2015 New York Red Bulls II season

New York Red Bulls II
2015 season
Sporting Director	Ali Curtis
Head coach	John Wolyniec
USL	Conference: TBD; Overall: TBD
USL Playoffs	TBD
U.S. Open Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Marius Obekop; (6); All: Marius Obekop; (6)
Highest home attendance	1,028; (Apr. 4 vs. Toronto II)
Lowest home attendance	355 ; (Apr. 22 vs. Richmond)
Average home league attendance	592
Home colors	Away colors
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The 2015 New York Red Bulls II season was the club's first season of existence, and their first in United Soccer League, the third-tier of the American soccer pyramid. The Red Bulls II played in the Eastern Division of USL.

Club[edit]

Coaching staff[edit]

Position	Staff
Head Coach	John Wolyniec

Roster[edit]


No.	Pos.	Player	Nation
17	MF	Manolo Sanchez (on loan from New York Red Bulls)	United States
19	MF	Leo Stolz (on loan from New York Red Bulls)	Germany
21	MF	Marius Obekop (on loan from New York Red Bulls)	Cameroon
24	GK	Santiago Castaño (on loan from New York Red Bulls)	United States
30	MF	Dan Metzger	United States
33	MF	Jamie Thomas	United States
36	MF	Derrick Etienne (call up from New York Red Bulls Academy)	Haiti
37	FW	Juan Sebastían Sánchez (call up from New York Red Bulls Academy)	United States
38	MF	Kyle Zajec (call up from New York Red Bulls Academy)	United States
39	DF	Marcello Borges (call up from New York Red Bulls Academy)	United States
41	MF	Konrad Plewa	Poland
43	FW	Ethan Lochner (call up from New York Red Bulls Academy)	United States
44	DF	Mike da Fonte	United States
45	FW	Chris Tsonis	United States
51	DF	Colin Heffron	England
56	MF	Alex Clay	United States
66	DF	Tyler Adams	United States
70	MF	Victor Manosalvas	United States
74	GK	Rafael Diaz	Dominican Republic
77	MF	Franklin Castellanos	Honduras
88	MF	Dan Bedoya	Colombia
93	MF	Bolu Akinyode	Nigeria

Transfers[edit]

In[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred From	Fee	Date	Source

Out[edit]

No.	Pos	Player	Transferred To	Fee	Date	Source

Loans in[edit]

Loans out[edit]

Competitions[edit]

Preseason[edit]

USL[edit]

Standings[edit]

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Rochester Rhinos (C, X)	28	17	10	1	40	15	+25	61	Conference semi-finals
2	Louisville City FC	28	14	6	8	55	34	+21	48	Conference semi-finals
3	Charleston Battery	28	12	10	6	43	28	+15	46	First round
4	New York Red Bulls II	28	12	6	10	46	45	+1	42
5	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	28	11	8	9	53	42	+11	41
6	Richmond Kickers	28	10	11	7	41	35	+6	41
7	Charlotte Independence	28	10	10	8	38	35	+3	40
8	Harrisburg City Islanders	28	11	6	11	49	53	−4	39
9	Saint Louis FC	28	8	9	11	30	40	−10	33
10	FC Montreal	28	8	4	16	32	46	−14	28
11	Toronto FC II	28	6	5	17	26	52	−26	23
12	Wilmington Hammerheads	28	3	10	15	22	42	−20	19

Source: 2015 USL schedule
Rules for classification: 1) head-to-head; 2) total wins; 3) total goal differential; 4) total goals scored; 5) disciplinary points; 6) away goals scored; 7) away goal differential; 8) home goals scored; 9) home goal differential; 10) coin toss or drawing of lots
(C) Champions; (X) Regular Season League Champion

Results[edit]

March 28 1	New York Red Bulls II	0–0	Rochester Rhinos	Harrison
14:00 EST		Report	Garzi 31' Rolfe 43' Ringhof 80'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 547 Referee: Ryan Dos Reis

April 4 2	New York Red Bulls II	4–1	Toronto FC II	Harrison
15:30 EST	Abang 8' McLaws 39' Lade 48' Jean-Baptiste 51' Obekop 75' Stolz 86'	Report	Hamilton 14' Nunes 18' Lade 52' (o.g.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1,028 Referee: Neil Barbulescu

April 12 3	New York Red Bulls II	0–3	Wilmington Hammerheads	Harrison
16:00 EST	Castaño 85'	Report	Zimmerman 22', 43' Mendoza 88' (pen.) Poku 89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 566 Referee: Krys Larwa

