2019 New York Red Bulls II season

New York Red Bulls II
2019 season
Sporting director	Denis Hamlett
Head coach	John Wolyniec
Stadium	MSU Soccer Park
USL Championship	Eastern Conf.: 6th
USL Playoffs	Conf. Quarterfinal
Highest home attendance	1,522; (September 13 vs. Charlotte)
Lowest home attendance	467; (May 1 vs. Birmingham)
Average home league attendance	852
Biggest win	8–1; (July 13 vs. Atlanta United 2)
Biggest defeat	3–7; (October 19 vs. Loudoun United FC)
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The 2019 season was the fifth 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 participated in the USL Championship, the second-tier of American soccer.

Roster

As of July 15, 2019^[1]


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
30	DF	Sean McSherry	United States
35	DF	Jordan Scarlett	Jamaica
37	DF	Allen Yanes	Guatemala
39	FW	Sebastian Elney	United States
44	GK	Miguel Silva	Venezuela
50	MF	Jared Stroud	United States
51	MF	Kyle Zajec	United States
55	DF	Preston Kilwien	United States
63	DF	Roy Boateng	Ghana
66	DF	János Löbe	Germany
72	DF	Edgardo Rito	Venezuela
77	FW	Amarildo de Souza (on loan from Red Bull Brasil)	United States
80	MF	Chris Lema	United States
81	GK	Rashid Nuhu	Ghana
91	DF	Rece Buckmaster	United States

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Signed to first team contract with New York Red Bulls.

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New York Red Bulls Academy player.

Roster movement

Out

Date from	Position	Name	To	Details	Ref.
November 13, 2018	GK	Scott Levene	Memphis 901 FC	Option declined	^[2]
November 13, 2018	DF	Allen Yanes	Free Agent	Released	^[2]
November 13, 2018	DF	Andrew Lombard	Free Agent	Released	^[2]
November 13, 2018	DF	Lucas Stauffer	Free Agent	Option declined	^[2]
November 13, 2018	DF	Niko de Vera	Portland Timbers 2	Option declined	^[2]
November 13, 2018	MF	Andrew Tinari	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Released	^[2]
November 13, 2018	MF	Jose Aguinaga	Phoenix Rising	Option declined	^[2]
November 13, 2018	MF	Steven Echevarria	Free Agent	Option declined	^[2]

USL Championship

Standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
4	Louisville City FC	34	17	9	8	58	41	+17	60	Conference Quarterfinals
5	Tampa Bay Rowdies	34	16	10	8	61	33	+28	58
6	New York Red Bulls II	34	17	6	11	74	51	+23	57
7	North Carolina FC	34	16	8	10	57	37	+20	56	Play-In Round
8	Ottawa Fury FC	34	14	10	10	50	43	+7	52	Play-In Round

Source: USL Championship Standings
Rules for classification: 1) total wins; 2) total goal differential; 3) total goals scored; 4) points earned against top four Conference finishers; 5) disciplinary points; 6) coin toss or drawing of lots

Matches

Win Draw Loss Upcoming

On December 19, 2018, the USL announced their 2019 season schedule.^[3]
All times are in Eastern time.

March 3 1	New York Red Bulls II	3–1	Swope Park Rangers	Montclair, New Jersey
1:00 PM	Barlow 26', 62' Epps 55'	Report	Bilyeu 18' Hernandez 44' Colombie 73'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 727 Referee: J.C. Griggs

March 24 2	New York Red Bulls II	1–1	Nashville SC	Montclair, New Jersey
1:00 PM	Rito 45+1' White 55' Scarlett 78'	USL Report NYRB2 Report	Vermeer 20' Ríos 21' Reed 75' Doyle 83'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 812 Referee: Jon Freemon

March 29 3	New York Red Bulls II	3–2	Memphis 901 FC	Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM	Stroud 18' Rito 38' Barlow 45+1' Etienne 56' Scarlett 59'	Report	Najem 11', 45+4' Burch 61' Dally 73' Hodge 90+6'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 704 Referee: Matthew Thompson

April 6 4	Birmingham Legion FC	Abandoned	New York Red Bulls II	Birmingham, Alabama
8:00 PM		Report	Barlow 8'	Stadium: BBVA Compass Field Referee: Eric Tattersall
Note: Match abandoned in the 17th minute due to inclement weather with NY leading 1-0

April 13 5	Charlotte Independence	1–2	New York Red Bulls II	Matthews, North Carolina
6:00 PM EDT	Jackson 25' George 51' Hill 53'	Report	Barlow 33', 36' McSherry 79' Amarildo 85'	Stadium: Sportsplex at Matthews Attendance: 1,562 Referee: Guido Gonzales, Jr.

