Don’t expect to see the New York Red Bulls rushing to sign players from this year’s cohort of MLS free agents. Not that there aren’t players who can and will make significant contributions for teams around the league in 2019 - there almost certainly are several such players on the list of those currently eligible for MLS free agency (a formal designation that allows players who are at least 28 and have played at least eight years in the league to negotiate somewhat freely with any team they choose in MLS).
But RBNY’s RalfBall principles mean it is generally less interested in signing players at or past the peak of their careers.