April 18 4	Charleston Battery	1–1	New York Red Bulls II	Charleston
19:30 EST	Rodriguez 45' Chang 60' Garbanzo 69' Woodbine 79' Ferguson 90'	Report	Abang 68'	Stadium: Blackbaud Stadium Attendance: 4,188 Referee: Daniel Fitzgerald

April 22 5	New York Red Bulls II	0–1	Richmond Kickers	Harrison
19:30 EST	Lade 84'	Report	Ownby 50' Durkin 70' Callahan 75'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 355 Referee: Jaime Herrera

April 26 6	Rochester Rhinos	2–0	New York Red Bulls II	Rochester
14:05 EST	Obasi 38' Dixon 40' Mendoza 67' Garzi 84'	Report	Jean-Baptiste 79' Etienne 90'	Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,184 Referee: Brandon Artis

May 3 7	New York Red Bulls II	3–2	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Harrison
14:00 EST	Okiomah 6' (o.g.) Sanchez 66' Wallace 90+4'	Report	Vincent 8', 84' Dallman 31' Arena 72'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 398 Referee: Ernie Constantine

May 9 8	New York Red Bulls II	1–2	Harrisburg City Islanders	Harrison
14:00 EST	Jean-Baptiste 9', 68' Stolz 65' 86'	Report	McLaughlin 23' Shaffer 43' Barrill 90+1' Jankouskas 90+3'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 380 Referee: Randall Kelley

May 17 9	New York Red Bulls II	1–1	Charleston Battery	New York City
19:00 EST	Abang 6' Adams 90'	Report	Kelly 41' Woodbine 45' Boyd 45+' vanSchaik 74' Portillo 90+1' (pen.)	Stadium: Rocco B. Commisso Soccer Stadium Attendance: 458

May 24 10	New York Red Bulls II	3–2	FC Montreal	Harrison
20:00 EST	Abang 13' Sukunda 49' (o.g.) Etienne 69' Jean-Baptiste 90' Bedoya 90'	Report Box Score	Lajoie-Gravelle 20' Gagnon-Laparé 36' Temguia 48' Riggi 81' Belguendouz 90'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 1,004

May 30 11	Richmond Kickers	4–2	New York Red Bulls II	Richmond
19:00 EST	Sekyere 10' Ownby 14' Yeisley 37' Garner 40' Davis IV 68' (pen.)	Report	da Fonte 26' Etienne 48' Tsonis 72', 80'	Stadium: City Stadium Attendance: 2,954 Referee: Benjamin Hichak

June 6 12	FC Montreal	2–2	New York Red Bulls II	Montreal
18:30 EST	Zoue 22' Riggi 25' Houache 79' Ndiaye 90'	Report	Sanchez 4' Stolz 45' da Fonte 90'	Stadium: Stade Saputo Attendance: 306 Referee: Robert Schaap

June 13 13	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	0–1	New York Red Bulls II	Wilmington
19:00 EST	Arnoux 80' Anunga 87' Jackson 90'	Report	Tsonis 72' Etienne 90'	Stadium: Legion Stadium Attendance: 2,622 Referee: Dustin Thorne

June 20 14	Louisville City FC	0–2	New York Red Bulls II	Louisville
19:30 EST	Montano 46' Fernandez 69'	Report	Plewa 4' Jean-Baptiste 44' Etienne 50' Adams 54' Bedoya 63' Akinyode 77' Castaño 89' da Fonte 90'	Stadium: Louisville Slugger Field Attendance: 7,454 Referee: Esteban Rosano

June 27 15	Saint Louis FC	1–4	New York Red Bulls II	Fenton
20:30 EST	Lynch 59' Renken 90'	Report	Obekop 8' Plewa 56', 90' Tsonis 76' Castellanos 83' da Fonte 87'	Stadium: World Wide Technology Soccer Park Attendance: 5,260 Referee: Rubiel Vazquez

July 4 16	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	3–0	New York Red Bulls II	Pittsburgh
19:00 EST	Vincent 41' Kerr 55' Pasher 73' Vincent 81'	Report		Stadium: Highmark Stadium Referee: Brandon Artis

July 12 17	New York Red Bulls II	0–2	Harrisburg City Islanders	Harrison
17:00 EST		Report	Foster 23' Valles 87' (pen.)	Stadium: Red Bull Arena

