Ghanaian defender, Gideon Baah has been ruled-out of the 2017 American Major League Soccer (MLS) season after he was placed on New York Red Bulls' season-ending injury list.
The MLS published a full and detailed lists of its teams' rosters, providing a near-unprecedented insight into the precise construction of each squad in the league.
In the case of the New York Red Bulls, perhaps the biggest surprise is the news that defender Gideon Baah, is on the season-ending injury list.
Once placed on the season-ending Injury List, an injured player will not be eligible to play for the club in any remaining competition during that MLS season (including any exhibition games or tournaments, CONCACAF Champions League, AMWAY Canadian Championship and U.S. Open Cup game).
In the event that a player placed on the Season-ending Injury List recovers prior to the end of the MLS season, that player may only play in games for the club's United Soccer League affiliate.
In effect, Gideon Baah - listed by the MLS Players Union on a guaranteed $315,000 contract by the Red Bulls will be a well-compensated reserve for the coming season.
Per the rules, Baah's best chance to see football action this term will be in the lower-tier USL.
Baah suffered a broken leg in July 2016 in a match against the Portland Timbers and was expected to miss five months of action but it appears there have been a recalculation of his time out.