M.L.S. Suspends Red Bulls' Henry Coincidentally convenient. Perhaps that is the best way to describe the decision Friday by Major League Soccer's disciplinary committee to suspend the Red Bulls captain and striker Thierry Henry for Saturday's game against the New England Revolution at Gillette Stadium in Foxborough, Mass. Henry, who has an aversion to playing on artificial turf, had no intention of taking the train to the game with the rest of the team. "We weren't expecting him to play because of the turf," Red Bulls Coach Hans Backe said during a conference call Friday. It's more about the history with his Achilles' problem. He always picks up some kind of injury on turf. The turf in U.S. is not the best, it is really hard to play on. I think the only one decent is in Portland. Henry has not played any of the club's away games on turf this season (at Montreal in Olympic Stadium, at Vancouver and at New England earlier). After reviewing video of the incident, Henry was suspended and fined an undisclosed amount by the league for his apparent head butt of Sporting Kansas City's Kei Kamara late in a 2-0 loss at Red Bull Arena on Wednesday. Henry was not penalized or disciplined by Referee David Gantar during the match for what initially appeared to be two players running into each other. The league saw it otherwise. Here is another view: Backe, asked if he was concerned that his three designated players -- Henry, Rafael Marquez and Tim Cahill -- are prone to overly physical, even chippy play, said, initially about Henry, then about the threesome: "He's very experienced. He's won everything. I don't think you change a player's emotional things. It would just be stupid for me to try and change anything when he's 35 years old. It's probably pure coincidence, they have all played in big leagues where it's also very very tough and you need to step up. Pure coincidence. Once again ... convenient coincidence? At least for Henry, the league's player of the week last week after scoring twice against Columbus? Notes The Red Bulls have a dismal record at New England and have not beaten the Revolution at Gillette Stadium in 10 years (the last win was on July 29, 2002), a streak of 15 games. ... The Revolution have been eliminated from the postseason, while the Red Bulls squandered an opportunity to leapfrog Kansas City and take over first place in the Eastern Conference. ... Hans Backe said that he expected Rafael Marquez to play 60 to 70 minutes Saturday and that Lloyd Sam, who showed promising flashes against Kansas City, could see up to 45 minutes. ... The team's newest player, the Brazilian midfielder Digão, obtained his visa on Friday, Backe said, but is not with the team in New England. When he does play, he will wear No.