April 17 6	New York Red Bulls II	4–0	Hartford Athletic	Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM	Zajec 17' Stroud 53' Barlow 64' Etienne 71' Lema 89'	Report	de Wit 41'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 721 Referee: Lorant Varga

April 20 7	New York Red Bulls II	1–3	Loudoun United FC	Montclair, New Jersey
12:00 PM	Jørgenson 4'	Report	Sinclair 14' Lubahn 22' Ward 55' Murphy 78'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 621 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

April 28 8	New York Red Bulls II	2–1	Indy Eleven	Montclair, New Jersey
5:00 PM EDT	Scarlett 39' Stroud 60' (pen.) Barlow 69'	Report	Kelly 13' King 59'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 542 Referee: David Barrie

May 1 9	New York Red Bulls II	5–0	Birmingham Legion FC	Montclair, New Jersey
6:00 PM CDT	Etienne 23' Nealis 55' Jørgenson 57', 81' Koffi 65' Barlow 90'	Report	Culbertson 79'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 467 Referee: Thomas Snyder

May 8 10	Ottawa Fury FC	1–1	New York Red Bulls II	Ottawa, Ontario
10:30 EST (UTC–5)	Fall 6' Oliviera 22' Ward 39' Barnathan 90+2'	Report	Koffi 20' Rito 79' Stroud 90+2' Mines 90+3'	Stadium: TD Place Stadium Attendance: 6,807 Referee: Yusri Rudolf

May 18 11	Tampa Bay Rowdies	2–0	New York Red Bulls II	St. Petersburg, Florida
19:30 EST (UTC−5)	Tejada 29' (Tinari), 58' (Poku) Oduro 72' Diakité 90+1'	Report		Stadium: Al Lang Stadium Attendance: 7,210 Referee: Ismir Pekmic

May 24 12	New York Red Bulls II	1–2	North Carolina FC	Montclair, New Jersey
19:00 EST (UTC−5)	Stroud 50', 77' Scarlett 90+6'	Report	Brotherton 14' Miller 38' Fortune 41' Ewolo 59' Comsia 63'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 941 Referee: Silviu Petrescu

May 31 13	New York Red Bulls II	4–0	Bethlehem Steel FC	Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT	Zajec 26', 31' Jørgenson 65' (pen.) Scarlett 69' Cortés 76' (o.g.)	Report	Chambers 24' Topey 84'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 869 Referee: Elton García

June 7 14	Atlanta United 2	1–3	New York Red Bulls II	Kennesaw, Georgia
7:30 PM EDT	Metcalf 5' Decas 42' Vazquez 66' Gallagher 83' Carleton 84'	Report	Koffi 12' Rito 44' Elney 47' Zajec 76'	Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium Attendance: 1,662 Referee: Alejandro Mariscal

June 16 15	New York Red Bulls II	1–0	Louisville City FC	Montclair, New Jersey
3:00 PM EDT	Louro 45+2' Jørgenson 83'	Report	Matsoso 17' DelPiccolo 18' Craig 45+2'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 815 Referee: Elijio Arreguin

June 22 16	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	3–0	New York Red Bulls II	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Brett 40' Dos Santos 51' Vancaeyezeele 58'	Report	Koffi 63' 65' Zajec 90'	Stadium: Highmark Stadium Attendance: 2,900 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

June 26 17	Nashville SC	Abandoned	New York Red Bulls II	Nashville, Tennessee
8:00 PM EDT	Moloto 22' Lancaster 35'	Report	Jørgenson 6'	Stadium: First Tennessee Park Referee: Matthew Franz
Note: Match abandoned at halftime due to inclement weather with Nashville leading 2 goals to 1.

June 29 18	Charleston Battery	1–1	New York Red Bulls II	Charleston, South Carolina
7:30 PM	Mueller 22' Anunga 45' Daley 54' Candela 85'	Report	Jørgenson 80' Kilwien 83' Rito 90+4'	Stadium: MUSC Health Stadium Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

July 5 19	New York Red Bulls II	1–1	Ottawa Fury FC	Montclair, New Jersey
19:00 EST (UTC–5)	Zajec 54' Lema 64' Kilwien 90' Louro 90+2'	Report	Thiago 11' Gagnon-Laparé 13' 24' Haworth 20', 44'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 812 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

