2020 New York Red Bulls II season

The 2020 New York Red Bulls II season is the sixth ever season of competitive soccer played by the New York Red Bulls II, the reserve team of Major League Soccer's New York Red Bulls. The side participates in the USL Championship, the second-tier of American soccer.

New York Red Bulls II
2019 season
Sporting directorDenis Hamlett
Head CoachtJohn Wolyniec
StadiumMSU Soccer Park
USL ChampionshipGroup F: 3rd
Eastern Conf.: 14th
USL PlayoffsDid Not Qualify
Average home league attendance1,002
Biggest winNY 6–0 PHI (Sept. 9)
Biggest defeatPIT 4–1 NY (Aug. 8)
NY 0–3 PIT (Sept. 5)
NY 0–3 NC (Sept. 30)

Current roster

As of March 6, 2020[1]
No. Pos. Player Nation
2 DF Mandela Egbo ([A])  England
8 MF Jared Stroud ([A])  United States
17 FW Ben Mines ([A])  United States
19 MF Alex Muyl ([A])  United States
21 FW Omir Fernandez ([A])  United States
37 MF Caden Clark  United States
39 FW Sebastian Elney  United States
51 MF Kyle Zajec  United States
55 DF Preston Kilwien  United States
60 GK Alex Bobocea ([B])  United States
63 DF Roy Boateng  Ghana
65 GK Wallis Lapsley  United States
66 MF Barry Sharifi  United States
67 FW Omar Sowe  Gambia
70 MF Cherif Dieye  Senegal
72 DF Edgardo Rito  Venezuela
73 DF Joe Fala  United States
80 MF Chris Lema ([A])  United States
88 MF Deri Corfe  England
93 MF Bryce Lebel ([B])  United States
97 DF Samad Bounthong  United States
  1. ^
    Signed to first team contract with New York Red Bulls.
  2. ^

Competitive

USL Championship

Standings — Group F

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts PPG Qualification
1 Hartford Athletic 16 11 2 3 31 24 +7 35 2.19 Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
2 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 16 11 1 4 39 10 +29 34 2.13
3 New York Red Bulls II 16 5 0 11 30 37 7 15 0.94
4 Philadelphia Union II 16 2 3 11 20 45 25 9 0.56
5 Loudoun United FC 13 1 3 9 10 28 18 6 0.46
Source: USL

