2017 New York Red Bulls season explained

The 2017 New York Red Bulls season was the club's twenty-second season in Major League Soccer, the top division of soccer in the United States.

Team information

Squad information

^{[1] [2]} Appearances and goals are career totals from all-competitions.

Squad No.	Name	Nationality	Position(s)	Date of birth (age)[3]	Signed from	Games Played	Goals Scored
Goalkeepers
18	Ryan Meara		GK	February 22, 2017	Fordham University	34	0
24	Evan Louro		GK	February 22, 2017		0	0
31	Luis Robles		GK	February 22, 2017	Karlsruher SC	201	0
Defenders
3	Gideon Baah		CB/LB	February 22, 2017	HJK Helsinki	10	2
5	Connor Lade		RB/LB	February 22, 2017	Academy	111	4
15	Sal Zizzo		RB	February 22, 2017	Sporting Kansas City	93	1
29	Fidel Escobar			February 22, 2017	Sporting San Miguelito (on loan)	7	0
33	Aaron Long		CB	February 22, 2017		44	1
47	Hassan Ndam		CB	February 22, 2017	Rainbow F.C.	1	0
55	Damien Perrinelle		CB	February 22, 2017	FC Istres	82	2
62	Michael Amir Murillo			February 22, 2017	San Francisco (on loan)	22	2
78	Aurélien Collin		CB	February 22, 2017	Orlando City SC	44	0
92	Kemar Lawrence		LB	February 22, 2017	Harbour View	84	2
Midfielders
4	Tyler Adams		CM	February 22, 2017	Academy	36	2
6	Dan Metzger		CM	February 22, 2017	New York Red Bulls II	1	0
7	Derrick Etienne		CM	February 22, 2017	Academy	25	0
8	Felipe		CM		Montreal Impact	124	10
13	Mike Grella		LW	February 22, 2017	Carolina RailHawks	89	18
16	Sacha Kljestan (captain)		CM	February 22, 2017	Anderlecht	121	22
17	Arun Basuljevic		CM	February 22, 2017	Academy	0	0
19	Alex Muyl		RW/LW		Academy	69	6
22	Dilly Duka		CM		Columbus Crew	3	0
27	Sean Davis		CM	February 22, 2017	Academy	80	5
77	Daniel Royer		RW/LW	February 22, 2017	FC Midtjylland	41	16
88	Vincent Bezecourt		CM	February 22, 2017	New York Red Bulls II	4	0
Forwards
10	Muhamed Keita			February 22, 2017	Lech Poznań	7	0
30	Gonzalo Verón		FW/RW		San Lorenzo	82	12
99			FW	February 22, 2017	Charlton Athletic	168	100

Roster transactions

In

	Pos.	Player	Signed from	Details	Date	Source
22			Jacksonville Armada	Returned from Loan		[4]
78			Free Agent	Re-signed with club		[5]
6			New York Red Bulls II			[6]
24			Academy	Homegrown player		[7]
40			New York Red Bulls II			[8]
17			Academy	Homegrown player		[9]
55			Free Agent	Re-signed with club		[10]
28			Rainbow F.C.	Undisclosed		[11]
62			San Francisco	Season long loan		[12]
33			New York Red Bulls II			[13]
24			Free Agent	Re-signed with club		[14]
9			Red Bull Salzburg	Season long loan		[15]
24			Academy	Homegrown player		[16]
88			New York Red Bulls II	Short Term Loan		[17]
29			Sporting San Miguelito	18-month Loan		[18]
10			Lech Poznań	Undisclosed		[19]
22			Columbus Crew			[20]
88			New York Red Bulls II	Signed permanently from loan		[21]

Out

	Pos.	Player	Signed by	Details	Date	Source
26			RB Leipzig	End of loan		[22]
33			New York Red Bulls II	End of loan		[23]
22			San Francisco Deltas	Option Declined		[24]
23			Red Star F.C.	Option Declined
24			Free Agent	Contract Expired		[25]
55			Free Agent	Contract Expired
78			Free Agent	Contract Expired
98			Phoenix Rising FC	Contract Expired
25			Minnesota United FC	Expansion Draft		[26]
11			Chicago Fire	$400,000 General Allocation Money		[27]
24			Atlanta United FC	Fourth round draft pick
24			New York Red Bulls II	Released		[28]
40			New York Red Bulls II	Released
9			SJK	Loan until July 2017		[29]
9			Red Bull Salzburg	Waived		[30]
20			RGV FC Toros	Waived		[31]
21			Minnesota United FC	Season long loan		[32]
9			FC Astra Giurgiu	Loan until July 2018		[33]

Draft picks

Round		Position	Player	College/Club Team	Reference
1 (17)	-		Zeiko Lewis	Boston College	[34]
2 (39)	-		Ethan Kutler	Colgate University	[35]
3 (61)	-		Jordan Scarlett	Iona College	[36]

Preseason and Friendlies

Statistics

2 Goals

• Sacha Kljestan

1 Goal

• Brandon Allen
• Lucas Terci
• Vincent Bezecourt
• Gonzalo Verón
• Omir Fernandez
• Sal Zizzo

Major League Soccer season

See main article: 2017 Major League Soccer season.

Matches

MLS Cup Playoffs

See main article: 2017 MLS Cup Playoffs.

Eastern Conference Semifinals

CONCACAF Champions League

2016–17

See main article: 2016–17 CONCACAF Champions League.

Group stage

Group stage matches were played during the 2016 New York Red Bulls season.

Quarterfinals

2017–18

See main article: 2017–18 CONCACAF Champions League. New York will enter the competition during Phase Two in 2018.