July 10 20	Bethlehem Steel FC	3–4	New York Red Bulls II	Chester, Pennsylvania
7:00 PM EDT	Moumbagna 23' Willis 43' Real 45' Fontana 45+2' Rayyan 46', 58' Turner 90'	Report	Barlow 15', 82' Koffi 61' Stroud 76', 88'	Stadium: Talen Energy Stadium Attendance: 256 Referee: Eric Tattersall

July 13 21	New York Red Bulls II	8–1	Atlanta United 2	Montclair, New Jersey
5:00 PM	Lema 19', 50', 63', 85' Stroud 21', 39' Nealis 22' Buckmaster 27' Epps 55' (pen.)	Report	Fernando 48' 70' Wyke 58' Conway 65' Barajas 84'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 802 Referee: Jon Freemon

July 20 22	Memphis 901 FC	2–2	New York Red Bulls II	Memphis, Tennessee
7:30 PM	Allen 48', 81', 87' Lindley 69' Kunga 69'	Report	Koffi 7' Scarlett 10', 89' Bezecourt 44'	Stadium: AutoZone Park Attendance: 7,226 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

July 26 23	New York Red Bulls II	2–0	Tampa Bay Rowdies	Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM	Jørgenson 17', 34' Duncan 27' 62' Barlow 47' Lema 51' Buckmaster 88' Nealis 90+4'	Report	Guenzatti 23' Diakité 37'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park at Pittser Field Attendance: 1,089 Referee: Luis Guardia

August 2 24	New York Red Bulls II	2–0	Saint Louis FC	Montclair, New Jersey
6:00 PM	Elney 34', 89' Stroud 69' Tolkin 74'	Report	Kacher 13' Umar 32', 88' Greig 39' Calvert 75'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 756 Referee: Greg Dopka

August 10 25	Hartford Athletic	1–5	New York Red Bulls II	Hartford, Connecticut
1:00 PM EDT	Gdula 20' Dalgaard 31' Davey 53' Lee 53' Dixon 67'	Report	Bezecourt 57', 81' Elney 64' Nealis 75' Stroud 82' Löbe 90+2'	Stadium: Dillon Stadium Attendance: 4,262 Referee: Elton García

August 14 26	New York Red Bulls II	1–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT	Barlow 20' Koffi 63' Elney 90+3'	Report	Greenspan 36' Mertz 58' Brett 84'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 783 Referee: Matthew Franz

August 21 17	Nashville SC	1–2	New York Red Bulls II	Nashville, Tennessee
8:00 PM EDT	Tribbett 10' Lasso 60' 65'	Report	Lema 42' Stroud 44' Duncan 71' Koffi 75' Tolkin 85'	Stadium: First Tennessee Park Attendance: 7,002 Referee: Jon Freemon
Note: Reschedule of match abandoned due to inclement weather on June 26.^[4]

August 24 27	Swope Park Rangers	1–5	New York Red Bulls II	Kansas City, Kansas
7:00 PM	Harris 13' Andrade 15' 25' Hernandez 70'	Report	McSherry 7', 40' Rito 45' Scarlett 48' Stroud 51' Sowe 73' Duncan 75'	Stadium: Children's Mercy Park Attendance: 498 Referee: Sergii Demianchuk

September 4 28	Indy Eleven	1–0	New York Red Bulls II	Indianapolis, Indiana
7:00 PM EDT	Conner 17' Barrett 28' Walker 61' Ouimette 79' Kelly 83'	Report	Tarek 90+2'	Stadium: Lucas Oil Stadium Attendance: 9,124 Referee: Lorant Varga

September 13 29	New York Red Bulls II	2–0	Charlotte Independence	Montclair, New Jersey
7:00 PM EDT	Jørgenson 15' Nealis 47' Scarlett 59' Stroud 83'	Report	E. Martínez 25' Sabella 37' Roberts 59' Bocanegra 63' A. Martínez 66'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 1,522 Referee: Lukasz Szpala

September 18 30	Saint Louis FC	2–0	New York Red Bulls II	Fenton, Missouri
7:30 PM	Blackwood 3' Darces 45+1' Fink 70' (pen.)	Report	Stroud 25' Louro 70' Boateng 70'	Stadium: Toyota Stadium Attendance: 5,462 Referee: Elvis Osmanovic

September 21 31	Louisville City FC	5–3	New York Red Bulls II	Louisville, Kentucky
7:00 PM EDT	Jimenez 17', 24' Matsoso 29', 31', 33' Hoppenot 45+2' Craig 54' McCabe 59'	Report	Bezecourt 20' Stroud 37' (pen.) Boateng 62' Koffi 66' Sowe 71'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 9,946 Referee: Malik Badawi

