, against visiting Philadelphia.

There was an early warning from Red Bulls officials that Henry would not be available.

“I asked him and he said he’s not playing Thursday so he will not be taking questions from the media,” Jurgen Mainka, the club’s vice president for communications, said.

Long discussion, to no avail.

Rafael Marquez was named captain, but also took a pass on any interviews.

After the match, according to Joel Petterson, who covered the game for The Times and the Goal blog, Henry was unavailable for comment and Backe said he would have to look at the video.

That prompted the following back-and-forth, in which I basically wanted to get a reaction from him:

Backe: To be fair, I haven’t seen the replay. I should have done it, but it was a red card. I haven’t heard what kind of suspension he gets for that. I didn’t see it on the pitch. It came very, very quick. The referee was very quick to get the red card up. Until I’ve seen the replay, I don’t like to comment.

Q: Really you haven’t seen it?

Backe: No.

Q: Why?

Backe: It’s a red card. It doesn’t care. It’s not a bother.

Q: It’s your captain. You haven’t watched the play?

Backe: No, why should I? No, I don’t bother about that. It’s a red card and he’s out. He will be suspended. There’s nothing you can influence on that.

Q: You can certainly inform or think whether it was justified.

Backe: Yes, of course, I can do that and perhaps I will. We’ll see.

Is the Red Bulls reluctance to address Henry’s red card related to the club’s being fined after Erik Soler, its general manager and sporting director, complained about Henry’s ejection in Portland in June? Are the team’s fans entitled to an explanation, if not from news media interviews, at least in a statement from Henry? Does it matter when the team’s captain and best player is not available for the biggest game of the season?

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