Match results

March 7 1 New York Red Bulls II 0–1 Tampa Bay Rowdies Montclair, New Jersey
3:00 PM EDT Muyl  40'
Kilwien  43'
Report Fernandes  30', 56'
Hilton  66'
Dumbuya  86'
Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field
Attendance: 1,002
Referee: Kevin Broadley
July 17 2 New York Red Bulls II 0–1 Hartford Athletic Harrison, New Jersey
TBA PM EDT Corfe  78'
Elney  90+4'
Report Guzmán 12'
Silva  53'
Barrera  62'
Downs  89'
Deas  90+3'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
July 26 4 New York Red Bulls II 2–1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 PM EDT Sowe 34',  58'
Kilwien  71'
Elney  88'
Corfe 90+5' (pen.)
Report Thomas 9',  90+1'
Mertz  90+3'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Luis Arroyo
August 12 7 New York Red Bulls II 1–2 Loudoun United FC Harrison, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT Lapsley  15'
Kilwien 79',  90+5'
Rito  90+1'
Report Ku-DiPietro 45+4'
Amoh  60', 65' (pen.)
Mehl  80'
Doue  85'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Jeremy Scheer
August 15 8 Hartford Athletic 2–1 New York Red Bulls II Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 PM EDT Dixon 21'
Silva  27'
Strong 40',  86'
Johnson  45+3'
Report LaCava  59'
Elney 74'
Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Attendance: 1,375
Referee: Ernie Constantine
August 23 9 New York Red Bulls II P–P Philadelphia Union II Harrison, New Jersey
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Note: Match postponed out of caution despite lack of positive covid-19 tests.[2]
August 29 10 Loudoun United FC 2–3 New York Red Bulls II Leesburg, Virginia
7:00 PM EDT Amoustapha 40', 64'
Wiedt  90+6'
Report LaCava 19', 45+5'
Boateng  22'
Dieye 26'
Clark 56',  69'
Stadium: Segra Field
Attendance: 512
Referee: John Griggs
September 5 11 New York Red Bulls II 0–3 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 PM EDT Kilwien  11'
Boateng  16'
Dieye  26'
Rito  45+2'
Report Lindstrom  23'
Mensah 45'
Kilwien 51' (o.g.)
Mertz 58'
Dover  86'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Attendance: 0
Referee: Adam Kilpatrick
September 9 9 New York Red Bulls II 6–0 Philadelphia Union II Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 PM EDT Lema 8'
Sowe 45', 45+2', 74'
Toure 72'
Clark 82', 90'
Zalinsky  89'
Report Freese  7'
Bohui  88'
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Luis Arroyo
Note: Re-schedule of postponed August 23, 2020 match.[3]
September 16 12 Hartford Athletic 3–1 New York Red Bulls II Hartford, Connecticut
7:00 PM EDT Silva 11'
Haak  43', 75'
Dixon 45+1'
Torres  54'
Barrera  68'
Report Rito  40'
LaCava 64'
Clark  69'
Stadium: Dillon Stadium
Referee: Thomas Snyder
September 23 13 Atlanta United 2 5–3 New York Red Bulls II Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT Conway 17', 45+2'
Bashti 20'
Goodrum 29'
Reilly  40'
Morales  43'
Gannon  69'
Mejia 71',  90'
Report Toure 21'
LaCava 28'
Bounthong 83'
Clark  85'
Kilwien  90'
Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium
Referee: Joshua Belk
September 26 14 New York Red Bulls II 5–4 Philadelphia Union II Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 PM EDT Sowe 13', 19'
Lema  37'
Zalinsky  41'
Dieye  42'
LaCava 65'
Cummins 67'
Fala 86'
Report McGlynn 43' (pen.), 69'
Topey  46'
Picazo 55'
Flores 90' (pen.)
Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Ernie Constantine
September 30 Loudoun United FC Cancelled New York Red Bulls II Leesburg, Virginia
TBA PM EDT Stadium: Segra Field
Note: Match cancelled due to multiple positive COVID-19 tests in Loudoun United FC organization and a lack of rescheduling windows.[4]
September 30 15 New York Red Bulls II 0–3 North Carolina FC Richmond, Virginia
5:00 PM EDT Cummins  44'
Hot  88'
Toure  90+3'
Report Fortune 12' (pen.),  28'
Speas 26'
Tolkin 45+3' (o.g.)
Stadium: City Stadium
Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Neutral site match scheduled to replace both teams' cancelled matches versus Loudoun United.[5]

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a more advanced level professional club, Red Bulls II is one of 15 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.[6]

Player statistics

Top scorers

Place Position Number Name USL USL Cup Total
1 FW 67 Omar Sowe 7 0 7
2 FW 64 Jake LaCava 5 0 5
3 MF 37 Caden Clark 3 0 3
FW 39 Sebastian Elney 3 0 3
MF 96 Dantouma Toure 3 0 3
4 MF 88 Deri Corfe 2 0 2
2 DF 55 Preston Kilwien 1 0 1
DF 63 Roy Boateng 1 0 1
MF 70 Cherif Dieye 1 0 1
DF 73 Joe Fala 1 0 1
MF 75 Daniel Edelman 1 0 1
MF 83 Boima Cummins 1 0 1
DF 97 Samad Bounthong 1 0 1
Total 30 0 30
  • Updated to matches played on September 27, 2020.[7]

References

  1. "NYRBII Players". New York Red Bulls. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
  2. "NYRB II Update: Sunday's Match Against Philadelphia Union II Postponed". NewYorkRedBulls.com. August 23, 2020. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  3. "Postponed Match Against Union II Re-Scheduled". NewYorkRedBulls.com. September 1, 2020. Retrieved September 9, 2020.
  4. "Remaining Loudoun United FC Games Cancelled". USLChampionship.com. September 25, 2020. Retrieved September 26, 2020.
  5. "North Carolina FC to face New York Red Bulls II at City Stadium". USLChampionship.com. September 28, 2020. Retrieved September 30, 2020.
  6. "Record-Setting 100 Teams Confirmed for 2020 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup, 107th Edition of U.S. Soccer's National Championship" (Press release). January 8, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2020.
  7. "USA - New York Red Bulls II - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".
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