[MLS SPOTLIGHT] The first question New York Red Bulls general manager Jerome de Bontin must address is, why can’t theMLS club draw better in the nation’s largest metropolitan area? The first on-the-field issue de Bontin and fellow Frenchman Gerard Houllier, who was brought into run the club’s soccer affairs, will face will be to decide what to do with third-year coach Hans Backe, whose contract expires at the end of the season. TheSwede seems to think he’ll be returning home in December.

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