U.S. Open Cup

New York entered the 2017 U.S. Open Cup with the rest of Major League Soccer in the fourth round.

Player statistics

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Top scorers

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1	FW		17	2	4	1	24
2	MF	Daniel Royer	12	2	1	0	15
3	FW	Gonzalo Verón	6	1	1	0	8
4	MF	Sacha Kljestan	2	1	1	0	4
5	MF	Alex Muyl	3	0	0	0	3
6	MF	Tyler Adams	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Felipe	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Sean Davis	2	0	0	0	2
	DF	Michael Amir Murillo	2	0	0	0	2
7	DF	Aaron Long	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Kemar Lawrence	1	0	0	0	1
Own goals			3	0	0	0	3
Total			53	6	7	1	67

As of November 5, 2017.

Assist Leaders

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1	MF	Sacha Kljestan	9	1	0	0	10
2	MF	Tyler Adams	3	1	1	0	5
	DF	Kemar Lawrence	5	0	0	0	5
3	MF	Felipe	3	0	1	0	4
4	DF	Sal Zizzo	2	0	1	0	3
	MF	Alex Muyl	3	0	0	0	3
	MF	Daniel Royer	2	1	0	0	3
5	MF	Derrick Etienne	2	0	0	0	2
	MF	Sean Davis	1	1	0	0	2
	FW	Gonzalo Verón	1	0	0	1	2
	FW		1	0	1	0	2
6	DF	Connor Lade	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Fredrik Gulbrandsen	1	0	0	0	1
	FW	Muhamed Keita	1	0	0	0	1
	DF	Damien Perrinelle	0	1	0	0	1
Total			35	5	4	1	45

As of November 5, 2017.
This table does not include secondary assists.

Shutouts

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1	GK	Luis Robles	10	2	0	0	12
2	GK	Ryan Meara	0	0	2	0	2
Total			10	2	2	0	14

As of November 5, 2017.

Notes and References

1. http://www.newyorkredbulls.com/players Players
2. http://metrofanatic.com/team/players.jsp Roster
3. Age on first match of the season February 22, 2017
4. Web site: Karl Ouimette is back. November 4, 2016 . November 4, 2016.
5. Web site: New York Red Bulls Re-Sign Defender Aurelien Collin. January 4, 2017.
6. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign academy product Dan Metzger to an MLS Contract. January 23, 2017.
7. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Evan Louro as Homegrown Player. New York Red Bulls. January 23, 2017.
8. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Rafael Diaz to MLS Contract. New York Red Bulls. January 24, 2017.
9. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Arun Basuljevic as Homegrown Player. New York Red Bulls. January 24, 2017.
10. Web site: New York Red Bulls Re-Sign Damien Perrinelle. January 25, 2017.
11. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Center Back Hassan Ndam. January 31, 2017.
12. Web site: New York Red Bulls Complete Loan of Panama International Michael Amir Murillo. February 18, 2017.
13. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Aaron Long to an MLS Contract. February 22, 2017.
14. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Kyle Reynish, Complete Trade With Atlanta United FC. March 1, 2017.
15. Web site: New York Red Bulls Add Norwegian international Fredrik Gulbrandsen On Loan from FC Red Bull Salzburg. March 10, 2017.
16. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign NYRB II Goalkeeper Evan Louro. April 29, 2017.
17. Web site: New York Red Bulls Loan Vincent Bezecourt from New York Red Bulls II. NewYorkRedBulls.com/. July 13, 2017.
18. Web site: New York Red Bulls Add Panama International Fidel Escobar on Loan. NewYorkRedBulls.com/. July 27, 2017.
19. Web site: New York Red Bulls Complete Transfer of Muhamed Keita. NewYorkRedBulls.com/. July 28, 2017.
20. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Midfielder Dilly Duka. NewYorkRedBulls.com/. August 10, 2017.
21. Web site: New York Red Bulls Sign Midfielder Vincent Bezecour. NewYorkRedBulls.com/. August 11, 2017.
22. Web site: Damari Will Return to RB Leipzig; Veron Part of Next Year's Plans. November 11, 2016.
23. Web site: Long's Return Leads Red Bulls II Roster Moves. November 21, 2016 . November 21, 2016.
24. Web site: New York Red Bulls Announce Roster Options for 2017 Season. November 28, 2016.
25. Web site: New York Red Bulls Announce Roster Moves Following Conclusion of 2016 MLS Season. December 12, 2016.
26. Web site: Defender Chris Duvall Selected by Minnesota United FC in MLS Expansion Draft. December 13, 2016.
27. Web site: Defender Chris Duvall Selected by Minnesota United FC in MLS Expansion Draft. January 16, 2017.
28. Web site: New York Red Bulls Announce Roster Moves. March 6, 2017.
29. Web site: New York Red Bulls Complete Loan of Anatole Abang to SJK Seinajoki. March 28, 2017.
30. Web site: New York Red Bulls Waive Fredrik Gulbrandsen. June 6, 2017.
31. Web site: New York Red Bulls Place Justin Bilyeu on Waivers. June 28, 2017.
32. Web site: New York Red Bulls Loan Brandon Allen to Minnesota United FC. July 15, 2017.
33. Web site: Anatole Abang Loaned to Astra in Romanian First Division. August 9, 2017.
34. Web site: New York Red Bulls Select Zeiko Lewis in First Round of 2017 MLS SuperDraft. January 13, 2017.
35. Web site: New York Red Bulls Select Ethan Kutler in Second Round of 2017 MLS SuperDraft. January 13, 2017.
36. Web site: New York Red Bulls Select Jordan Scarlett in Third Round of 2017 MLS SuperDraft. January 17, 2017.