2020 New York Red Bulls II season

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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)
Away colours
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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.

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.
  2. ^
    New York Red Bulls Academy player.
    3.

Competitive[]

USL Championship[]

Main article: 2020 USL Championship season

Standings — Group F[]

Pos Team
  • v
  • t
 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 Yellow card 40'
Kilwien Yellow card 43'		 Report Fernandes Yellow card 30', Goal 56'
Hilton Yellow card 66'
Dumbuya Yellow card 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 Yellow card 78'
Elney Yellow card 90+4'		 Report Guzmán Goal 12'
Silva Yellow card 53'
Barrera Yellow card 62'
Downs Yellow card 89'
Deas Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
July 22 3 Philadelphia Union II 1–5 New York Red Bulls II Chester, Pennsylvania
8:36 PM EDT Miscic Goal 46'
Flores Yellow card 58'		 Report Corfe Goal 10'
Boateng Goal 53'
Edelman Goal 56'
Fala Yellow card 58'
Elney Goal 59'
Sowe Goal 75'		 Stadium: Subaru Park
Referee: Christian Centeno
July 26 4 New York Red Bulls II 2–1 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 PM EDT Sowe Goal 34', Yellow card 58'
Kilwien Yellow card 71'
Elney Yellow card 88'
Corfe Goal 90+5' (pen.)		 Report Thomas Goal 9', Yellow card 90+1'
Mertz Yellow card 90+3'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Luis Arroyo
August 5 5 Philadelphia Union II 3–2 New York Red Bulls II Chester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM EDT Bohui Goal 1'
McGlynn Goal 45+4'
Flores Yellow card 61'
Jasinski Goal 71'		 Report Elney Goal 37' (pen.)
Dieye Goal 43'
Sharifi Yellow card 54'		 Stadium: Subaru Park
Referee: Joshua Encarnación
August 8 6 Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC 4–1 New York Red Bulls II Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT Mertz Goal 3' (pen.), Goal 61'
Thomas Yellow card 15'
Dos Santos Yellow card 42'
Mensah Goal 65'
Velarde Goal 80'		 Report Bounthong Yellow card 2'
Toure Goal 90+3'		 Stadium: Highmark Stadium
Referee: Austin Saini
August 12 7 New York Red Bulls II 1–2 Loudoun United FC Harrison, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT Lapsley Red card 15'
Kilwien Goal 79', Yellow card 90+5'
Rito Yellow card 90+1'		 Report Ku-DiPietro Goal 45+4'
Amoh Yellow card 60', Goal 65' (pen.)
Mehl Yellow card 80'
Doue Yellow card 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 Goal 21'
Silva Yellow card 27'
Strong Goal 40', Yellow card 86'
Johnson Yellow card 45+3'		 Report LaCava Yellow card 59'
Elney Goal 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 Goal 40', Goal 64'
Wiedt Yellow card 90+6'		 Report LaCava Goal 19', Goal 45+5'
Boateng Yellow card 22'
Dieye Penalty missed 26'
Clark Goal 56', Yellow card 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 Yellow card 11'
Boateng Yellow card 16'
Dieye Yellow card 26'
Rito Yellow card 45+2'		 Report Lindstrom Yellow card 23'
Mensah Goal 45'
Kilwien Goal 51' (o.g.)
Mertz Goal 58'
Dover Yellow card 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 Penalty missed 8'
Sowe Goal 45', Goal 45+2', Goal 74'
Toure Goal 72'
Clark Goal 82', Goal 90'
Zalinsky Yellow card 89'		 Report Freese Yellow card 7'
Bohui Yellow card 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 Goal 11'
Haak Yellow card 43', Goal 75'
Dixon Goal 45+1'
Torres Yellow card 54'
Barrera Yellow card 68'		 Report Rito Yellow card 40'
LaCava Goal 64'
Clark Yellow card 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 Goal 17', Goal 45+2'
Bashti Goal 20'
Goodrum Goal 29'
Reilly Yellow card 40'
Morales Yellow card 43'
Gannon Yellow card 69'
Mejia Goal 71', Yellow card 90'		 Report Toure Goal 21'
LaCava Goal 28'
Bounthong Goal 83'
Clark Yellow card 85'
Kilwien Yellow card 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 Goal 13', Goal 19'
Lema Yellow card 37'
Zalinsky Yellow card 41'
Dieye Yellow card 42'
LaCava Goal 65'
Cummins Goal 67'
Fala Goal 86'		 Report McGlynn Goal 43' (pen.), Goal 69'
Topey Yellow card 46'
Picazo Goal 55'
Flores Goal 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 Yellow card 44'
Hot Yellow card 88'
Toure Yellow card 90+3'		 Report Fortune Goal 12' (pen.), Yellow card 28'
Speas Goal 26'
Tolkin Goal 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]
October 4 16 New York Red Bulls II 0–2 Hartford Athletic Harrison, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT Bounthong Yellow card 48'
Sowe Yellow card 55'
Dieye Yellow card 83'		 Report Lara Yellow card 39'
Johnson Goal 65'
McGlynn Goal 75'
Strong Yellow card 90+1'		 Stadium: Red Bull Arena
Referee: Sean Lyons

U.S. Open Cup[]

Main article: 2020 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 The Gambia Omar Sowe 7 0 7
2 FW 64 United States Jake LaCava 5 0 5
3 MF 37 United States Caden Clark 3 0 3
FW 39 United States Sebastian Elney 3 0 3
MF 96 United States Dantouma Toure 3 0 3
4 MF 88 England Deri Corfe 2 0 2
2 DF 55 Ghana Preston Kilwien 1 0 1
DF 63 Ghana Roy Boateng 1 0 1
MF 70 Senegal Cherif Dieye 1 0 1
DF 73 United States Joe Fala 1 0 1
MF 75 United States Daniel Edelman 1 0 1
MF 83 United States Boima Cummins 1 0 1
DF 97 United States 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. 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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