For Tyler Adams, being part of the New York Red Bulls’ first team extends a relationship that reaches far past time spent in the club’s academy. “I definitely had a Red Bulls jersey when I was younger,” he proudly states. “One of the first years Thierry Henry was here, I got that jersey.”
A native of Wappingers Falls, two hours north of New York City, it was there that his passion for soccer first displayed itself. “I remember playing in the Poughkeepsie inter-mural league, and we lost 9-8,” he says. “This one kid got 9 goals, and I think I got 7.