The New York Red Bulls U-16s may have been bounced out of contention for the Salzburg-hosted Next Generation Trophy on day one, but their adventures in RalfBall Cup did not end there.
The team stayed on to play the 9th-12th place playoff games. RBNY beat West African Football Academy, 2-0, then lost to Werder Bremen (3-2) and Serbia's FC Cukaricki (2-1).
The tournament's progress revealed the RBNY U-16s had a tough group to start with: Benfica won the trophy, beating Manchester City, 2-1; fourth-placed FC Midtjylland was the team that knocked out defending champion RB Salzburg in the quarterfinals.