Now that Christmas season apparently starts in November, it’s only appropriate that we now share in the most joyous gift of all: the first full-fledged New York Red Bulls transfer rumor of the offseason.
On Wednesday night longtime Red Bulls beat writer Kristian Dyer reported that New York was close to a move for Cory Burke, the Jamaica international forward released by Philadelphia Union earlier this month. Burke indeed has followed the Red Bulls on Instagram and then some.
Burke spent seven seasons in the Philadelphia organization, beginning with a stint in USL with the now-defunct Bethlehem Steel operation before becoming a valuable rotational striker for Jim Curtin at first team level over recent seasons.