Aaron Long to miss rest of MLS season after Achilles surgery

<p>HARRISON, N.J. &mdash; New York Red Bulls defender Aaron Long will miss the rest of the Major League Soccer season following surgery to repair his torn right Achilles tendon.</p>
<p>The 28-year-old from Oak Hills, California, was injured during an aerial challenge in second-half stoppage time of Saturday’s 1-0 loss to the Philadelphia Union.</p>
<p>The team said Tuesday that Long had surgery a day earlier at the Hospital for Special Surgery in New York.</p>
<p>Long is in his sixth season with the Red Bulls. He has three goals in 21 international appearances and was on the U.S. roster for the 2019 CONCACAF Gold Cup.</p>
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