Complex sentence: Injured in a game against the Revolution in 2004, Gilberto could not recover his form was was released by the MetroStars in June 2005; ironically, he was picked up by the same New England team that he suffered his injury against.
Split into simpler sentences: Injured in a game against the Revolution in 2004, Gilberto could not recover his form and was released by the MetroStars in June 2005. Ironically, he was picked up by the same New England team that he suffered his injury against.