July 18 18	Harrisburg City Islanders	0–2	New York Red Bulls II	Harrisburg
19:00 EST		Report	Stolz 75' Bedoya 80'	Stadium: Skyline Sports Complex

July 25 19	New York Red Bulls II	4–3	Richmond Kickers	Harrison
16:00 EST	Tsonis 11', 45' Sanchez 40' Bedoya 81'	Report	Yeisley 18', 23' Shiffman 89'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena

August 2 20	New York Red Bulls II	2–1	Saint Louis FC	Hanover
17:00 EST	Obekop 40' Castellanos 90'		Ciesiulka 72'	Stadium: Red Bull Training Facility

August 5 21	Charlotte Independence	2 -2	New York Red Bulls II	Charlotte
19:30 EST	Badji 24', 46'		Castellanos 5' Stolz 72'	Stadium: Ramblewood Soccer Complex

August 8 22	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	4–2	New York Red Bulls II	Wilmington
19:00 EST	Defregger 18', 34' Lawal 45' Ackley 61'		Obekop 30' Tsonis 81'	Stadium: Legion Stadium

August 12 23	New York Red Bulls II	1–1	Charlotte Independence	Harrison
19:30 EST	Bonomo 73'		Jackson 23'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena

August 22 24	Toronto FC II	0–2	New York Red Bulls II	Vaughan
20:00 EST			Bonomo 47' Williams 78'	Stadium: Ontario Soccer Centre

August 29 25	New York Red Bulls II	2–0	Wilmington Hammerheads FC	Harrison
17:00 EST	Sanchez 22' Obekop 29'			Stadium: Red Bull Arena

September 5 26	New York Red Bulls II	3–2	Louisville City FC	Harrison
20:30 EST	Sanchez 26' Akinyode 86'		McCabe 19' Fondy 40'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena

September 9 27	FC Montreal	2–0	New York Red Bulls II	Montreal
18:30 EST	Riggi 80', 90'			Stadium: Stade Saputo

September 19 28	Rochester Rhinos	3–2	New York Red Bulls II	Rochester
19:05 EST				Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium

U.S. Open Cup[edit]

May 20 Second round	Jersey Express	1–0	New York Red Bulls II	Newark
20:00 ET	Karcz 59' De Oliveiro 83'	Report	Thomas 37'	Stadium: J. Malcolm Simon Stadium

USL Playoffs[edit]

September 26, 2015 (2015-09-26)	New York Red Bulls II	4–2 (a.e.t.)	Pittsburgh Riverhounds	Harrison, New Jersey
5:00 pm EDT	Sanchez 62' Ouimette 102', 115' Bedoya 119'	Report	Hunt 15', 96'	Stadium: Red Bull Arena Attendance: 915 Referee: Jaime Herrera

October 3, 2015 (2015-10-03)	Rochester Rhinos	2–0	New York Red Bulls II	Rochester, New York
7:05 pm EDT	Dos Santos 48', 69'	Report		Stadium: Sahlen's Stadium Attendance: 6,378 Referee: Greg Dopka

Player statistics[edit]

Top scorers[edit]

Place	Position	Number	Name	USL	USL Cup	Total
1	MF	21	Marius Obekop	6	0	6
2	MF	17	Manolo Sanchez	4	1	5
2	FW	45	Chris Tsonis	5	0	5
3	FW	9	Anatole Abang	4	0	4
	MF	19	Leo Stolz	4	0	4
	MF	88	Dan Bedoya	3	1	4
4	FW	29	Stefano Bonomo	3	0	3
	MF	36	Derrick Etienne	3	0	3
	MF	41	Konrad Plewa	3	0	3
	MF	77	Franklin Castellanos	3	0	3
5	DF	22	Karl Ouimette	0	2	2
6	DF	3	Shawn McLaws	1	0	1
	DF	6	Anthony Wallace	1	0	1
	DF	35	Andrew Jean-Baptiste	1	0	1
	FW	37	Juan Sebastían Sánchez	1	0	1
	MF	80	Devon Williams	1	0	1
	MF	93	Bolu Akinyode	1	0	1
Total				44	4	48

As of 3 October 2015.

References[edit]

^ "Red Bulls name Ali Curtis as club's new Sporting Director". newyorkredbulls.com.

[1] "Red Bulls name Ali Curtis as club's new Sporting Director". newyorkredbulls.com.

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