It is no longer 2016.
If there is anything we have learned from watching the 2017 edition of New York Red Bulls II, it is surely that the team is quite different from last season's group. The double-winning II team of 2016 - USL regular-season and Cup champion - is no longer present. The 2017 squad must make its own way.
Currently, the 2017 squad is struggling to find its way out of a persistent and troubling slump. The team has lost three in a row in USL, and is consequently sliding down the standings in the Eastern Conference.