Dantouma “Yaya” Toure used to deal with a very complicated commute. In order to arrive to the New York Red Bulls training facility, he walked 20 minutes from his house in Trenton, New Jersey to the train station to catch a train that took him to Newark Penn Station. Once there, one of his teammates would give him a ride to the training facility in Whippany, New Jersey. Sometimes he would arrive back home around midnight.
Ryan Brooks, Sr. Manager, Academy Business Operations of RBNY, quickly realized this needed immediate action. The young footballer couldn’t continue on with a routine that didn’t provide him stability.