New York Red Bulls II

Red Bull New York II were founded on January 21, 2015, when the New York Red Bulls acquired the rights to start a USL club. Red Bulls II competes in the second tier of American soccer and serves as a reserve side for the first team as well as a developmental stage for young prospects and academy players. The club follows in the footsteps of many MLS clubs who created USL sides to help promote youth development throughout the nation.^[2]

It was announced on March 2, 2015, that former MetroStars and Red Bulls player, John Wolyniec would be the club's new head coach. Wolyniec previously served as an assistant coach to the senior team and the academy. Former Red Bulls defender, Ibrahim Sekagya will also serve on his coaching staff.^[3]

On March 19, 2015, the soccer club announced the signing of their first-ever player, and former academy standout, Tyler Adams.^[4] Following their first signing, the club's first roster consisted of senior team players who were loaned down, draft picks, academy players and local trialists.^[5] A week later, on March 28, the club played in their inaugural match, drawing 0–0 against the Rochester Rhinos.^[6] Senior team loanee, Anatole Abang scored the club's first ever goal in a 4–1 victory against Toronto FC II, marking the first victory in club history.^[7]

A New York Red Bulls team composed mostly of NYRB II players defeated Chelsea F.C. in a friendly on July 22, 2015.^[8]

After spending the majority of the 2015 and 2016 season playing at Red Bull Arena, the club announced on May 10, 2016, that their new home field would be at Montclair State University's MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field starting in 2017.^[9]

The club won their first ever trophy^[10] on September 7, 2016, claiming the Regular Season Title (the equivalent of the Supporters' Shield) 4–1 victory at Harrisburg City Islanders.^[11] On October 23, Red Bulls II won their first USL Cup after a 5–1 victory against Swope Park Rangers at Red Bull Arena.^[12]

For the abbreviated 2020 USL Championship season, due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, Red Bulls II are playing home matches at Red Bull Arena with no fans in attendance.^[13]

On February 7, 2022, the club appointed Gary Lewis as new head coach.^[14]

MLS announced that it would be one of the new eight teams to join MLS Next Pro in 2023.^[15]

The team-recognized, fan organized supporters group of Red Bulls II is The Rampage, founded by members of the New York Red Bulls supporters club Viking Army.^[16]

As of 6 October 2023

Season	USL Championship								Play-offs	U.S. Open Cup	Top Scorer
	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts	Position			Player	Goals
2015	28	12	10	6	46	45	42	4th (East)	Conference semifinals	2R	Marius Obekop	6
2016	30	21	3	6	61	21	69	1st (East)*	USL Cup Champion	Not eligible (MLS Reserve Team)	Brandon Allen	21
2017	32	13	14	5	57	60	44	7th (East)	Conference Final		Stefano Bonomo	13
2018	34	13	8	13	71	59	52	5th (East)	Conference Final		Amando Moreno Brian White	10
2019	34	17	11	6	74	51	57	6th (East)	Conference quarterfinals		Jared Stroud	15
2020	16	5	11	0	30	37	15	14th (East) 3rd (Group F)	Did not qualify		Omar Sowe	7
2021	32	7	18	7	42	67	28	14th (East) 7th (Atlantic)	Did not qualify		Omar Sowe	8
2022	34	3	25	6	24	76	15	14th (East)	Did not qualify		Jordan Adebayo-Smith	7
Season	MLS Next Pro								Play-offs	U.S. Open Cup	Top Scorer
	P	W	L	D	GF	GA	Pts	Position			Player	Goals
2023	28	17	11	0	53	36	51	4th (East)	Conference Semifinals	Not eligible (MLS Reserve Team)	Ibrahim Kasule	15

^* Regular season title winners

• As of the 2016 season, MLS reserve sides are not allowed to compete in the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup.