September 27 32	New York Red Bulls II	1–1	Charleston Battery	Montclair, New Jersey
7:30 PM	Tolkin 45+6' Jørgenson 51' Sowe 85'	Report	Woodbine 40' Anunga 43' Guerra 45+2' Piggott 74' Paterson 90+6'	Stadium: MSU Soccer Park Attendance: 1,493 Referee: Daniel Gutierrez

October 5 33	North Carolina FC	2–0	New York Red Bulls II	Cary, North Carolina
19:00 EDT	Ewolo 7', 7' Kristo 50'	Report	Kilwien 7' Scarlett 87'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium at WakeMed Soccer Park Attendance: 4,293 Referee: Jon Freemon

October 16 4	Birmingham Legion FC	2–1	New York Red Bulls II	Birmingham, Alabama
8:00 PM	Wright 10' Williams 28' Culbertson 42' Kasim 45+2', 46' Johnson 80'	Report	Koffi 45+5' Fisher 68' (o.g.) Kilwien 87'	Stadium: BBVA Field Attendance: 3,824 Referee: Elton García
Note: The game was abandoned in the 17th minute due to inclement weather. NYRBII were leading, 1–0, on a goal in the 8th minute from Tom Barlow. The match was replayed in full on the rescheduled date.^[5]

October 19 34	Loudoun United FC	7–3	New York Red Bulls II	Leesburg, Virginia
19:30 EST (UTC−5)	Ndour 5' A. Bustamante 13' Murphy 33' (pen.), 36', 53' Wild 42', 72' Amoh 46'	Report	Stroud 16' Jørgenson 65' Sowe 90+1'	Stadium: Loudoun United Stadium Attendance: 3,014 Referee: Eric Tattersall

USL Cup Playoffs

October 26 Conference Quarterfinal	Indy Eleven	1–0	New York Red Bulls II	Indianapolis, Indiana
4:00 p.m. EDT	Ouimette 27'	Report		Stadium: Carroll Stadium Attendance: 5,175 Referee: Michael Radchuk

U.S. Open Cup

Due to their ownership by a more advanced level professional club, Red Bulls II is one of 13 teams expressly forbidden from entering the Cup competition.^[6]

Player statistics

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	USL	Total
1	FW	74	Tom Barlow	8	8
2	MF	50	Jared Stroud	4	4
3	MF	7	Derrick Etienne	3	3
3	FW	25	Mathias Jørgensen	3	3
4	MF	11	Marcus Epps	1	1
	DF	15	Sean Nealis	1	1
	FW	42	Brian White	1	1
	MF	80	Chris Lema	1	1
Total				22	22

Updated to matches played on May 18, 2019.^[7]

Disciplinary

No.	Pos.	Name	USL		Total		Discipline
No.	Pos.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
35	DF	Jordan Scarlett	2	0	0	0	2	0
72	DF	Edgardo Rito	2	0	0	0	2	0

References

^ "NYRBII Players". New York Red Bulls. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "New York Red Bulls II Announce End of Year Roster Decisions". New York Red Bulls. November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.
^ "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". December 19, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
^ "Two Postponed Championship Contests Rescheduled". July 18, 2019.
^ Humphries, Clayton (April 16, 2019). "Legion FC home match vs. New York Red Bulls II rescheduled for October 16". BHMLegion.com. Birmingham Legion FC. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
^ "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.
^ "USA - New York Red Bulls II - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".

[cnote_A_grp_1] 
Signed to first team contract with New York Red Bulls.

[cnote_B_grp_2] 
New York Red Bulls Academy player.

[1] "NYRBII Players". New York Red Bulls. Archived from the original on March 1, 2019. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[Off-Season_Moves-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "New York Red Bulls II Announce End of Year Roster Decisions". New York Red Bulls. November 13, 2018. Retrieved November 13, 2018.

[3] "2019 USL Championship Schedule Unveiled". December 19, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2019.

[4] "Two Postponed Championship Contests Rescheduled". July 18, 2019.

[Postponed-5] Humphries, Clayton (April 16, 2019). "Legion FC home match vs. New York Red Bulls II rescheduled for October 16". BHMLegion.com. Birmingham Legion FC. Retrieved April 18, 2019.

[USSF-6] "2019 Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup Format and Schedule Finalized" (Press release). U.S. Soccer Federation. January 31, 2019. Retrieved February 17, 2019.

[B1-7] "USA - New York Red Bulls II - Results, fixtures, squad, statistics, photos, videos and news - Soccerway".

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