2020 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.: TBD
USL Playoffs	TBD
Average home league attendance	1,002
Biggest win	5–1; (July 22 at Philadelphia)
Biggest defeat	1–4; (August 8 at Pittsburgh)
Home colours	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

^

Signed to first team contract with New York Red Bulls.

^

New York Red Bulls Academy player.

Competitive

USL Championship

Standings — Group F

Pos	Team v t e	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	Advance to USL Championship Playoffs
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 22 3	Philadelphia Union II	1–5	New York Red Bulls II	Chester, Pennsylvania
8:36 PM EDT	Miscic 46' Flores 58'	Report	Corfe 10' Boateng 53' Edelman 56' Fala 58' Elney 59' Sowe 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 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 5 5	Philadelphia Union II	3–2	New York Red Bulls II	Chester, Pennsylvania
5:00 PM EDT	Bohui 1' McGlynn 45+4' Flores 61' Jasinski 71'	Report	Elney 37' (pen.) Dieye 43' Sharifi 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 3' (pen.), 61' Thomas 15' Dos Santos 42' Mensah 65' Velarde 80'	Report	Bounthong 2' Toure 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 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	v	New York Red Bulls II	Hartford, Connecticut
TBA PM EDT				Stadium: Dillon Stadium

August 23 9	New York Red Bulls II	v	Philadelphia Union II	Harrison, New Jersey
TBA PM EDT				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

August 29 10	Loudoun United FC	v	New York Red Bulls II	Leesburg, Virginia
TBA PM EDT				Stadium: Segra Field

September 6 11	New York Red Bulls II	v	Pittsburgh Riverhounds SC	Harrison, New Jersey
TBA PM EDT				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

September 16 12	Hartford Athletic	v	New York Red Bulls II	Hartford, Connecticut
TBA PM EDT				Stadium: Dillon Stadium

September 23 13	Atlanta United 2	v	New York Red Bulls II	Kennesaw, Georgia
TBA PM EDT				Stadium: Fifth Third Bank Stadium

September 26 14	New York Red Bulls II	v	Philadelphia Union II	Harrison, New Jersey
TBA PM EDT				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

September 30 15	Loudoun United FC	v	New York Red Bulls II	Leesburg, Virginia
TBA PM EDT				Stadium: Segra Field

October 4 16	New York Red Bulls II	v	Hartford Athletic	Harrison, New Jersey
TBA PM EDT				Stadium: Red Bull Arena

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.^[2]

Player statistics

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	USL	Total
1	FW	39	Sebastian Elney	2	2
	FW	67	Omar Sowe	2	2
	MF	88	Deri Corfe	2	2
2	DF	63	Roy Boateng	1	1
	MF	70	Cherif Dieye	1	1
	MF	75	Daniel Edelman	1	1
	MF	96	Dantouma Toure	1	1
Total				10	10

Updated to matches played on August 8, 2020.^[3]

References

^ "NYRBII Players". New York Red Bulls. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
^ "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.
^ https://int.soccerway.com/teams/united-states/new-york-rb-ii/32867/squad/

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

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New York Red Bulls Academy player.

[1] "NYRBII Players". New York Red Bulls. Retrieved February 28, 2019.

[USSF-2] "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.

[B1-3] ttps://int.soccerway.com/teams/united-states/new-york-rb-ii/32867/squad/

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