As of 7 February 2022

• Includes USL Regular season, USL Play-offs and U.S. Lamar Hunt Open Cup

Name	Nationality	From	To	P	W	L	D	Win%
John Wolyniec	United States	February 14, 2015	December 10, 2021	188	90	62	36	047.87
Gary Lewis	England	February 7, 2022	July 2, 2022	17	1	13	3	005.88
Ibrahim Sekagya	Uganda	July 2, 2022	present	14	2	3	9	014.29

Year	Pos	Player	Country	Honor(s)
2016	FW	Brandon Allen	United States	All-League First Team
				USL Cup MVP
				USL Rookie of the Year
	DF	Aaron Long	United States	USL Defender of the Year
				All-League First Team
2017	MF	Vincent Bezecourt	France	All-League Second Team
2019	MF	Jared Stroud	United States	All-League First Team
2023	MF	Ibrahim Kasule	Uganda	MLS Next Pro Best XI

As of 28 July 2023^[17]

No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
1	GK	AJ Marcucci ([A])	United States
4	DF	Andrés Reyes ([A])	Colombia
16	FW	Julian Hall ([A])	United States
19	MF	Wikelman Carmona ([A])	Venezuela
20	DF	Juan José Mina ([A])	Colombia
21	GK	Aidan Stokes ([A])	United States
23	DF	Aidan O'Connor ([A])	United States
24	DF	Curtis Ofori ([A])	United States
27	DF	Davi Alexandre ([A])	United States
33	FW	Roald Mitchell ([A])	United States
34	DF	Juan Gutierrez	Colombia
35	GK	Dallas Odle	United States
37	FW	Mohammed Sofo	Ghana
42	DF	Omar Valencia ([A])	Panama
44	DF	Aiden Jarvis	Antigua and Barbuda
45	DF	Copeland Berkley ([B])	United States
46	MF	Dylan Sullivan	United States
48	MF	Ronald Donkor ([A])	Ghana
50	DF	Jair Collahuazo (on loan from C.S. Emelec)	Ecuador
56	DF	Matthew Dos Santos ([B])	United States
57	GK	Alan Rutkowski ([B])	United States
65	MF	Steven Sserwadda	Uganda
66	FW	Tanner Rosborough	United States
76	DF	Jeff Bryjak ([B])	United States
77	MF	Adri Mehmeti ([B])	United States
79	FW	Rafael Mosquera	Panama
82	MF	Ibrahim Kasule	Uganda
90	MF	Malick Dembele (on loan from Yeelen Olympique)	Mali
91	MF	Bento Estrela ([A])	Portugal
92	MF	Erick Ruiz	United States
97	FW	Frank Ssebuufu	Uganda

As of 24 June 2017^{[citation needed]}

#	Name	Career	USL	Playoffs	Open Cup	Total
1	Konrad Plewa	2015–2016	47	6	1	54
	Dan Metzger	2015–2017	49	4	1	54
2	Derrick Etienne	2015–2019	42	4	1	47
3	Brandon Allen	2016–2017	41	4	0	45
4	Devon Williams	2015–2016	36	3	0	39
5	Stefano Bonomo	2015–2018	31	6	0	37
	Tim Schmoll	2016–2017	34	3	0	37
	Vincent Bezecourt	2016–2019	33	4	0	37

Bold signifies current Red Bulls II player

As of 4 November 2017^{[citation needed]}

#	Name	Career	USL	Playoffs	Open Cup	Total
1	Brandon Allen	2016–2017	24	6	0	30
2	Stefano Bonomo	2015–2018	18	3	0	21
3	Junior Flemmings	2016–2017	16	1	0	17
4	Vincent Bezecourt	2016–2019	12	2	0	14
5	Florian Valot	2016–2021	11	2	0	13
6	Derrick Etienne	2015–2017	9	2	0	11

Bold signifies current Red Bulls II player

• USL Cup Championship
  • Winners : 2016
• USL Regular Season
  • Winners: 2016^[18]
• Eastern Conference
  • Winners (Playoffs): 2016
  • Winners (Regular season): 2016

• Soccer in New York City
• New York Red Bulls U-23

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